Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania
Page 690 &691, 1895

CHRISTIAN MYERS is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Clinton County, and has for many years been prominently identified with its agricultural interests.

The Myers family is of German origin, and was founded in America by Christian Myers, a native
of Baden, Germany, who learned the mason's trade in that country, and in 1829 came with his
wife and five children — Charles, Catharine, Mary, Conrad and Eve — to America. The voyage was
a long one, but at length they reached their destination and located in the German settlement
in Clinton County. The father had exhausted all his means on the trip over, but provided for his
family by working at his trade. He purchased a wooded tract of land, and while clearing the
place endured many hardships, but he was a sturdy German, possessing the resolute character of his
people, and ultimately he obtained a good home. He died in 1851 at the age of sixty years. His
wife, who bore the maiden name of Eve Catharine Ziegler, lived to a ripe old age, and was buried
by his side in the Ziegler cemetery in Dunnstable Township, Clinton County. They were both
members of the Lutheran Church, and he was a Democrat in his political views.

The children of this worthy couple, who lived to adult age, were as follows: Christian,
who died in Gallagher township, Clinton county; Catharine, who became the wife of Adam Engler,
and died at Lockport; Conrad, who died in Beech Creek township, Clinton county; Charles, of
Gallagher township; Mary, who became the wife of William Pelton, and died in Lock Haven; Eve
C, wife of John Earon, of Lock Haven; Adam, who lives on the old homestead; Elizabeth, who
married Martin Tyler, and died in Farrandsville; Susan, wife of Charles Van Gordon, of Mount
Eagle, Centre county; and Caroline, wife of George Kirby, of Farrandsville. Barbara died at
the age of ten years, and several children died in infancy, there being about twenty children altogether in the family.

Christian Myers, the father of our subject, was born in Baden, and in early life was a shepherd. He lived with his uncle, Mr. Shaffer, and remained in Germany several years after his parents' removal to America, but on his uncle's death in 1847 he came to America on the same vessel on which his future wife, Barbara Trost, was a passenger. They were married soon after reaching this country, and Mr. Myers and his
brother Charles purchased 100 acres of timber land, on one-half of which the father of our
subject established a home. He endured many hardships and privations while developing and
improving that property, but lived to see it transformed into a good farm. He was an active, industrious man, and put forth every effort to provide for his family. After a lingering illness of several months he died in October, 1867, and was buried beside his wife, who had passed away seven years before and was laid to rest in Gallaher Cemetery. In political belief he was a Democrat, and in religious faith a Lutheran.

Christian and Barbara Myers were the parents of the following named children: Gottlieb,
of Renovo, Penn., who was born in 1848; Christian; Thomas, a brickmaker of Castanea, born
in 1851 ; Martin, of Bensinger, Elk Co., Penn., born in 1853; Adam, who was born in 1854, and
died in childhood; George, who died in infancy; John A., of Bensinger, Penn., born in 1856;
Theresa, born in 1858, wife of David Myers, of Bald Eagle township, Clinton county; and Frederick, who was killed at the age of nineteen by being thrown from a load of fodder.

Christian Myers, whose name opens this article, was born February 3, 1850, in Gallagher
Township, Clinton County. He attended the schools of the neighborhood to a limited extent,
but his privileges were meager, as his service was needed in clearing the home farm. In his
boyhood he lived in a log cabin, and not a house could be seen from the place. The path to
school was never trod except b}' the school children, and lay through the dense woods, where
frequently deer could be seen. He aided in clearing and developing the farm, and at the
time of his parents' deaths he went to live with John Earon in Beech Creek township, Clinton
County, making his home with his uncle until he began work on the Philadelphia & Erie railroad
as a brakeman. After two years, illness compelled him to abandon that work, and he worked
in the lumber woods and on a farm.

On April 14, 1880, in Beech Creek, our subject was married to Miss Mary J. Earon, who was
born March 20, 1847, in Dunnstable township, a daughter of John and Eve (Myers) Earon, who
now live in Lock Haven. They began their domestic life on the Philip Lehr farm, which Mr.
Myers purchased. There he lived for fourteen years, and in the spring of 1893 came to his
present home in Bald Eagle Township, known as the J. D. L. Smith farm. The stone residence,
which still stands, was built more than a century ago. He has 108 acres of valuable land, and he
owns another farm of 125 acres in Beech Creek Township. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Myers
has been blessed with three children: Thomas A., born July 10, 1882; Albert C, born February
21, 1885; and Barbara E., born August 23, 1887.

In his political views Mr. Myers was formerly a Democrat, but his strong temperance principles led him to endorse the Prohibition Party, with which he is now identified. He and his wife are members of the Laurel Run Methodist Episcopal Church, and he served as a member of the building committee at the time of the erection of the house of worship in 1894, and contributed liberally to its support. He was one
of its first trustees, still fills that office, and he has been class-leader for seventeen years. Mr. Myers started out in life a poor boy, but has become one of the substantial farmers of the community. His life has been one of earnest, indefatigable labor, guided by sound judgment, and characterized by the strictest honor in all business transactions. There is no better or more valuable citizen in Bald Eagle township than
this gentleman.

Thanks, Mary

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