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From History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881)
ANDREW MYERS, deceased; was among the most prominent cail3' pioneers of Stark Co.; he was a native of Alsace, France, and came to the United.States in 180-1, and the same year became a resident of Baltimore, and married Miss Cordelia Gross, who was also a native of Fnince. Mr. Myers was by trade a gilder and draughtsman, and for a number of years after becoming a resident of Baltimore he worked at the finishing of shipping. He subsequently came to Stark Vo. to live, though he made trips prior to his settlement, for the purpose of buying and entering lands, of which he owned at one time about 2,200 acres; he did a large farming business, and bought and sold real estate. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and participated in the battle of Bladensburg; was a man of fine education, and being wealthy, he. without apparent effort. Avieldekl much influence in the community. He died at the advanced age of 87 years. His daughter, Mrs. (lassilly, is the only survivor of his family of three sons and two daughters; she still resides in Canton, and is a lady whose courteous manner and good breeding bespeaks the nationality of her parents.
As printed in History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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