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Born 1853, Holt County
From The history of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc., etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, p (1882), A history of northwest Missouri (1915)
JAMES H. MEYER, farmer, section 13, was born in Holt County, Missouri, December 31, 1853. His father, Andrew Meyer, was born in Germany, and his mother, fermery Mary B. Sechrist, was a native of Pennsylvania. James received a liberal education in the common schools of this county, also at the graded school of Oregon, and at Kirksville, Missouri. He has been one of the successful teachers of Holt County, and now has a fine farm of 140 acres, with a good orchard of 160 apple trees, and other varieties of fruit. Upon his place are some Short Horn cattle and Poland China hogs. The senior Meyer was a Democrat, and the son has since continued to advocate the principles of that party; his religious preferences are with the Protestants. October 21, 1875, Mr. Meyer was married to Fannie L. Poynter, daughter of Judge William H. Poynter. She was raised in this county. They have three children: William Andrew, born July 1, 1876; Ralph M., born February 1, 1878, and Logan A., born May 12, 1880. Mr. M. is a member of the Good Templar fraternity, and also of the Grange.
As printed in The history of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc., etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, p (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
James H. Meyer. Through a period of more than six decades the name of Meyer has been prominently connected with the history of Holt County. It is an honored name and one that is familiar to the people of this part of Northwest Missouri by reason of the honorable and useful lives of those who have borne it. James H. Meyer, of Hickery, is a worthy representative of the family whose history forms a connecting link between the past and the present. He saw Holt County in the days when its land was but little improved, its pioneer homes widely scattered and its evidences of development few. In th work of progress and development that has since wrought marvelous changes he has borne his part and today ranks among those valued and substantial citizens of the community who laid the foundation of the present prosperity of the county.
James H. Myer was born in Holt County, Missouri, December 31, 1853, and is a son of Andrew and Mary (Secrist) Meyer. The father, a native of Germany, emigrated to the United States about 1835, and for several years, while seeking a capital with which to establish himself as a farmer, accepted such honorable employment as came his way, working in the City of Saint Joseph when there were but two white men in that place. In 1849, attracted by the discovery of gold, he made his way across the plains to California with an oxteam, the journey consuming four months, and after sixteen months of hard and successful effort returned to Missouri with $6,000 in gold. This he invested, in 1850, in a farm of 440 acres, located about four miles south of Mound City. About ten acres of this land had been cleared, but there were few improvements, and the family home was a small log cabin with a clapboard roof, in the construction of which not a nail had been used. During the Civil war Mr. Meyer invested heavily in land, prospered wonderfully through his wise and judicious business dealings, and accumulated some two thousand three hundred acres of land, on which he made various valuable improvements. When his wife died he gave up active pursuits, and from that time until his own death lived among his children. He was a man of exemplary habits, a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, and was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens who elected him county judge of Holt County. The thirteen children, all born in this county, were as follows: Anna E., who married W. A. Long; James H., who married Fannie L. Pointer; Mary M., who married Charles Corsaut and died at the age of twenty-one years; Alfred A., who married Edna Phillip; an
Google infant, deceased; Willard P., who married Hettie Case; Armilda C, who married Charles Corsaut; George W., who married Mamie Fry; Robert F., who married Lena Rosebury; Charles, who married Anna Patterson; Emma J., who married W. Raybum; Marvin E., who married Cora Henning; and Don C, who married Alma Duncan.
James H. Meyer divided his boyhood between working on his father's farm during the summer months and attending the country district schools in the short winter terms, and thus grew to sturdy manhood and adopted the vocation of agriculturist. At the time of his marriage he entered upon a career of his own, settling on his farm in the vicinity of Mound City, in a small three-room frame house, which was destroyed by fire and replaced by the present modem residence. From time to time, following his father's example, Mr. Meyer added to his property, until at one time he was the owner of 400 acres, but of this has since sold 120 acres to his son Logan, and eighty acres to his son William A. An energetic and skilled agriculturist, Mr. Meyer made a success of his undertakings, and at this time is living in semi-retirement on his farm. He has made a specialty of raising stock, horses, hogs and cattle, and has the reputation of being one of the best judges of stock in the country. He has ever been a friend of modern idea and has contributed to the development of the community by the erection of buildings, including the, residence on the farm of his son William F. While not a politician, he has supported democratic candidates and policies, and has served for a period of twelve years as a member of the school board. With his family, he attends the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Meyer married Fannie L. Pointer, October 21, 187, and to this union there have been born. six children, as follows: William A., who married Cora Trimmer, and they have three children, Harvin A., Earl and Dorothy, all born in Holt County; Ralph M., who married Mabel Terry and has four children, Galen, born in Nodaway County, and Ralph M., Jr., Lucy and Clinton, born in Holt County; Logan A., who married Hattie Wakeley and has four children, Ellen, Mary, Hazel and William H., all born in Holt County; James H., Jr., who married Floy Seepen, has three children, Frances Marguerite and Thomas L., born in Wayne County, and David Winter, born in Florida; Edgar R., who married Miriam Hayhurst, has three children, Errol and Barbara, born in Texas, and Ned H., born in Holt County; and Dr. Frances P., who married Virgil Carter, and has one child, Marguerite J., born in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
As printed in A history of northwest Missouri (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Andrew Meyer W. A. Long (b. 1837)
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