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From History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881)
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he also was an auctioneer, at which he made a success and extended his acquaintance; his farming operations were successful and extensive, owning, at one period, about 400 acres, and continued until 1870, when he became a resident of Canal Fulton, and became interested in the mercantile branches of trade. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, and since that time has devoted his attention to the practice of his profession and in settling states, acting as guardian, and doing a general business of trust, and still pursuing his calling as an auctioneer. Mr. Myers has made a success of life by perseverance, industry and honorable dealing. His education as procured by himself, and the handsome property which he has accumulated is the direct result of his own labor and wise skill as a financier. In the law, he possesses high natural abilities, supplemented by study and research. He has always been a strict disciple of temperance, and is one of the valued citizens of which Stark County may be justly proud. His children are Mary M. Lerch, deceased; John W., Rosa J. Elliott, William M., George W. and Richard F.
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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