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Born 1821
From The history of Jasper county, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships : together with numerous portraits of prominen (1883)
WILLIAM MYERS. The subject of this sketch, proprietor of the Spring Mills, was born September 13, 1821, in Greene county. New York. His father, Jacob Myers, and his mother, whose maiden name was Caroline Becker, were both natives of New York. William Myers was reared in New York State, and in 1844 went to Pennsylvania, where he was extensively engaged in the manufacturing business until 1853, when he removed to Alton, Illinois, where he entered a railroad shop. Here he was master-mechanic in the works of the railroad. In 1861 he was appointed mastermechanic of the West, succeeding to the command of the lamented General McBherson, serving nearly four years, when he was granted a furlough until called to duty. He has never been mustered out of service. After the war he engaged in the commission business for some years. In 1867 he engaged in the woolen mill business at Litchfield, Illinois. In 1870 he came to Carthage, Missouri, where he built the Carthage Woolen Mills, which was the first woolen mill west of St. Louis, and which was successfully operated by Mr. Myers for nine years. In 1879 he sold out and bought the Carthage Spring Mills, which he has rebuilt and extended until it is now one of the finest mills in the country, and its work equals any of the mills in the state. This mill is run entirely by steam, the water being drawn from the famous spring of which he is the owner, and which is the pride of Carthage. Mr. Myers, by his industry and enterprise, has done many things for the public good of Carthage and Jasper county in general. He was married June 6, 1842, to Eliza H. Satterly, of the State of New York. They have four sons living. Mr. Myers has always taken a prominent part in the public affairs of Jasper county, and deserves great credit for his untiring zeal in making the public institutions of Carthage what they should be, as well as building up the business interests of the Queen City.
As printed in The history of Jasper county, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships : together with numerous portraits of prominent (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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