JAMES H. MYERS

    James H. Myers, a farmer, was born in Dover Township February 18, 1847.  He is a son of John and Hannah Myers, who were respectively natives of Licking and Ross Counties.  His father was born March 1, 1812, and his mother June 4, 1812.  They married in Licking County, Ohio, May 3, 1832, and in 1837 came to Dover Township.  In 1847, Mr. Myers purchased a farm, on which he died February 21, 1871; Mrs. Myers died on the same day of the previous year.  They were both members of the Mount Herman Methodist Episcopal Church.  James is the fifth of twelve children.  January 5, 1864, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He was with the Army of the Cumberland, and April 23, he was disabled at Buzzard Roost, Ga.  He was sent to Camp Douglass, Chicago, Ill., where he was Orderly to Gen. Sweet till his discharge, July 25, 1865.  April 12, 1871, he was married to Miss Bell, daughter of S. T. and Elizabeth Rittenhouse.  Mrs. Myers was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 17, 1853.  They have four sons, viz.: Memphis, Milo, Iven and Ivin.  Mr. Myers owns the homestead, which contains 120 acres.  He engaged in farming and raising Spanish merino sheep, short-horned cattle, and Poland China hogs.  He and wife are members of the Baptist Church.