JACOB MYERS, of Monaghan township, who follows a shoemaking business and engages in the cultivation of fine fruit on his little farm of thirty-one acres, was born in that same township, Dec. 22, 1827, son of Frederick and Sarah (Frysinger) Myers, both of whom were born in York county.
Frederick Myers was a cooper and butcher by trade, and followed these lines until his death, which occurred at the age of thirty-five years. His wife was killed by a stroke of lightning at the age of forty-four years, and they had two children : Elizabeth, who married Peter Heiges ; and Jacob. Frederick Myers was a member of the German Lutheran Church, and a Democrat in politics.
Jacob Myers received his education in the common schools of York county, and at an early age was bound out to Jacob Cocklin, with whom he remained until the age of seventeen years, when he learned the trade of shoemaker, which he has followed, oi¥ and on, nearly all his life. He has devoted much of his time to growing fruit, and at one time was in the nursery business. His farm comprises thirty-one acres, and he has raised some excellent brands of peaches — Mt. Rose, Fox Seddley, Crawford's Late Wheatland, Ford's Late Elberta and several other varieties.
In 1851 Mr. Myers married Susan Cromlick, daughter of Frederick Cromlick, and they have had these children: Frederick C, deceased; Jacob J.; John W.; William H.; Joseph, deceased; Andrew J., deceased; and Peter K., deceased. Mrs. Myers died in 1888, aged fifty-six years. Mr. Myers is a consistent member of the Church of God. In politics he votes the Democratic ticket, but has never aspired to office. He has a standing in his community as a man of integrity, and he is one of the first class agriculturists of the township.
