(II) John H., son of John and Charlotte (Miller) Myers, was born in 1810, in Loudoun County, Virginia, died in Lexington, Virginia, in 1869. He was a student at Georgetown College, District of Columbia. He afterward engaged in mercantile business at Winchester, Lewisburg and Lexington, also devoting time and attention to agriculture. he is entitled to the distinction of having established at Lexington the first bank of issue, and he was also politically prominent, serving a term as mayor of the city. From 1852 to 1857 he was treasurer of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, and for over thirty years he was an active member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Myers married (first) in 1831, Matilda R., daughter of Dr. Archibald Houston, of Rockbridge county, a kinsman of General Samuel Houston of Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Myers were the parents of one child: Matilda Rowe, born July 19, 1832, died in 1862. In 1834 Mr. Myers married (second), Martha, daughter of the Rev. Daniel Blain, born in 1773, in Abbeyville district, South Carolina, and his wife, Martha (Hanna) Blain, a native of Lexington, Virginia. The Rev. Daniel Blain was a minister of the Presbyterian church and in 1802 became Professor of Latin at Washington College, filling the chair until his death which occurred March 19, 1814. By his second marriage Mr. Myers became the father of the following children: 1. Mary Miller, born October 10, 1837, died January 11,j 1863; married Rev. Henry M. White, a Presbyterian minister; no children. 2. Louisa Libbey, born November 5, 1839, died August 7, 1859. 3. John D., mentioned below. 4. Henry H., born August 1, 1843, died August 14, 1901; married Mary E. Nelson. Children: Alexander Nelson, Harry W., a missionary in Japan; Martha B., Charles, Franklin, Mildred. 5. Charlotte North, born August 12, 1844, died July 15, 1871. 6. Susan Harrison, born September 26, 1847, died May 19, 1904; married Rev. W.H.F. Wallace of South Carolina; children: ma;ry Blain, Henry, William Gordon, Susan. 7. Elizabeth Preston, born March 12, 1850; married Judge John A. Lacey of Washington, D.C.; children: Rev. John Alexander, of the Presbyterian ministry: Susan Myers, Sallie Carruthers, Elizabeth. 8. Samuel Blain, born October 5, 1852, died in 1853.