Person:William Myers (63)

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William Abraham Myers
m. 28 Dec 1845
  1. William Abraham Myers1849 - 1921
m. 11 Mar 1874
  1. Stella Louisa Myers1883 - 1951
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] William Abraham Myers
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][4][5][6][9][10][11][13][15][17] 8 Oct 1849 Morgan, Indiana, United StatesPossibly Alaska (also known as Sheasville), Ashland Township, Morgan County, Indiana
Census[1] 26 Nov 1850 Morgan, Indiana, United States
Census[2] 11 Aug 1860 Morgan, Indiana, United States
Military[3][12] 25 Oct 1864 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United StatesPrivate, Company B, 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Union.
Military[3] 14 Jul 1865 Discharge date.
Census[4] 8 Aug 1870 Ashland, Morgan, Indiana, United States
Marriage License 10 Mar 1874 Morgan, Indiana, United Statesto Mary S Whitaker
Marriage 11 Mar 1874 Morgan, Indiana, United Statesto Mary S Whitaker
Census[5] 18 Jun 1880 Owen, Indiana, United StatesHis brother-in-law J W Whittaker lived with them.
Census[6] 19 Jun 1900 Owen, Indiana, United StatesHis widowed mother-in-law Ellen lived with them in a rented house.
Census 19 Jun 1900 Harrison, Owen, Indiana, United Stateswith Mary S Whitaker
Residence[9] 16 Jun 1906 Cloverdale, Putnam, Indiana, United States
Residence[10] 25 Jul 1907 Cloverdale, Putnam, Indiana, United States
Census[11] 6 Jun 1910 Cloverdale, Putnam, Indiana, United StatesWidowed, he lived with daughter Emma, son-in-law Frank A Orrell & granddaughter Beatrice.
Pension[12] 4 Jun 1912 Indiana, United StatesRegiment 142 Infantry Unit Company B
Other[17] 3 May 1913 Owen, Indiana, United StatesWilliam Abraham Myers and Laura May Mccullough Marriage Registration
Residence[13] 3 Sep 1919 Quincy, Owen, Indiana, United States
Census? 19 Jan 1920 Owen, Indiana, United StatesOwns a farm; lives with new wife Laura and her daughter Fay McCullough.
Occupation[4][5][6][9][10][11][13][15][17] Farm Laborer, Stone Mason, Farming, Laborer/Odd Jobs.
Death? 20 Apr 1921 Stilesville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
Burial? 22 Apr 1921 Paragon, Morgan, Indiana,Samaria Cemetery

Personal History

Herald-Democrat,Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 April 1921, Page 8

DROPS DEAD WHILE AT WORK AT STILESVILLE

William Myers, age 70 years, a former Quincy and Cloverdale resident who has been living with his son in law, Frank Orrell, at Stilesville for the past several months, dropped dead of heart disease, while working for Cunningham Bros., contractors who are building the National Road, just west of Stilesville Wednesday of last week. The body was taken to Gosport for burial Friday Myers leaves six children. His wife was killed by a train near Gosport a few months ago.

https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=HD19210429-01.1.8

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 United States Census, 1850.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJY-JT8), Wm A Myers in household of Philip Myers, Ray, Morgan, Indiana, United States; citing family 861, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 United States Census, 1860.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N9-H2H), William A Myers in entry for Philip Myers, 1860.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F95M-B4H), William A. Myers, Private, Company B, 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M540 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 55; FHL microfilm 881,776.

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 United States Census, 1870.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX67-TS2), William Myers in household of Philip Myers, Indiana, United States; citing p. 5, family 26, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,845.

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 United States Census, 1880.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHS9-YL3), Wm A Myers, Harrison, Owen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 244, sheet 222A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0302; FHL microfilm 1,254,302.

  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 United States Census, 1900.

    FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9MK-VGQ), William A Myers, 1900.

  7. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJK-HWG), Wm Myers in entry for Perlie Cooper and Stella Myers, 28 Jul 1901; citing Owen, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,312,989.

  8. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJW-896), William Myers in entry for James P Myers and Anna Smith, 02 May 1904; citing Owen, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,312,990.

  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K62H-P6Z), William A Myers in entry for William E Lewis and Myrtle D Myers, 16 Jun 1906; citing Putnam, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,315,790.

  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K62H-1Q2), William A Myers in entry for Amos F Orrell and Emma Myers, 25 Jul 1907; citing Putnam, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,315,790.

  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 United States Census, 1910.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK5X-VZ4), William Myers in household of Frank A Orrell, Cloverdale, Putnam, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 97, sheet 6B, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 375; FHL microfilm 1,374,388.

  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N42G-2M4), William A. Myers, 1912.

  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27VH-5VL), William Myers in entry for Clifford Myers and Rosie Dillen, 03 Sep 1919; citing Vigo, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,392,803.

  14. Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF3Y-Z9Z), William Myers in entry for Alvin Garfield Lane and Myrtle Della Lewis, 22 May 1926; citing reference P 326 & 327; FHL microfilm 1,939,657.

  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8M4-N8C), William Myers in entry for Alvin Garfield Lane and Myrtle Della Lewis, ; citing Hendricks, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,939,657.

  16. Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992.

    FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWC-KG1), Wm. Myers in entry for Zalie Myers and Bertha Reville, 11 Feb 1928; citing reference bk 20 p 200; FHL microfilm 1,941,051.

  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019.

    FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFT-SJX), William Abraham Myers and Laura May Mccullough, ; citing Owen, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004170560.

  18.   United States Census, 1920.

    FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF4Q-8QN), William A Myers, 1920.