From the 1911 book Past and Present of Hardin County Iowa, page 504:
JESSE B. MEYERS.
Among the influential citizens and prominent business men of Whitten, Hardin county, Iowa, none has been more successful or holds a higher place in the regard of the community than does Jesse B. Meyers. His long life has been full of interesting events and has been one of much service to the world.
Jesse B. Meyers was born in Claiborne county, Tennessee, on January 4, 1846, the son of Isaac and Catherine (Trease) Meyers. Isaac Meyers farmed in Claiborne county, the native county of himself and his wife, until 1848 when he, with the Trease family, drove an ox team through to Jasper county, Iowa. They encountered terrible roads and many hardships. He located a timber tract, and in 1851 entered one hundred and twenty acres where Marshalltown now stands. After remaining there one year he moved to the neighborhood of Liscomb, Hardin county, and took up three hundred and twenty acres of wild land which he improved and on which he lived until his death. At first the only meat which his family had was wild game, which was killed and salted down, and Isaac Meyers has shot deer from his front door. He died in 1900, at the age of eighty-two, his wife in 1906, aged eighty-five. Isaac Meyers was always a rugged, hearty man, and in his life never required a doctor's services; his wife was in poor health for many years. He was a man of prominence in his community, was a Democrat, and held the office of justice of the peace for many years, in which capacity he won much recognition for the justice of his decisions, and also served as postmaster. He was a member of the Christian church.
Isaac and Catherine Meyers were the parents of eleven children, namely: James served in the Civil war for four years, was in mercantile business at Liscomb after the war, and is now a butter and egg merchant at Marshalltown; William served in Company B, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, with his brother James and was killed on July 22, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia; J.B.; John W. was a teacher and died in 1869; Thomas was the second white child born in Marshall county, Iowa, and owns part of the old place in Marshall county, where he lives; Samuel is a ranchman in Boulder, Wyoming; Caroline lives in Oregon; Rosaline, the widow of Sylvester Hauser, lives in Liscomb, Iowa; Nelson is much of a traveler, and was last heard from in Alaska; Alice and Celeste are deceased.
J.B. Meyers attended the old log schools, and later went to Albion College, which he left to go to war. In January, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, at Marshalltown, and was sent to Vicksburg. His regiment was in the Atlanta campaign and on July 22, 1864, Mr. Meyers was captured, confined for five months in Andersonville prison, then was transferred to Florence prison, in South Carolina, from which he was paroled in 1865, and came out almost a walking skeleton, weighing only seventy pounds with his overcoat. In 1906, under happier circumstances, Mr. Meyers attended the unveiling of the Andersonville monument, and he has in his possession a cane made from the wood of the old prison. James Meyers, who enlisted in 1861, served to the close of the war, and took part in the Grand Review under Sherman. William enlisted in 1862, was wounded on July 21, 1863, but in spite of wounds kept on until the day on which his brother was captured, July 22, 1864, when he met his death.
At the close of the war J.B. Meyers was too weak for physical labor, so he attended school at Albion for a while, then was in the dry goods business at Liscomb for four years, bought the store and owned it seven years, then tried to farm, but on account of his health had to give it up. He was married on December 24, 1873, to Nettie E. Springer, of Grundy county, Iowa, the daughter of A.J. and Cynthia W. (Weed) Springer, natives of New York who came to Jackson county, Iowa, in 1854 and later moved to McHenry county, Illinois, and in May, 1861, to Grundy county. Mr. Springer was an able farmer, and on his retirement moved to Whitten, where he died in 1889, and where his wife still lives. Two of their children are living, James R., a farmer and fruit raiser at Halley, Oregon, and Mrs. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers are the parents of two daughters, Ada I., at home, and Bessie A., the wife of the Rev. Thomas N. Hauser, pastor of the Christian church at Union, Iowa, living at No. 990 Twenty-fifth street. Des Moines, Iowa, where he is attending Drake University.
In 1880 Mr. Meyers moved to Whitten and opened the first hardware store in the village, which he kept for twenty-six and one-half years, and on account of his unswerving integrity and keen business ability, was very successful. He sold this business in 1907 and in the spring of 1910 laid out the Meyers addition to Whitten. Mr. Meyers was prominent in the organization of the Whitten State Savings Bank, and was made president. This bank has a capital of fifteen thousand dollars, and is progressing in a manner gratifying to its organizers. Truman Welton is vice-president; Frank Lindeman, cashier, the directors are J.B. Meyers, Truman Welton, Ed Lockard, Wesley Allen, William Parrish, Thomas Stanborough and N.O. Hauser. For four years Mr. Meyers was postmaster at Whitten. In politics he is a Democrat and was the first mayor of Whitten and for nine years a school director. Fraternally, he is a member of the Odd Fellows at Liscomb, and is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Union. Mr. Meyers is known to many people about Whitten and his character and attainments command much respect. As a man and as a merchant, he has ever been upright and honorable, in family relations kind and loving, while in social assemblages he is a good companion, a man of whom any community would be proud.
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JESSE B. MEYERS.
Among the influential citizens and prominent business men of Whitten, Hardin county, Iowa, none has been more successful or holds a higher place in the regard of the community than does Jesse B. Meyers. His long life has been full of interesting events and has been one of much service to the world.
Jesse B. Meyers was born in Claiborne county, Tennessee, on January 4, 1846, the son of Isaac and Catherine (Trease) Meyers. Isaac Meyers farmed in Claiborne county, the native county of himself and his wife, until 1848 when he, with the Trease family, drove an ox team through to Jasper county, Iowa. They encountered terrible roads and many hardships. He located a timber tract, and in 1851 entered one hundred and twenty acres where Marshalltown now stands. After remaining there one year he moved to the neighborhood of Liscomb, Hardin county, and took up three hundred and twenty acres of wild land which he improved and on which he lived until his death. At first the only meat which his family had was wild game, which was killed and salted down, and Isaac Meyers has shot deer from his front door. He died in 1900, at the age of eighty-two, his wife in 1906, aged eighty-five. Isaac Meyers was always a rugged, hearty man, and in his life never required a doctor's services; his wife was in poor health for many years. He was a man of prominence in his community, was a Democrat, and held the office of justice of the peace for many years, in which capacity he won much recognition for the justice of his decisions, and also served as postmaster. He was a member of the Christian church.
Isaac and Catherine Meyers were the parents of eleven children, namely: James served in the Civil war for four years, was in mercantile business at Liscomb after the war, and is now a butter and egg merchant at Marshalltown; William served in Company B, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, with his brother James and was killed on July 22, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia; J.B.; John W. was a teacher and died in 1869; Thomas was the second white child born in Marshall county, Iowa, and owns part of the old place in Marshall county, where he lives; Samuel is a ranchman in Boulder, Wyoming; Caroline lives in Oregon; Rosaline, the widow of Sylvester Hauser, lives in Liscomb, Iowa; Nelson is much of a traveler, and was last heard from in Alaska; Alice and Celeste are deceased.
J.B. Meyers attended the old log schools, and later went to Albion College, which he left to go to war. In January, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, at Marshalltown, and was sent to Vicksburg. His regiment was in the Atlanta campaign and on July 22, 1864, Mr. Meyers was captured, confined for five months in Andersonville prison, then was transferred to Florence prison, in South Carolina, from which he was paroled in 1865, and came out almost a walking skeleton, weighing only seventy pounds with his overcoat. In 1906, under happier circumstances, Mr. Meyers attended the unveiling of the Andersonville monument, and he has in his possession a cane made from the wood of the old prison. James Meyers, who enlisted in 1861, served to the close of the war, and took part in the Grand Review under Sherman. William enlisted in 1862, was wounded on July 21, 1863, but in spite of wounds kept on until the day on which his brother was captured, July 22, 1864, when he met his death.
At the close of the war J.B. Meyers was too weak for physical labor, so he attended school at Albion for a while, then was in the dry goods business at Liscomb for four years, bought the store and owned it seven years, then tried to farm, but on account of his health had to give it up. He was married on December 24, 1873, to Nettie E. Springer, of Grundy county, Iowa, the daughter of A.J. and Cynthia W. (Weed) Springer, natives of New York who came to Jackson county, Iowa, in 1854 and later moved to McHenry county, Illinois, and in May, 1861, to Grundy county. Mr. Springer was an able farmer, and on his retirement moved to Whitten, where he died in 1889, and where his wife still lives. Two of their children are living, James R., a farmer and fruit raiser at Halley, Oregon, and Mrs. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers are the parents of two daughters, Ada I., at home, and Bessie A., the wife of the Rev. Thomas N. Hauser, pastor of the Christian church at Union, Iowa, living at No. 990 Twenty-fifth street. Des Moines, Iowa, where he is attending Drake University.
In 1880 Mr. Meyers moved to Whitten and opened the first hardware store in the village, which he kept for twenty-six and one-half years, and on account of his unswerving integrity and keen business ability, was very successful. He sold this business in 1907 and in the spring of 1910 laid out the Meyers addition to Whitten. Mr. Meyers was prominent in the organization of the Whitten State Savings Bank, and was made president. This bank has a capital of fifteen thousand dollars, and is progressing in a manner gratifying to its organizers. Truman Welton is vice-president; Frank Lindeman, cashier, the directors are J.B. Meyers, Truman Welton, Ed Lockard, Wesley Allen, William Parrish, Thomas Stanborough and N.O. Hauser. For four years Mr. Meyers was postmaster at Whitten. In politics he is a Democrat and was the first mayor of Whitten and for nine years a school director. Fraternally, he is a member of the Odd Fellows at Liscomb, and is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Union. Mr. Meyers is known to many people about Whitten and his character and attainments command much respect. As a man and as a merchant, he has ever been upright and honorable, in family relations kind and loving, while in social assemblages he is a good companion, a man of whom any community would be proud.
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From the 1911 book Past and Present of Hardin County Iowa, page 504:
JESSE B. MEYERS.
Among the influential citizens and prominent business men of Whitten, Hardin county, Iowa, none has been more successful or holds a higher place in the regard of the community than does Jesse B. Meyers. His long life has been full of interesting events and has been one of much service to the world.
Jesse B. Meyers was born in Claiborne county, Tennessee, on January 4, 1846, the son of Isaac and Catherine (Trease) Meyers. Isaac Meyers farmed in Claiborne county, the native county of himself and his wife, until 1848 when he, with the Trease family, drove an ox team through to Jasper county, Iowa. They encountered terrible roads and many hardships. He located a timber tract, and in 1851 entered one hundred and twenty acres where Marshalltown now stands. After remaining there one year he moved to the neighborhood of Liscomb, Hardin county, and took up three hundred and twenty acres of wild land which he improved and on which he lived until his death. At first the only meat which his family had was wild game, which was killed and salted down, and Isaac Meyers has shot deer from his front door. He died in 1900, at the age of eighty-two, his wife in 1906, aged eighty-five. Isaac Meyers was always a rugged, hearty man, and in his life never required a doctor's services; his wife was in poor health for many years. He was a man of prominence in his community, was a Democrat, and held the office of justice of the peace for many years, in which capacity he won much recognition for the justice of his decisions, and also served as postmaster. He was a member of the Christian church.
Isaac and Catherine Meyers were the parents of eleven children, namely: James served in the Civil war for four years, was in mercantile business at Liscomb after the war, and is now a butter and egg merchant at Marshalltown; William served in Company B, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, with his brother James and was killed on July 22, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia; J.B.; John W. was a teacher and died in 1869; Thomas was the second white child born in Marshall county, Iowa, and owns part of the old place in Marshall county, where he lives; Samuel is a ranchman in Boulder, Wyoming; Caroline lives in Oregon; Rosaline, the widow of Sylvester Hauser, lives in Liscomb, Iowa; Nelson is much of a traveler, and was last heard from in Alaska; Alice and Celeste are deceased.
J.B. Meyers attended the old log schools, and later went to Albion College, which he left to go to war. In January, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, at Marshalltown, and was sent to Vicksburg. His regiment was in the Atlanta campaign and on July 22, 1864, Mr. Meyers was captured, confined for five months in Andersonville prison, then was transferred to Florence prison, in South Carolina, from which he was paroled in 1865, and came out almost a walking skeleton, weighing only seventy pounds with his overcoat. In 1906, under happier circumstances, Mr. Meyers attended the unveiling of the Andersonville monument, and he has in his possession a cane made from the wood of the old prison. James Meyers, who enlisted in 1861, served to the close of the war, and took part in the Grand Review under Sherman. William enlisted in 1862, was wounded on July 21, 1863, but in spite of wounds kept on until the day on which his brother was captured, July 22, 1864, when he met his death.
At the close of the war J.B. Meyers was too weak for physical labor, so he attended school at Albion for a while, then was in the dry goods business at Liscomb for four years, bought the store and owned it seven years, then tried to farm, but on account of his health had to give it up. He was married on December 24, 1873, to Nettie E. Springer, of Grundy county, Iowa, the daughter of A.J. and Cynthia W. (Weed) Springer, natives of New York who came to Jackson county, Iowa, in 1854 and later moved to McHenry county, Illinois, and in May, 1861, to Grundy county. Mr. Springer was an able farmer, and on his retirement moved to Whitten, where he died in 1889, and where his wife still lives. Two of their children are living, James R., a farmer and fruit raiser at Halley, Oregon, and Mrs. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers are the parents of two daughters, Ada I., at home, and Bessie A., the wife of the Rev. Thomas N. Hauser, pastor of the Christian church at Union, Iowa, living at No. 990 Twenty-fifth street. Des Moines, Iowa, where he is attending Drake University.
In 1880 Mr. Meyers moved to Whitten and opened the first hardware store in the village, which he kept for twenty-six and one-half years, and on account of his unswerving integrity and keen business ability, was very successful. He sold this business in 1907 and in the spring of 1910 laid out the Meyers addition to Whitten. Mr. Meyers was prominent in the organization of the Whitten State Savings Bank, and was made president. This bank has a capital of fifteen thousand dollars, and is progressing in a manner gratifying to its organizers. Truman Welton is vice-president; Frank Lindeman, cashier, the directors are J.B. Meyers, Truman Welton, Ed Lockard, Wesley Allen, William Parrish, Thomas Stanborough and N.O. Hauser. For four years Mr. Meyers was postmaster at Whitten. In politics he is a Democrat and was the first mayor of Whitten and for nine years a school director. Fraternally, he is a member of the Odd Fellows at Liscomb, and is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Union. Mr. Meyers is known to many people about Whitten and his character and attainments command much respect. As a man and as a merchant, he has ever been upright and honorable, in family relations kind and loving, while in social assemblages he is a good companion, a man of whom any community would be proud.
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JESSE B. MEYERS.
Among the influential citizens and prominent business men of Whitten, Hardin county, Iowa, none has been more successful or holds a higher place in the regard of the community than does Jesse B. Meyers. His long life has been full of interesting events and has been one of much service to the world.
Jesse B. Meyers was born in Claiborne county, Tennessee, on January 4, 1846, the son of Isaac and Catherine (Trease) Meyers. Isaac Meyers farmed in Claiborne county, the native county of himself and his wife, until 1848 when he, with the Trease family, drove an ox team through to Jasper county, Iowa. They encountered terrible roads and many hardships. He located a timber tract, and in 1851 entered one hundred and twenty acres where Marshalltown now stands. After remaining there one year he moved to the neighborhood of Liscomb, Hardin county, and took up three hundred and twenty acres of wild land which he improved and on which he lived until his death. At first the only meat which his family had was wild game, which was killed and salted down, and Isaac Meyers has shot deer from his front door. He died in 1900, at the age of eighty-two, his wife in 1906, aged eighty-five. Isaac Meyers was always a rugged, hearty man, and in his life never required a doctor's services; his wife was in poor health for many years. He was a man of prominence in his community, was a Democrat, and held the office of justice of the peace for many years, in which capacity he won much recognition for the justice of his decisions, and also served as postmaster. He was a member of the Christian church.
Isaac and Catherine Meyers were the parents of eleven children, namely: James served in the Civil war for four years, was in mercantile business at Liscomb after the war, and is now a butter and egg merchant at Marshalltown; William served in Company B, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, with his brother James and was killed on July 22, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia; J.B.; John W. was a teacher and died in 1869; Thomas was the second white child born in Marshall county, Iowa, and owns part of the old place in Marshall county, where he lives; Samuel is a ranchman in Boulder, Wyoming; Caroline lives in Oregon; Rosaline, the widow of Sylvester Hauser, lives in Liscomb, Iowa; Nelson is much of a traveler, and was last heard from in Alaska; Alice and Celeste are deceased.
J.B. Meyers attended the old log schools, and later went to Albion College, which he left to go to war. In January, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, at Marshalltown, and was sent to Vicksburg. His regiment was in the Atlanta campaign and on July 22, 1864, Mr. Meyers was captured, confined for five months in Andersonville prison, then was transferred to Florence prison, in South Carolina, from which he was paroled in 1865, and came out almost a walking skeleton, weighing only seventy pounds with his overcoat. In 1906, under happier circumstances, Mr. Meyers attended the unveiling of the Andersonville monument, and he has in his possession a cane made from the wood of the old prison. James Meyers, who enlisted in 1861, served to the close of the war, and took part in the Grand Review under Sherman. William enlisted in 1862, was wounded on July 21, 1863, but in spite of wounds kept on until the day on which his brother was captured, July 22, 1864, when he met his death.
At the close of the war J.B. Meyers was too weak for physical labor, so he attended school at Albion for a while, then was in the dry goods business at Liscomb for four years, bought the store and owned it seven years, then tried to farm, but on account of his health had to give it up. He was married on December 24, 1873, to Nettie E. Springer, of Grundy county, Iowa, the daughter of A.J. and Cynthia W. (Weed) Springer, natives of New York who came to Jackson county, Iowa, in 1854 and later moved to McHenry county, Illinois, and in May, 1861, to Grundy county. Mr. Springer was an able farmer, and on his retirement moved to Whitten, where he died in 1889, and where his wife still lives. Two of their children are living, James R., a farmer and fruit raiser at Halley, Oregon, and Mrs. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers are the parents of two daughters, Ada I., at home, and Bessie A., the wife of the Rev. Thomas N. Hauser, pastor of the Christian church at Union, Iowa, living at No. 990 Twenty-fifth street. Des Moines, Iowa, where he is attending Drake University.
In 1880 Mr. Meyers moved to Whitten and opened the first hardware store in the village, which he kept for twenty-six and one-half years, and on account of his unswerving integrity and keen business ability, was very successful. He sold this business in 1907 and in the spring of 1910 laid out the Meyers addition to Whitten. Mr. Meyers was prominent in the organization of the Whitten State Savings Bank, and was made president. This bank has a capital of fifteen thousand dollars, and is progressing in a manner gratifying to its organizers. Truman Welton is vice-president; Frank Lindeman, cashier, the directors are J.B. Meyers, Truman Welton, Ed Lockard, Wesley Allen, William Parrish, Thomas Stanborough and N.O. Hauser. For four years Mr. Meyers was postmaster at Whitten. In politics he is a Democrat and was the first mayor of Whitten and for nine years a school director. Fraternally, he is a member of the Odd Fellows at Liscomb, and is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Union. Mr. Meyers is known to many people about Whitten and his character and attainments command much respect. As a man and as a merchant, he has ever been upright and honorable, in family relations kind and loving, while in social assemblages he is a good companion, a man of whom any community would be proud.
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