Abram Beachley Myers and Margaret E. Fletcher

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Husband Abram Beachley Myers ^{1 2}

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            AKA: A. Beachly Myers 3
           Born: 10 Mar 1856 - Ligonier Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Henry Myers (1810-      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Smith (      -      ) 1 3 4

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       Marriage: 27 Oct 1889 4

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Wife Margaret E. Fletcher ⁴

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            AKA: Margret E. Fletcher 5
           Born: 11 Feb 1869 - Ligonier Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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         Father: William Fletcher (1810-Abt 1899) 4 5
         Mother: Nancy Bricker (1825-      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Maurice Alvin Myers ^{5 6}

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           Born: 14 Apr 1891 6
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2 F Claire Myers ⁶

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           Born: 11 Jan 1893 6
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         Spouse: Daniel Melville (      -      ) 6

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3 F Maud Irene Myers ^{5 6}

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           Born: 7 Apr 1894 6
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         Spouse: Lt. H. C. Caldwell (      -      ) 6
           Marr: Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA

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4 M Earl Beachly Myers ^{5 6}

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           Born: 18 Sep 1897 - Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 6
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General Notes: Husband - Abram Beachley Myers

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He was reared on the home farm and obtained his educational training in the common schools of his native place and Ligonier Academy. He remained in school until the age of eighteen years, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He gave his time principally to tilling and improving of his farm. The coal underlying the farm was mined on a royalty. He removed from the farm December 15, 1904, to Ligonier, where he had built a substantial modern home of brick on North Market street. He was interested in Ligonier business enterprises, notably the Ligonier National Bank. He was secretary of the Business Men's Association, director of Valley Cemetery Association, and representative of the Johnson Harvester Company, and other farm implement manufacturers. Politically, Mr. Myers was an ardent Republican. He served his township six years as auditor, three years as school director, and two terms as justice of the peace.
He and his wife were members of the First Presbyterian church of Ligonier. He was also a member of Ligonier Lodge, No. 964, I. O. O. F.

He grew to manhood on his father's place. For his education he attended the local public schools and the Ligonier Classical School, and in the meantime assisted his father with the work on the farm. He remained on the farm until the autumn of 1904, carrying on in the meantime the double occupation of farming and stock raising, having purchased the farm in 1891. In the year 1904 he left the old place and came to the town of Ligonier, where he erected a house for himself on North Market street, although for three years thereafter he continued to superintend the operations on the farm. These operations, however, had changed in character, as valuable deposits of coal had been discovered there and mining was now being carried on. In the meantime Mr. Myers also established himself in the farm implement business, selling all sorts of devices, implements and general equipment for agricultural work. In the year 1907 he purchased a property upon which he erected a two-story business block, which was located on North Market street, Ligonier. He carried on his farm implements business in this building and added to it a large hardware department. In the year 1908 he admitted into partnership his son, Maurice A. Myers, and the business from that time was conducted under the style of A. B. Myers & Son. In the year 1911, or thereabouts, Mr. Myers became associated with the National Bank of Ligonier and from that time served on its board of directors.
Mr. Myers was active in many other departments of the community's life besides that connected with its business and financial interests. He was a staunch Republican in politics and served Ligonier township in the capacity of auditor for six years; the three years following he was a school director and for nine years was justice of the peace. He also served as a member of the Ligonier Town Council for three years, and it was during this time that the first street paving on North and South Market streets and the public square in Ligonier was completed. Mr. Myers was a Presbyterian in his religious belief and attended the First Church of this denomination at Ligonier, serving as an elder for seven years or more. He was also a member of Ligonier Lodge, No. 964, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also of the Encampment.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 550.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 467.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 330.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 468.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 331.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 469.