Husband Col. James Stroble Myers 1
Born: 9 Jun 1813 - Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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Died: 20 Oct 1885 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Father: Henry Meyers (1761-1849) 2
Mother: Mary Sarah Stroble (1766-1835)
Marriage: 8 Apr 1834 1
Wife Emily Bunnell 1
Born: 13 Aug 1817 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
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Died: 10 Dec 1894 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Father: Samuel Bunnell (1780-1866) 3 4
Mother: Elizabeth Davis (1780-1826) 5
Children
1 M Samuel Bunnell Myers 4 6
Born: 21 Feb 1835 4
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Died: 13 Nov 1895 4
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Spouse: Sarah Kephardt ( - ) 4
2 M James Paxton Myers 4 6
Born: 25 Sep 1838 4
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Died: 21 Jul 1843 4
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Emily Elizabeth Myers 4 6
Born: 26 Jan 1842 4
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Died: 14 Jul 1872 4
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Spouse: John H. Lee ( - ) 6
4 F Lauretta Raymond Myers 4 7
Born: 27 Jul 1844 7
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Died: 1 Jul 1912 7 8
Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: James Doddridge Chadwick (1836-1903) 7 9
Marr: 13 Jun 1867 8
5 M James Briggs Myers 4 6
Born: 8 Aug 1847 4
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Died: 1 May 1898 4
Buried: 13 May 1898 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
6 M Dr. Wilbur Fisk Myers 4 6
Born: 29 Apr 1850 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
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Died: 3 Oct 1905 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 10
Buried: 7 Oct 1905 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Agnes J. "Aggie" Martin ( - ) 10
Marr: 13 Jun 1878 - ? Franklin, Venango Co, PA 10 11
7 M Charles Albert Myers 4 6
Born: 21 May 1853 4
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Died: 20 Dec 1896 4
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8 M Frank Henry Myers 4 6
Born: 3 Sep 1857 4
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Died: 26 Oct 1861 4
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
9 F Sarah Ella Myers 4 6
Born: 29 Oct 1860 4
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Died: 6 Sep 1862 4
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Col. James Stroble Myers
He was the youngest of a family of thirteen children, and remained with his parents until January 12, 1828, at which time he came to Franklin, Pennsylvania, his father having indentured him to Nathaniel Cary to learn the tailor's trade. After becoming proficient in that calling, he worked three years as a journeyman tailor at Brownsville, Blairsville, and other places in the western part of the state, and in 1832 located in Franklin, opening a shop on Thirteenth street, near Liberty, where he carried on a successful business for some years. It was at this period that Mr. Myers developed those qualities of energy, application, and systematic endeavor which were the foundation of his subsequent success in life. Owing to the lack of educational facilities at that time he had been obliged to start out in the world with a limited knowledge of books, and with no capital save a stout heart and strong physical constitution, and the mother-wit and common sense inherited from his parentage. While attending the demands of his shop he laid out a course for his future which seemed hedged with difficulties, but which he resolutely carried out. Although carrying on his shop and already married, with a growing family, he decided to become a lawyer. To this end he divided his time, giving eight hours each day to work in the shop, eight hours to study, and eight hours to rest. In order to acquire the requisite knowledge of Latin, he continued to take lessons in that language, reciting to the principal of the old Franklin Academy.
In 1838 the workman-student found himself sufficiently equipped with solid acquirements to relinquish his business and enter as a regular student in the law office of James Thompson, then the leading lawyer of this place, and afterward chief justice of the state. Applying himself closely to his task, often studying fourteen hours a day, Mr. Myers passed examination and was duly admitted to the bar on the 21st day of November, 1840, and on the 22nd of September, 1845, was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Pennsylvania.
Previous to his admission to the Venango bar, from 1836 to 1839, he had been collector for the French Creek canal, a position obtained through the interposition of Thaddeus Stevens, between whom and Mr. Myers a friendly and political sympathy always existed.
The year of his admission Mr. Myers entered into a partnership with his preceptor, John W. Howe, which lasted until 1849, when Mr. Howe retired from the firm, having been elected the previous year to represent the Venango district in congress. In 1850 the late F. D. Kinnear became a partner and until the dissolution of the partnership in 1868, this firm was prominent in the law business in this part of the state. Mr. Myers continued the successful practice of his profession until about 1873, when he retired from court business, though he frequently gave counsel and assistance in difficult cases for several years later.
Few members of the Venango bar possessed in so marked a degree all the elements of the successful jurist as Mr. Myers. A strong, vigorous, and naturally fine legal mind, strengthened by a profound knowledge of Blackstone, and well versed in the principles of his profession, made him an authority on all intricate and technical points of law; and, recognized as such, he was frequently consulted, not only by members of the bar but by judges on the bench as well. His written opinions were couched in the most vigorous English with no useless verbiage, and as an advocate he was clear, forcible, and logical rather than ornate and eloquent. Slow in arriving at conclusions and careful in probing to the bottom all questions and cases submitted to his consideration, his opinions were always well fortified with proper authorities, tenaciously adhered to, and seldom relinquished. Mr. Myers had positive political convictions, and for many years was a leading anti-slavery Whig, and later a firm adherent of the Republican party. He took an active part in the campaigns of 1849 and 1850, spoke for Scott in 1852, and in 1856 he was the Republican candidate for congress in what was known as the "wild cat district," making the race against a hopelessly large Democratic majority, which he succeeded in greatly reducing.
As a citizen Mr. Myers was public spirited and progressive, always alive to the interests of the city, with whose welfare his thirty-eight years of professional life was so closely identified. In his religious convictions he adhered to the creed of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was a member of that denomination until his death. [HVC 1890, 179]