Barton County, Missouri Biographies-Samuel MYERS

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Page 931

Samuel Myers, the oldest butcher in Lamar, and son of Nicholas and 
Catherine (Carr) Myers, was born in Norwich, Conn., March 9, 1847.  The
parents were both natives of Germany, but came to America in early life, 
and settled in New York City, where the father kept a butcher stall in 
the old Washington market.  They moved from New York to St. Louis, and
here the father died in 1876, at the age of fifty-nine years.  The mother
is still living, and makes her home in St. Louis.  While living in the 
old' country the father served in the French army, and was a brave and
gallant soldier.  Their family consisted of four children, three sons
and a daughter.  Samuel Myers, the second child, was educated in the
St. Louis schools, and while growing up learned the butcher's trade,
at which he has worked almost continuously since.  From St. Louis he
went to Sedalia, where he married, May 6, 1874, Miss Mollie H. Crowder,
a native of Charleston, Ill., though reared in Missouri.  They have no
children.  Having moved to Nevada, they made that their home until
1881, when they came to Lamar.  In 1883 he opened a shop in that town,
and has run one since.  Mr. Myers is a Democrat in politics, and is
a member of the A.O.U.W.

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