DAVID MYERS. The Myers family are numerous in Washington county. They are of German descent, and trace their ancestry to one George Myers, who in 1785 purchased an extensive tract of land situated on the north branch of Pigeon creek, on the boundary line between Somerset and Nottingham townships. The tract, the greater part of which is yet in the possession of the family, contain about 700 acres. George Myers had eight or ten children, all of whom are now deceased. His descendants now living are named as follows: David, Henry, Andrew, Jesse, Samuel, Levi, Jacob, Hiram, Jeremiah, Abner, William, John and Anderson. Jacob Myers, a son of George, was born in 1784 in Washington county, Penn., and was a lifelong farmer. In 1811 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Swickward (who was born in 1792, in this county(, and to their marriage came the following children: Samuel, David, Levi, Catherine D. (Mrs.Oller), Mary (Mrs. Kammerer), Jessie, Barbara, Susan, Daniel, Andrew and Eliza. Of this family the five last mentioned are deceased. The father served in many township offices. He died in 1848, the mother in 1886. David Myers was born in 1828 in Somerset township, Washington Co., Penn., and in his boyhood attended school in the home neighborhood. He assisted his father on the farm, and upon the death of the latter took charge of the home place, consisting of 232 acres. In 1876 he married Miss Margaret Howden a native of this county, daughter of John Howden, and granddaughter of Andrew Howden, who was born and reared in Ireland, and there married a Miss Nixion, a cousin of Mrs.

Text taken from page 1107 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Wilbur Frye of Pacifica, CA as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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