OSCAR MYERS, farmer, P. O. Green Spring, was born October 9, 1856, in Adams Township, this county, son of John and Elizabeth A. (Ryne) Myers, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively, and who were married in this county; they had two children: Catharine (deceased) and Oscar. The mother died January 24, 1885; the father is now seventy-seven years old; he was a very industrious man through life, having accumulated considerable land and other property, most of which he has already given to his son Oscar, who is a worthy young man. In politics both father and son are Democratic from principle. Our subject was married December 5, 1876, to Emma Gibbons, born in Adams Township, this county, March 28, 1857, daughter of William and Jane (Stilwell) Gibbons, natives of Pennsylvania and New York, respectively, coming to this county about 1853, where they still reside; they reared a family of one son and two daughters: Almerinda, John and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Myers have two children: Frank and Cecil. Mr. Myers was reared a farmer, an occupation he still follows, devoting his spare time to operating a steam factory he has on his farm, where he manufactures bee hives and various articles of wooden ware. He also has a feed-mill, for grinding corn etc.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.708
ADAMS TOWNSHIP