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Myers, Jacob, Sr.
Biography
11 Aug. 1782–17 Oct. 1867. Farmer, millwright. Born at Pence, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Frederick Myers and Elizabeth Wirick. Married Sarah Colman, 5 Jan. 1804, at Jefferson Co., Ohio. Lived in Richland Co., Ohio, 1804–ca. 1836. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1834. Ordained an elder by Oliver Cowdery and John Whitmer, 7 June 1835. Presiding elder of church branches in Perry, Worthington, and Green townships, Richland Co., 1836. Led company from southern Richland Co. to Missouri, 1836; settled near Shoal Creek, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Built mill at Hawn’s Mill settlement on Shoal Creek. Moved near Payson, Adams Co., Illinois, spring 1839. Presiding elder of church branch at Freedom, Adams Co., Illinois, 1842. Moved to Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Territory, ca. 1846, eventually settling in what became Council Bluffs. Appointed bishop to watch over families left behind in Iowa Territory when Mormon Battalion volunteers left for U.S. war with Mexico, 1846. Lived in Michigan, 1857. Buried at Owl Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery, in Ankenytown, Knox Co., Ohio.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 13–15 June 1839
- Minute Book 1
- Order from Newel K. Whitney, 18 April 1834
- Revelation, 28 April 1834
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male