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H. A. MYERS, farmer; P. O. Bloomington, box 991; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Aug. 23, 1827, where he lived until 1864. He was married Dec. 25, 1849, to Miss Levina Schechter, of Richwood, Union Co., Ohio; she was born in Knox Co. When but 20 years old, he took up the management of the home farm and conducted the same until 1864; in 1851, he bought a farm adjoining his father’s farm, of 183 acres; in 1864, he sold the two farms and came West, bringing with him 1,400 head of sheep, and located two miles east of Bloomington; he next moved to a farm six miles from Bloomington, on Cheney’s Grove road, containing 564 acres; he then came to his present place, located ten miles from Bloomington, and containing 257 acres. When he came West, he was largely interested in wool-raising; lately, he has confined himself to stock and general farming. They have had ten children, eight still living — Theodosia A., Henry S., Margaret C., James F., William F., Rose L., Jennie and James S.