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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.