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ARTHUR J. MYERS, clothier. He is a native of New York City, born April 22, 1839, and is the son of John M. and Phoebe Myers, both of English descent His early education was obtained in the schools of New York City. At the early age of thirteen he started out to make a way for himself in the world, and came to St. Louis; thence to Denver, and in all, spending four years in the west. Returning to New York he enlisted in Durea’s Fifth New York Zouaves. He served several months on the plains under Colonel Moonlight. When the war broke out he enlisted and served two years under General Hancock, participating in some of the hardest battles that were fought; his command being engaged at Malvern Hill, Big Bethel, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chickamauga, and others. He was mustered out with his regiment and immediately took a position in the pension office at Washington, which position he held for a long period. He then engaged in book-keeping in Chicago at which occupation he was engaged at the time of the great fire. After this he traveled extensively in the South, and in 1877 came to Joplin. In April, 1882, he came to Webb City and engaged in the clothing business. Mr. Myers is a member of Renold’s Post, No. 28, Grand Army of the Republic, Chicago; Endowment Rank, No. 318, Knights of Pythias, Carthage, Mo.; Excelsior Lodge No. 3, Knights of Pythias, Chicago, of which he is Past Chancellor; Member of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of Illinois; Abraham Lincoln Lodge, No. 49, I. O. F. S. of I., of Chicago, of which he is Past V. P.; Duane Lodge No. 11, I. O. O. F. of Chicago, of which he is Past N. G.; and is a member of the Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Illinois; and also a member of Galena Encampment, No. 80, I. O. O. F., of Joplin, Mo., of which he is S. W. Mr. M. is a gentleman of culture and rare social qualities and has an inexhaustible fund of wit and humor, and as a companionable person has few superiors.