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ELI. MYERS, merchant, Monroeville, was born in Patton township, October 6, 1830. The family name is evidently of German origin, and is a historic one in that township. It was at the house of Mr. McElroy, Mrs. Myers’ grandfather, that Gen. Washington found shelter after an involuntary bath in the Allegheny. Eli Myers, grandfather of our subject, at one time owned the mill in Wilkins township, on Thompson’s run, in Turtle Creek village. His son, William, married Jane Carr, a native of Patton, and died when the subject of our sketch was small. When seven years old Eli was bound out to Robert Beatty, and reared and educated on a farm in Patton township. For many years he worked Mr. Beatty’s farm, and in 1880 he opened a store at Monroeville. Next year he was appointed postmaster, and has held the office ever since. He is a republican, and has served eight years as township supervisor and two years as tax-collector. The family is associated with the Presbyterian Church. August 8, 1854, Mr. Myers married Maria, a daughter of Robert McElroy, and they had a family of eight children: Robert E. (at home), Mary (wife of Robert Swishelm, in Wilkins), Sarah G. and James (in Penn township), Lizzie H. (assistant postmaster), Rachel A., Maggie, S. K. and Virginia Etta (at home). The second child, Fulton McElroy, died in infancy.