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GUSTAVUS A. MEYER, miller, post office Elizabeth, is a son of John R. Meyer, who was a native of Prussia, and a captain in the Prussian army. He immigrated to this country in 1838 and settled in Cincinnati, working at his trade as a tailor. In 1846 he moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, and in 1854 to Pittsburgh. He was a soldier in the civil war, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. He left six children, Gustavus A. being the eldest. He was born Jan. 27, 1838, on board the ship in which his parents were coming to this country, while in the Gulf of Mexico. He learned the trade of pattern-making, and worked at it for many years in Pittsburgh. In 1873 he went to Virginia, where he owned a saw-and grist mill on Potomac run, and another on Acquia creek. After nine years he returned to Pittsburgh, and remained until July, 1887, when he purchased the Elizabeth flouring-mills of Mr. T. H. Drennan, and is the head of the Meyer Milling company. Nov. 1, 1858, he was married to Anna M., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Gosman) Caseman, of Pittsburgh. They have five living children: Amelia (Mrs. Jacob Liese), of this borough; Minerva, Gustavus A., Jr., William R. and May, living at home. Mr. Meyer was captain of the pioneer corps of the S. W. army, which was raised in Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of William Tell Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Wheeling, W. Va., and A. O. U. W. of Millvale borough, Pa.