My Genealogy Hound

CHARLES A. MEYERS. Northampton County is the home of a large number of men who were thrown upon their own resources at an early age, and whose natural aptness and energy were developed and strengthened by contact with the world, resulting in making their lives more than ordinarily successful in worldly prosperity and in winning respect. Among this class of men we mention the name of Mr. Meyers, a prosperous and influential citizen of Wind Gap, where he is engaged as a dealer in coal, flour and lumber.

Mr. Meyers was born in Bath, Pa., June 3, 1859, a son of Aaron and Caroline (Kleppeninger) Meyers, natives of Northampton County. Both families were established here early in the history of the county, and Grandfather Meyers was at one time a member of the Lower House of the State Legislature. The subject of this biography was reared to manhood upon the home farm at Bath, and received his education in the schools of that town. His advantages, however, were limited, and his present knowledge has been mainly self acquired.

When in his twenty-second year Mr. Meyers went to Pen Argyl, Pa., and for three years filled the position of station agent for the Central Railroad of New Jersey at that place. From there he came to Wind Gap, and held the same office for the company here. He was also employed as telegraph operator, having learned telegraphy at Pen Argyl with the aid of a hand instrument. In that place he also maintained other business interests, buying and selling cross ties, lime, sand, etc., and during his third year there managed the coal business for Meyers & Fish, in connection with his station agency.

On coming to Wind Gap, Mr. Meyers immediately embarked in the flour, feed and coal business, and when he resigned as station agent, he added lumber to his other lines of trade. He usually employs four men, though during busy seasons he has had in his employ as many as twenty men. Besides his other interests, he has a fair trade as contractor and builder. For several years he has devoted especial attention to the purchase of land, from which he clears the lumber, and disposing of it through his yards, has found that line of work profitable.

Establishing domestic ties, Mr. Meyers married Miss May H., daughter of Theodore Saylor, of Saylorsburg, Monroe County, Pa. In politics a Republican, Mr. Meyers has been prominent in political affairs, and in 1884 was appointed Postmaster at Wind Gap, retaining the position until the second administration of President Cleveland, and continued in office until November 1, 1894. While a resident of Pen Argyl, he was identified with the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and at present holds membership with the Patriotic Order Sons of America at Wind Gap. He is a member of the Reformed Church.