Joseph E. Meyers

 

– MEMBER DETAILS –

Name

Joseph E. Meyers

Born

12/21/1858

Place of Birth

Philadelphia YM

Died

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Place of Death

New England YM

Place of Burial

Record Last Modified

01/17/2011

– FAMILY –

Father

Not Entered

Mother

Not Entered

Joseph E. Meyers is best remembered for a series of memorials he wrote in the 1920s for Ohio Friends.
 
Meyers was raised in Muncy MM of Philadelphia YM. He first came into contact with Ohio Friends during a visit by John Brantingham. Thereafter, Meyers moved to Ohio and spent the remainder of his life among Ohio Friends. He lived in Iowa and at Stillwater. Following the death of his wife, Meyers moved to Rhode Island to live with his daughter.
 
Sources: EAQG 4:420-421; information Meyers wrote in his memorial for John Brantingham.

OTHER INFORMATION

Conservative

MEMBERSHIP

Stillwater Monthly Meeting 1908-1931

OFFICES

Stillwater QM Men's Clerk 1925-1927

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Ohio M4S Seat 8 1918-1932

Primary School Committee Clerk 1910 - 1919

 

BOOKS

Author

Short Title

Book Type

When Published

Joseph E. Meyers

Short Biography of John W. Smith

Memorial

Joseph E. Meyers

Short Biography of Robert H. Smith

Memorial

Joseph E. Meyers

John Brantingham

Memorial

1930

Joseph E. Meyers

Asenath Bailey

Memorial

1927

Joseph E. Meyers

Memorial for Rebecca W. Bundy

Memorial

 

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