Death of an Old Pioneer
Jacob Myers, a old and highly respected citizen of Jackson Township, died at his residence, five and one half miles north-east of Paulding, on January 23, 1881. Aged 73 years and three months. Mr. Myers came to this country in the year 1851, and lived in Tuscarawas County until the spring of 1851, when he moved to Defiance County.
Later in the same year, he located in the dense forests of Paulding County and entered the tract of land upon which he made his home during the balance of his life. When he moved to Jackson Township his nearest neighbor on the south-west was two and one-half miles distant; on the east one mile and on the west one and one half mile.
He commenced out a farm with no start in life but by faithful work and succeeded in making a good farm, paid his taxes promptly as he went along and died without the burden of a single debt upon his mind. The aged man was buried in his wedding clothes, at his request and was laid away in the Junction Cemetery, after services were held over his remains at the Reformed Church, on the 25th,. Previous to his death, he chose the passage of scripture from which he wished his funeral sermon preached, it being The First Epistle to the Thes.,IV.Chapter 14th to last verse.
Jacob Myers, a old and highly respected citizen of Jackson Township, died at his residence, five and one half miles north-east of Paulding, on January 23, 1881. Aged 73 years and three months. Mr. Myers came to this country in the year 1851, and lived in Tuscarawas County until the spring of 1851, when he moved to Defiance County.
Later in the same year, he located in the dense forests of Paulding County and entered the tract of land upon which he made his home during the balance of his life. When he moved to Jackson Township his nearest neighbor on the south-west was two and one-half miles distant; on the east one mile and on the west one and one half mile.
He commenced out a farm with no start in life but by faithful work and succeeded in making a good farm, paid his taxes promptly as he went along and died without the burden of a single debt upon his mind. The aged man was buried in his wedding clothes, at his request and was laid away in the Junction Cemetery, after services were held over his remains at the Reformed Church, on the 25th,. Previous to his death, he chose the passage of scripture from which he wished his funeral sermon preached, it being The First Epistle to the Thes.,IV.Chapter 14th to last verse.
Death of an Old Pioneer
Jacob Myers, a old and highly respected citizen of Jackson Township, died at his residence, five and one half miles north-east of Paulding, on January 23, 1881. Aged 73 years and three months. Mr. Myers came to this country in the year 1851, and lived in Tuscarawas County until the spring of 1851, when he moved to Defiance County.
Later in the same year, he located in the dense forests of Paulding County and entered the tract of land upon which he made his home during the balance of his life. When he moved to Jackson Township his nearest neighbor on the south-west was two and one-half miles distant; on the east one mile and on the west one and one half mile.
He commenced out a farm with no start in life but by faithful work and succeeded in making a good farm, paid his taxes promptly as he went along and died without the burden of a single debt upon his mind. The aged man was buried in his wedding clothes, at his request and was laid away in the Junction Cemetery, after services were held over his remains at the Reformed Church, on the 25th,. Previous to his death, he chose the passage of scripture from which he wished his funeral sermon preached, it being The First Epistle to the Thes.,IV.Chapter 14th to last verse.
Jacob Myers, a old and highly respected citizen of Jackson Township, died at his residence, five and one half miles north-east of Paulding, on January 23, 1881. Aged 73 years and three months. Mr. Myers came to this country in the year 1851, and lived in Tuscarawas County until the spring of 1851, when he moved to Defiance County.
Later in the same year, he located in the dense forests of Paulding County and entered the tract of land upon which he made his home during the balance of his life. When he moved to Jackson Township his nearest neighbor on the south-west was two and one-half miles distant; on the east one mile and on the west one and one half mile.
He commenced out a farm with no start in life but by faithful work and succeeded in making a good farm, paid his taxes promptly as he went along and died without the burden of a single debt upon his mind. The aged man was buried in his wedding clothes, at his request and was laid away in the Junction Cemetery, after services were held over his remains at the Reformed Church, on the 25th,. Previous to his death, he chose the passage of scripture from which he wished his funeral sermon preached, it being The First Epistle to the Thes.,IV.Chapter 14th to last verse.
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