Information on the ancestry of Dan Myers was provided to me by Dan’s Nephew, Gail E. Myers, of Jacksonville, Oregon. Gail spent a lot of time researching those ancestors, and made some remarkable discoveries. Here is Gail’s account of one of those discoveries, which was published in The Historical Times: Journal of the Granville, OH Historical Center.
To Seek, To Find, and Be Bowled Over By Your Ancestors
Gail Myers (r), with Polly Horn (l), head of Sunbury's genealogical collection, Gail's two children, and a family friend
George, where down the line of this Myers group does your grandfather Dan fit in?
Just answered my own question by looking at the pedigree chart for the Myers’ and saw that Dan would be great-grandson ( I think) of the Lawrence mentioned in the article.
Yes, great-grandson is correct.
[...] two (Lawrence) also removed to Sunbury, Ohio; in fact, the two brothers are credited with the founding of the town. This “Lawrence” was the father of Henry B. Myers (father of Stephen Bennett Myers) and [...]
[...] was born in the Wyoming valley of Pennsylvania, and as a young man, moved west to found the town of Sunbury, Ohio, together with his brother [...]
[...] to poke around at the several dead-ends I have been griping about. At the same time, I met cousin Gail Myers at his home near Medford. It was our first face-to-face meeting, after several years of lively [...]