Henry Bennett Myers
1819 - 1864 (44 years)-
Name Henry Bennett Myers Birth 15 Nov 1819 Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA 
[1] Gender Male Burial 1864 Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, USA [2] Death 14 Jun 1864 Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, USA [1] Person ID I4271 Larson Last Modified 12 Apr 2024
Father Lawrence Myers, b. 28 Jun 1794, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA d. 7 May 1829, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA (Age 34 years) Mother Eliza Brown, b. 25 Jan 1795, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Oct 1855, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, USA (Age 60 years) Marriage 18 May 1817 Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3] Family ID F1739 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Leonora S. Brown, b. 1827, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA d. 6 Nov 1849, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA (Age 22 years) Marriage 25 Aug 1847 [1] Children 1. Stephen Bennett Myers, b. 22 Jul 1848, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA d. 10 Aug 1917, Onawa, Monona, Iowa, USA (Age 69 years)Family ID F1737 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Feb 2015
Family 2 Fanny B Myers, b. Nov 1826, Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Jul 1909, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 82 years) Marriage 28 May 1854 Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Children 1. Harry B. Myers, b. 13 Feb 1858, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA d. 8 Sep 1888 (Age 30 years)2. Sarah E. Myers, b. 27 Apr 1860 d. 1944, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 83 years)3. Susan B. Myers, b. 20 Nov 1861, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, USA d. 24 Feb 1949, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 87 years)Family ID F2717 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Feb 2015
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Henry Bennett Myers
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Notes - Civil War, 1st Lt., 33 Iowa Volunteers (Quartermaster). At battles of Yazoo Pass (MO) and Helena (AR). Medical discharge Mar 1864, two months before his death. His first wife was his first cousin, daughter of Eliza's brother Col. Thomas Jefferson Brown. His second wife was also his first cousin, daughter of Lawrence's brother Thomas Myers. They were married by the Rev. Dr. Charles Peck; husband of Fanny's aunt, Mary Myers.
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- Civil War, 1st Lt., 33 Iowa Volunteers (Quartermaster). At battles of Yazoo Pass (MO) and Helena (AR). Medical discharge Mar 1864, two months before his death. His first wife was his first cousin, daughter of Eliza's brother Col. Thomas Jefferson Brown. His second wife was also his first cousin, daughter of Lawrence's brother Thomas Myers. They were married by the Rev. Dr. Charles Peck; husband of Fanny's aunt, Mary Myers.
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Sources - [S71] Lawrence Myers family Bible.
- [S14] tombstone, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Myers&GSfn=Henry&GSmn=B&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1864&GSdyrel=in&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16537103&df=all& (Reliability: 0).
- [S158] Harriet Myers Bible.
- [S71] Lawrence Myers family Bible.