W. D. Myers
W. D. Myers, senior member of the firm of Myers & Stewart, general contractors in all kinds of plastering and a leading firm in this line at Steubenville, O., was born in the old homestead on Fourth Street, in this city, December 13, 1863, was one of Steubenville's best known citizens for many years. He was one of the leading contractors here and his contract work may be pointed out in some of the most substantial structures of the city. His death occurred in 1891. W. D. Myers was reared in his native place and attended the excellent city schools until ready to learn a self-supporting trade. With his father's advice, in 1880, he went into the plastering business, and hired Joseph Hollis to work for him. Mr. Hollis was a well known plasterer and Mr. Myers learned the trade while in business for himself and followed it sucessfully for a time and then began contracting. In 1884 he entered into partnership with John T. Stewart and has carried on his large operations ever since under the firm name of Myers & Stewart. The firm is noted for its enterprise as well as its trustworthy methods and has handled a large amount of the important city contracts completed in the last few years in the line of public improvements and also much done by private parties, a large amount of capital having been spent here in the last decade. Mr. Myers is a member of the Steuben Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910