Edwin C. Myers
Edwin C. Myers, farmer, P. O. Edinburgh, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 21, 1834; son of William and Alice Myers, natives of Chester County, Penn. They lived some time in Columbiana County, Ohio, and from there moved to Edinburg, this county, in December, 1834, and here remained until their death. William Myers died in 1859 and Alice Myers in 1857. Our subject was married, May 21, 1857, to Anna M. Stretch, born in Salem, Ohio, November 25, 1840, daughter of Abiner and Ann Stretch, who are both now deceased. To our subject and wife were born five children: Willis E., born July 8, 1863; Emmet E., born August 11, 1867; Friend E., born Juue 27, 1870; Telula E., born March 2, 1874, and Clyde P., born August 7, 1877. Our subject, who has been engaged in farming all his life, now owns forty acres of good land, where he and his family reside. Mr. Myers took part in the late war of the Rebellion as a member of Company F, Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. James A. Garheld, enlisting in the fall of 1861 and remaining in the service a little over one year. He was discharged at Ashland, Boyd Co., Ky., for disability, and gave his discharge paper to Maj. H. H. Willard, who lost it. Mr. Myers then obtained a second one at Cumberland Gap, and when he returned to his regiment he was ordered to Columbus for examination, and there received his final discharge. Mrs. Myers died of consumption January 15, 1880. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885