This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Myers, Howatt Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Hi2.2ACIB/6006 Message Board Post: The Florida Times – Union Jacksonville, Friday, January 1, 1897 Obituary. George Myers. St. Augustine, Fla., December 31. – In the death of George Myers at Chester, Fla., last night, this city and a worthy family loses a val-ued citizen and friend. The deceased was a volunteer Union soldier of the civil war, and won distinction at Gettysburg, Pa., in the ranks. He was the head of the firm here of George Myers & Co., and has been for the past eight years established in Fernandina’s cannery. His sister, Mrs. George Howatt, Mr. Howatt and Frank J. Howatt left today for Chester.