This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi2.2ACIB/6238 Message Board Post: Daniel D. Myers Daniel D. Myers, son of John and Elizabeth Myers, of this township, was born February 1, 1847, and is of German descent. He was reared on the home farm, of which he assumed charge in 1868. In 1871 he made an extensive tour of the West; in 1874 he commenced dealing in agricultural implements at Dillsburg, and in 1881 he bought the home farm of eighty-seven acres of which fifteen acres are in woodland. Mr. Myers has taken great interest in politics; has served his township as inspector; was a delegate to the Republican county conventions from 1868 to 1884 twelve times; and to the State conventions of 1881 and 1883, and he is also a prominent member of the P. of H. In December, 1867, he married Eliza Jane, daughter of Joseph Elcock, of Mechanicsburg, and this union has been blessed with six children: Minnie Florence, Elizabeth Lillian, Walter Loudon, Mar Ellen, Eliza Edith and Lura (deceased). Mr. Myers is a member of the Bethel Mt. Pleasant Church. Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical Editor