 1842 - 1929 (86 years)
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| Name |
John Norris Myers [1] |
| Suffix |
III |
| Birth |
17 Nov 1842 |
Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
28 Jul 1929 |
Ridgewood, Bergen County, NJ [1, 2] |
- Obituary -- John Norris Myers, III
FORMER RESIDENT OF NEWVILLE DIES
Mr. J. Norris Myers, a former resident of Newville, died of pneumonia, in Ridgewood, New Jeresy, on July 28th, 1929.
Deceased was a son of Rev. Thomas Myers, D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal church and Sarah Ann Norris, and was born in Lewiston, Pa. on November 17, 1842. His young manhood was spent in Baltimore, Md., and in 1876 married Laura Virginia Starr, of that city. Afterward he moved to Newville, where he engaged in the hardware business until the health of his wife became poor and made it necessary for him to establish his residence in Ashville, North Carolina. Later he again resided in Newville, from which place he moved to Carlisle and became engaged in Y. M. C. A. work, and was associated with the Carlisle Community College, where his work among the young people of the community stands as a lasting memorial to his memory. In 1915 he moved to Lansford, PA., and helped to establish a business college there, with which college he was associate until his retirement from activve duties, since which time he has lived in Ridgewood, N.J. and in Princeton, N.J., with his sons.
One sister and one brother survive; also two sons, Dr. Wm. Starr Myers, Prof. of Political Science in Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J. and J. Norris Myers, Jr., who is manager and director of the MacMillan Company, New York, with his residence in Ridgewood, N.J.
Mr. Myers came of a long line of Revolutionary and Dutch Colonial ancestry. He ws a faithful member of the Presbyterian church and served the church in many capacities, being an elder for many years.
His funeral was held Monday, July 29, 1929, with interment in the family plot in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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| Burial |
29 Jul 1929 |
Green Mount Cemetery [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I944 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
13 May 2022 |
| Family |
Laura Virginia Starr, b. 15 Jul 1850, Baltimore, MD d. 26 Sep 1894, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage |
30 May 1876 |
Baltimore, MD [3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Children |
| | 1. William Starr Myers, b. 17 Jun 1877, Baltimore, MD d. 28 Jan 1956, Princeton, Mercer County, NJ (Age 78 years) |
| | 2. John Norris Myers, IV, b. 28 Apr 1881, Baltimore, MD d. 25 May 1958, Summerville, Dorchester County, SC (Age 77 years) |
| | 3. Thomas Miller Myers, b. 3 Apr 1884, Baltimore, MD d. 8 Feb 1917, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ (Age 32 years) |
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| Family ID |
F272 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 Apr 2018 |
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| Notes |
- John Norris Myers son of Rev. Thomas Myers D.D. and Sarah Ann Norris...was born November 17, 1842 at Lewistown, Pa. where his father was stationed at that time.
He married in Baltimore, Maryland, May 30, 1876 Laura Virginia Starr (b. July 15, 1850 - d. Sept. 24, 1894) daughter of Wm. McKendry Starr (b. Dec. 13, 1813 - d. Nov. 11, 1860 - m Sept. 19, 1839) and Mary Jane Crane...(b. 1821 - d. Oct. 26, 1850). Wm. McKendryStarr was a son of Wesley Starr, founder of the Starr Methodist Protestant Church, Baltimore.
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Mr. Myers has been a resident of Baltimore, Md., Newville, Pa., Ashville, N. C., Carlisle, Pa. and at present resides at Lansford, Pa. [7]
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| Sources |
- [S2106] Obituary, Myers, John Norris, III, (The Newville, PA Valley Times-Star, 8 Aug 1929, Page 4), 27 Mar 2020 (Reliability: 2).
- [S554] Green Mount Cemetery Interment Records for the Starr Family of Baltimore, MD, (3 Nov 2000), 6 Feb 2020, 30. (Reliability: 3).
Card 2.
- [S138] Starr - Crane, Family Chart, 37.
- [S170] Willis Arnold Finchum, Finchum FGS, (30 Jul 2002), 5045.
- [S274] Burgis Pratt Starr, A History of the Starr Family of New England, (The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company Printers; ©1879).
- [S682] Thomas M. Myers, Compiler, Myers, The Norris Family of Maryland, (William M. Clemens, Publisher, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, NY, 1916), 25.
Page 57.
- [S682] Thomas M. Myers, Compiler, Myers, The Norris Family of Maryland, (William M. Clemens, Publisher, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, NY, 1916), 27 Aug 2013, 25. (Reliability: 3).
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