Tulare County Biographies

EMMETT MEYERS

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Emmett Meyers, dealer in automobile accessories and owner of a filling 
station in Exeter, California, was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, in 1876. 
When he was about two years old his mother died and his father, John Meyers, a 
stone mason by trade, removed to Fayette county, Indiana, where Emmett attended 
the public schools. He continued to live with his father until the spring of 
1898, when congress declared war against Spain. Then he enlisted in Company I, 
Fourth United States Infantry, for a term of three years.
        His regiment was ordered to the Philippine Islands and went on 
transports from New York city via the Suez canal. At the expiration of his term 
of enlistment he returned home, having been discharged in Nagasaki, Japan, but 
after a short visit he again enlisted in the regular army for another three-year 
term. His first year of this term was spent at San Antonio, Texas, when his 
regiment was ordered to the Philippines, where he spent the remaining two years, 
chiefly on garrison duty. He was mustered out as a sergeant, being discharged at 
Angel Island, California, January 15, 1905, and in that year came to California. 
For the next twelve years he was in the employ of the Fresno Lumber Company 
during the summer months, working on the neighboring ranches in the winter time. 
In 1918 he came to Exeter and purchased his present build�ing and filling 
station, where he has since built up a profitable business.
        Fraternally Mr. Meyers is a member of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Yeomen. In April, 1921, he was 
elected a member of the city council for a term of four years. He married Miss 
Ivy B. Mason, of Connersville, Indiana, April 4, 1910, and they have one son, 
Herschel Harry, born November 12, 1912, now attending the public schools in 
Exeter. Mrs. Meyers is an active member of the Methodist church and the Woman's 
Christian Temperance Union and is the county superintendent on anti-narcotics 
and tobacco and one of the committee on law enforcement. In addition to his 
business property, Mr. Meyers owns a comfortable home.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 398