Madera County Biographies

J. MYER

Transcribed by Craig A Hahn

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J. MYER, one of the active young business men of Madera, was born in Germany, in 
1846. Attending school in his own country until eighteen years of age, he then 
sought a broader field of labor; and to grow up among the young men of a new 
country, he left the home of his birth and emigrated direct to California, to 
seek name and fortune under the stars and stripes and among a free and 
independent people. Mr. Myer settled in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, in 1866, and 
passed the two following years in school, learning the language and business 
methods of the country of his adoption. He then began clerking in Gilroy, and in 
1871 came to Firebaugh, Fresno County, as cashier and manager of the general 
merchandise store of Messrs. Miller & Lux, and remained in their employ for a 
period of twelve years. In 1883 he came to Madera and engaged in a grain 
commission business, with a rented warehouse 50 x 250 feet, for the storage of 
grain. He also engaged in real estate, making a specialty of town property. In 
1887 the firm of Mase & Myer was established to engage in the real-estate 
business, and they represent the Miller & Lux lands of about 7,000 acres, which 
is being subdivided and placed upon the market. Mr. Myer still continues his 
commission business. In the fall election of 1890 he was elected Supervisor from 
the first township, on the Republican ticket, against a Democratic majority of 
200 votes, which speaks volumes for the reputation and principles of Mr. Myer as 
an upright and honorable citizen. He is a member of Madera Lodge, No. 327, I. O. 
O. F., and Madera Lodge, No. 134, Knights of Pythias. 
 
Memorial and Biographical History of the counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern, 
California Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892, p. 484