California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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J. W. MYERS. � A conscientious, careful and indefatigable worker, who 
has become a small ranch-owner in very comfortable circumstances, and 
who enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens, is J. W. Myers, 
brother of Mrs. Malissa Claytor, widow of the late Thomas Claytor. This 
lady owns and resides upon a ranch of forty acres, two miles east of Selma, 
where Mr. Myers also resides; and having leased it for three years, he is 
giving it his most intelligent attention and industrious care. 

Mr. Myers was born in Caldwell County, Mo., on June 22, 1872, the 
son of George W. Myers, a native of Nashville, Tenn., who enlisted in the 
Union Army and served throughout the Civil War. Later he was united in 
marriage at Nebraska City, Nebr., to Miss Charlotte Meyers, after which he 
farmed for several years in Missouri, where our subject was born and reared. 
There were seven children in all, six boys and one girl. 

During the great boom in California, in 1887, J. W. Myers came out to 
the Golden State, and since then he has spent most of his time in working by 
the month on neighboring ranches. He saved his earnings, however, and is 
now the owner of twenty unimproved acres west of Selma. 

His progress has been slow but sure, as might be expected of one pur- 
suing his upright methods. His crop for 1918 yielded $6,000 of which his 
share was one-half. He is still single, and thus able to devote the major 
part of his time to his pressing affairs. As a patriotic citizen working in 
national civic matters under the banners of the Democratic party, but dis- 
regarding party politics in matters of local improvement and advancement, 
Mr. Myers is a loyal supporter of the administration and of the government's 
war policy.