Biography of James C. Myers, pages 629 / 630.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

James C. Myers, section 23, Franklin Township, was born in Ashland County, 
Ohio, April 18, 1826, a son of Jacob and Susan (Doughnut) Myers.  In 1828 
his parents moved to Crawford County, Ohio, and in September, 1837, to De 
Kalb County, Ind., and settled on section 22, Franklin Township. Their 
nearest neighbor was five miles distant.  On account of the wild animals, 
they built their log cabin without a door, and entered the house by a hole 
in the roof.  His father was a great hunter, being very found of the sport, 
and one morning before ten o’clock killed six deer.  James C.’s playmates 
were Indian boys.  His father died in November, 1881.  Of a family of ten 
children, seven are living---George, Amos, James, Nancy, Jacob, Amzi, and 
John C.  John C. Myers was reared a farmer, and has always followed that 
vocation.  He now owns seventy acres of land, well cultivated, with good 
buildings.  He married Aug. 12, 1851, to Sarah Slentz, daughter of Henry 
Slentz.  They have four children ---Nancy Jane, Hannah, Benjamin and Ellen.  
Nancy married Charles Culbertson, of Otsego Township, Steuben County, has 
three children---James H., Ella D. and Sarah E.  Hannah married Peter 
Dirrim and has three children---Cyrus B., Franklin E. and Berton.  
Benjamin married Martha Dirrim and has three children---Eva, Isaac and 
Sarah E.  Ellen married Robert C. Platt and has one child---Byron.  Mr. 
Myers enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company A, One Hundred and 
Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Dalton, 
Buzzard’s Roost, Resaca, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Kingston and many 
others.

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