Clarion County PA Archives Obituaries.....MYERS, Christian October 14, 1877
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  The Indian Democrat, Indiana, Pa, p. 2, Oct. 18, 1877
  
  Hon. Christian Myers, formerly a well known citizen of Clarion county, died at 
  his home in Philadelphia, on Saturday last, in the 81st year of his age.  Mr. 
  Myers was born in Lancaster county, in 1796, and in 1828 came to Venango 
  county.  Here he built the second blast furnace west of the Allegheny 
  mountains.  The Philadelphia Times says:
  "His ability soon brought him into prominence and he early became one of the 
  leading men of Western Pennsylvania.  In 1837 he was elected to the 
  Constitutional Convention and served with some distinction in that body of 
  unusually able men.  In 1840 he aided in the organization of Clarion county 
  from portions of the territory of Armstrong and Venango, and was appointed by 
  Governor Porter, one its firs Associate Judges.  He was a Presidential elector 
  on the Polk and Dallas ticket in 1843, but id not approve of the tariff of 1843 
  by the casting vote of Dallas, which he considered a violation of the party 
  ledges.  On a platform of opposition to this repeal he was elected to the State 
  Senate in 1849 on an independent ticket; the district was composed of 
  Armstrong, Clarion and Indiana.  For six years, by appointment of Governor 
  Curtin, Mr. Myers held the position of head of the Board of Grain Measurers of 
  the Port of Philadelphia, and was always a firm supporter of the Governor.  He 
  has taken no part in politics of late years in consequence of his advance age.  
  Mr. Myers always had the reputation, well earned, of being an  honest and 
  competent public servant, and in all relations a man of strict integrity and 
  unsullied honor."
  
  
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