[p. 731] who has filled the office of rural route mail carrier over the territory covered by Route No. 1, from Edenburg, in a very efficient manner since he accepted the office December 17, 1901, is a very popular official and esteemed citizen of this section. Mr. Simon was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, not far distant from Lowellville, August 21, 1876, and is a son of Jonathan R. and Catherine (Kariher) Simon, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in Pennsylvania, the Kariher family being old settlers in Lawrence County.
Myron M. Simon accompanied his parents to Lawrence County in 1897, when they located in Mahoning Township. He was educated in the public schools of his native county, the Lowellville High School and the Union School at Poland, Ohio. Before accepting the position he now fills, he had devoted himself exclusively to agricultural pursuits and still cultivates his farm of twenty-eight acres, which is situated in Mahoning Township. In politics he is a Republican. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with his parents belongs to that religious organization at Edenburg.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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