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ERNEST A MEYER
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller and Ruggles
Bath Township
Page 817

ERNEST A. MEYER, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Havana; was born in Hanover, Germany. March 4, 1844, but came to America with his father's family in early childhood. They settled in Bath Township, Mason Co., in 1848. Mr. Meyer was married. April 29, 1869, to Miss Anna C., daughter of George Dierker; her father came to America in 1835, and located first in New Orleans, La.; his brothers, John Henry and John Herman Dierker, came from Germany in the fall of 1837, and the following year the three brothers came to Mason Co. Mrs. Meyer was born in Balh Township, this county, Aug. 13, 1846. They have three children, Harman H, born Feb. 18, 1870; Emma M., Oct. 2, 1871, and Mary J., April 4, 1875. Mr. Meyer owns 484 acres of land in Bath, and 176 acres; in Kilbourne Township.



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