Researching Benjamin Meyers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 273 people with the Meyers surname? In that year Meyers was ranked number 3306 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Benjamin means "Son of the right hand" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Benjamin Meyers on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Benjamin Meyers and the Meyers Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 526 people with the Meyers surname in the UK? Meyers is now ranked number 3545 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Benjamin Meyers
Benjamin Franklin Meyers
right|thumb|Benjamin Franklin MeyersBenjamin Franklin Meyers (July 6, 1833 – August 11, 1918) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin F. Meyers was born near New Centerville, Pennsylvania. He attended Somerset Academy and Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (now Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania). He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1855. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1864. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1864, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, and 1900. He was the editor of the Bedford Gazette and in 1868 of the Harrisburg Daily Patriot.
Meyers was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872. He served as postmaster of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by appointment of President Grover Cleveland from 1886 to 1891. He was publisher of the Daily Star Independent in Harrisburg. He was engaged in public utilities, and died in Harrisburg in 1918. Interment in Harrisburg Cemetery.
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