"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a
compilation of this work....by a number of writers".  Chapman Publishing Co;
Chicago, 1903. p. 642.
 
J. H. MYERS

     The interesting occupation of the engineer has been followed by J. H. Myers
for many years, and prior to the assumption of his present position as chief
engineer of the Portland Lumber Company, he held many others requiring great
skill, and mastery of minute intricacies. As a mere boy Mr. Myers had a leaning
toward mechanical investigation, and when opportunity came to perfect himself in
his chosen field of activity he went at it with a vim and enthusiasm which could
bring naught save the most pronounced success.
     The representative of a family long established in Virginia, Mr. Myers was
born in Parkersburg, that state, October 13, 1865, the youngest of the eight
children born, to Stephen and Mary M. (Ruebush) Myers, five of whose children
are living at the present time.  The paternal grandfather was an agriculturist
in the  Old Dominion, and Stephen Myers was a dealer in agricultural implements,
his latter days being spent in Lexington, Va. His wife, also a native of
Virginia, died in Greenville, Va. J. H. Myers was reared principally in
Lexington, and there attended the public schools. When sixteen years old he went
to Bradford, Miami county, Ohio, where he served an apprenticeship of five years
in a machine shop, and where he lived until 1889. After coming to Portland he
became engineer for the Chicago Lumber Company, and not only helped to put up
their mills and place their machinery, but remained with the company until it
went out of business. Following this engagement he was identified with the
Portland Sash & Door Company, assisted in the erection .of their plant and in
the placing of their machinery, and remained with them for about four years. He
then became assistant engineer of the Portland Hotel, but was obliged to leave
this position owing to the illness of his mother which called him east.
Returning to Portland he was with the hotel people for three years, and then
engaged as steamfitter and installer of plants in different parts of Oregon and
Washington. In this capacity he placed two plants in the state normal school at
Weston, and a plant in the agricultural school at Pullman, Wash. Again locating
in Portland he was for two years consulting engineer, and in April, 1900, became
chief engineer of the Portland Lumber Company. Mr. Myers has an engine of
fifteen hundred horse power, and has under his supervision several assistants.
     As proof of his faith in the future of Portland, and of his intention to
permanently avail himself of the advantages here represented, Mr. Myers has
built a commodious and modern residence at No. 724 East Burnside, where live his
family, composed of his wife, formerly Mary M. Morgan, a native of Portland, and
two children, Henry Earl and Charles Allen. Mr. Myers is a member of the Local
No. 1, National Association Stationary Engineers, and is fraternally associated
with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Fidelity Lodge.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
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