Lyman, W. D. "An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County, State of
Washington."  W. H. Lever, Publisher, 1901. p. 426.

MARTIN MEINERS

     one of the prosperous and well-to-do farmers of the county, residing ten
miles east of Walla Walla, was born in Germany, March 6, 1847. Like most German
youth, he enjoyed the privileges of the public school until fourteen years old.
In 1864, he, with his father and the remainder of the family, except his mother,
who had died some years before, came to America. They located in Illinois, where
Mr. Meiners lived until 1883. In that year, however, he came out to Walla Walla
county, invested the savings of the nineteen years he had passed in Illinois in
a section of land, and engaged in farming. He has followed the same occupation
on the same place continuously since, and now has a pleasant home and
surroundings.
    Mr. Meiners is a thrifty, industrious farmer, possessed of those neighborly
qualities which render a man esteemed and respected in the community in which he
lives. He is not especially active in politics, though he takes a lively and
intelligent interest in local affairs.  He was married in Illinois in 1874, to
Miss Ettje Beenders, a native of Germany, and they have a family of four
children, Cornelius M., John E., Grace W., and Elsina M.



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