"Christian Myers, aged eighty-nine years, died with pneumonia at his home in Sandwich Saturday. Mr. Myers was one of Illinois' pioneer settlers having come from Wayne county, Ohio where he settled with his father at the age of ten years. He was born Nov. 5, 1819, at Mt. Pleasant, West Moreland county, Pennsylvania, where he lived for ten years when the family emigrated to Wayne county, Ohio.  At the age of seventeen years, his father died, leaving him to care for the family. In  1849, he married Mary Eberly and to this union were born eight children --Matilda Myers Culp, deceased; Joseph Myers, Alma, Neb.; Jacob Myers, Chicago; Jane Myers Hummel, Aurora; Martha Myers Runkle, deceased; Rebecca Myers Phillips, Wheaton; George Myers, San Diego, Cal.; Priscilla Myers Dun, Oakland, Cal..  Mary Myers, his wife, died in 1862 at Peirceville, Ill. Mr. Myers again married, in March, 1863, this time to Catherine Eberly, a sister-in-law of his first wife.  He was again left a widower by the demise of this mate Oct. 31, 1893.  About two years later, he married his present wife, Mary Peterman, who survives him. Mr. Myers is survived by a great number of grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren, some of whom are eighteen years of age and over. 

The career of Mr. Myers as a pioneer is an interesting one. He emigrated from Wayne county overland with oxen in 1845 and camped for a while at a point near the present site of the Union depot, which at that time was considered the outskirts of the city of Chicago. He landed with a little more than a dollar and supported his family by hauling wood down the ice on the Chicago river with his oxen. When spring opened up the following year, he settled on some government land about sixty miles west of Chicago, which is now known as Pierceville. He sold this in 1872 and settled in Sandwich, a wealthy and respected citizen. He had lived in retirement for about thirty-six years, although he was a large real estate holder and a stockholder in the Sandwich Manufacturing company.  He was followed to Pierceville by a large number of his relatives from the east and at present almost the entire township is related to the deceased pioneer.  He was always a staunch Republican and took great interest in the welfare and policies of his party. His son Joseph, is a veteran of the Civil war. Interment took place in the old Pierceville cemetery, within a mile from where Mr. Myers homesteaded in 1845. His genial face and familiar person will be missed by almost every citizen of DeKalb county, where he was known by a majority of the citizens. 

The demise of Mr. Myers has caused the loss of a unit around which revolved the many incidents and stories of pioneer life. He was in the height of his glory when he was surrounded by his many grandchildren at one of the many reunions and was allowed to entertain all by incidents of pioneer days."