FROM "BIOGRAHPICAL MEMOIRS OF WELLS COUNTY, INDIANA"
Published 1903
Page 577

DAVID MEYER

One of the most prosperous young business men of Bluffton, Indiana, is
David Meyer, a native of Wells county, born in Harrison township,
January 17, 1872, and a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Moser) Meyer, of
whom a more complete biography will be found on another page of this
volume. To Peter Meyer and wife were born eight children, of whom
David was the fifth in order of birth. Until seventeen years of age
he attended the schools of his district and acquired a good education.
After attaining his majority lie went to work on a farm for his
brother, Albert, with whom he remained one year, after which lie
worked a year for his father, and then entered a partnership with
Daniel Gilliom in the drilling of wells. This partnership existed
until May 25, 1898, when it was dissolved and Mr. Meyer entered a
partnership with Jacob Klopfenstine in the harness business at
Bluffton, and has probably the best establishment devoted to this line
of trade in the city, his business extending throughout the counties
of Wells and Adams. Mr. Meyer erected his present brick business block
in the fall of 1900 at a cost of five thousand two hundred dollars.
It is situated on Main street, is twenty by one hundred and twenty
feet in size, and is one of the handsomest business blocks in town.

June 15, 1899, Mr. Meyer was united in marriage with Miss Margaret
Engeler, daughter of Frederick and Rosanna (Beberstein) Engeler. Mr.
Engeler was a prominent business man of Vera Cruz, Indiana, and a
justice of the peace for many years. Mrs. Meyer was born in Vera
Cruz, this county, October 22, 1875, and was highly educated in that
town. She is a member of the Presbyterian church at Bluffton, is a
refined and cultured lady and is highly respected by all who know her.

Mr. Meyer exhibited considerable wisdom when he selected his present
line of business as his vocation, as his firm has almost an exclusive
command of the harness trade over Wells and Adams counties, the only
competition, in fact, being through the agents of manufacturing
companies that turn out and place upon the market machine-made
products, which, all the world knows, are never equal, either in
finish, quality or material, to hand-made articles. That Mr. Meyer
has made a success in his business is manifest from the high standing
he occupies in commercial and trade circles, in which his integrity,
has never been called in question and in which his credit has never
been impaired. The social position of Mr. Meyer and wife is in the
best circles of Bluffton, and both are highly esteemed for their many
personal excellence of character. Few young men have attained a more
exalted consideration by their fellow citizens than that reached by
David Meyer. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat and he
always takes an interest in the success of his party, though he does
not aspire to public life.

NOTE: David died April 3, 1946. He and Margaret had two children,
Ruth and Raymond.