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Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana, 1903. pp. 375-376.

PETER MEYER.

As far back as 1835 the Meyer family came from Switzerland to America. Peter Meyer was a native of the unconquerable little republic, having had his nativity May 22, 1831. He has since had his home in the grander republic of America, now being a resident of this country about sixty-seven years, or more than an ordinary life time. On coming to this country, Peter and Margaret Meyer, the parents of Peter, who is made the especial subject of this biographical notice, first located in Starke county, Ohio, where they lived about one year, and whence Peter, the father, in company with John Buler, came on foot to Wells county, Indiana, in 1836. From here he went to Adams county with an ox-team and located in French township and lived on a farm in the midst of a forest for several years, sold the farm and came back to Wells county, where he died in the 'seventies, at the home of his son Abe.

Peter Meyer, of this sketch, until twenty-one years old worked on his father's farm, and then began learning the carpenter's trade. Having finished learning his trade, he came to Vera Cruz and here married a Miss Mary Sauers, of Newville, but a native of Switzerland, who bore him one child; the child and the mother were both called away sometime late in the 'fifties. In 1860 Mr. Meyer chose for a second wife Miss Elizabeth Mosure, who was likewise a native of Switzerland, and to this happy union have been born eight children, namely: Albert; Jonas; Sarah, wife of William Frauhiger; Betta, married to Philip Frauhiger; David, a business man in Bluffton, and of whom more may be learned by a perusal of his life sketch on another page of this volume; Jacob, married, Elizabeth and Ida, still single.

Although Peter Meyer was a poor man even until his having attained his majority and up to the time of his first marriage, he was always industrious and economical and a good manager of his earnings as they came to him. He used these earnings judiciously, and with unusual foresight invested them in such a manner that they were sure to bring him a satisfactory return. He was filled with energy and courage, and in 1860 made his first venture in real estate, buying eighty acres in an almost impenetrable forest in Wells county, but which he succeeded in developing into one of the best farms in Harrison township, taking into consideration its dimension. But his industry and enterprise have not been confined to this tract only, as he has owned as many as four hundred acres, which he has divided among his children as they grew to maturity and chose life partners for themselves. The fact stands forth as an evidence of his perseverance and he deserves the most commendable credit for the successful manner in which he has developed his own homestead.

The Meyer family belong to the German Reformed church, and in politics Mr. Meyer has always been a Democrat. As a farmer, he stands today among the foremost of Harrison township, and his strict integrity in all his dealings has made him one of the most honored men of his community as well as one of the most influential.