Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau mai a Benjamin F. Meyers i te taha o New Centerville, Pennsylvania. I haere ia ki Somerset Academy me Jefferson College i Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (i tenei wa ko Washington me Jefferson College i Washington, Pennsylvania). I ako ia i te ture, i whakaaetia ia ki te kaari me te tiimata i te mahi i te tau 1855. I mahi ia hei mema o te Whare Paremata o Pennsylvania i te tau 1864. He mema ia ki nga Kaunihera a-Motu a te Manapori o te tau 1864, 1880
, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, me te 1900. Ko ia te etita o te "Bedford Gazette" me te 1868 o te "Harrisburg Daily Patriot".