Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - A mụrụ Benjamin F. Meyers na nso New Centerville, Pennsylvania. Ọ gara Somerset Academy na Jefferson College na Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (ugbu a Washington na Jefferson College na Washington, Pennsylvania). Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ iwu, a nabatara ya n'ụlọikpe ma bido ọrụ n'afọ 1855. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye otu ụlọ omeiwu steeti Pennsylvania na 1864. Ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya na Democratic National Conventions nke 1864, 1880
, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, na 1900. Ọ bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke "Bedford Gazette" na 1868 nke "Harrisburg Daily Patriot".