Ku sii qor faqradan - Benjamin F. Meyers wuxuu ku dhashay meel u dhow New Centerville, Pennsylvania. Wuxuu ka qaybgalay Akadeemiyadda Somerset iyo Kulliyadda Jefferson ee Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (hadda Washington iyo Jefferson College ee Washington, Pennsylvania). Wuxuu bartay sharciga, waxaana loo aqbalay qareenka wuxuuna bilaabay ku shaqeynta 1855. Wuxuu xubin ka ahaa Aqalka Wakiillada ee Gobolka Pennsylvania sanadkii 1864. Waxa uu ka mid ahaa ergooyinka Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Dimuqraadiga ee 1864, 1880
, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, iyo 1900. Wuxuu ahaa tifaftiraha "Bedford Gazette" iyo 1868 "Harrisburg Daily Patriot".