Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Benjamin F. Meyers kusa da New Centerville, Pennsylvania. Ya halarci Kwalejin Somerset da Kwalejin Jefferson a Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (yanzu Washington da Jefferson College a Washington, Pennsylvania). Ya yi karatun doka, an shigar da shi cikin lauya kuma ya fara aiki a shekara ta 1855. Ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Wakilai ta Jihar Pennsylvania a 1864. Ya kasance wakili ne a Babban Taron Kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1864, 1880
, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, da kuma 1900. Shi ne editan "Bedford Gazette" kuma a cikin 1868 na "Harrisburg Daily Patriot".