| Name | Edgar Daniel Meyers  |
| Birth | 29 Mar 1905, Dayton, OH |
| Death | 17 Dec 1970, Cheyenne, WY |
| Burial | Cheyenne, WY |
| Occupation | Mechanic, welder, power plant operator, tinkerer and “jack of all trades” |
| Education | 8th grade plus correspondence courses in electrical engineering |
| Religion | Christian |
| Father | Edgar Diffenbaugh Meyers (1874-1952) |
| Mother | Emma Leora Kurtz (1873-1946) |
History of Edgar, by Elaine Meyers Reese (oldest daughter)
Edgar was the oldest boy and 6th child having, of the surviving children, 3 older sisters, a younger sister, and 2 younger brothers. Ed, as everyone called him, was the “man of the family” when his father was away. His father had to travel many miles to town to work from the family homestead in Keeline Wyoming. Ed was only able to complete 8th grade because he had work on the homestead and other odd jobs to help the family out. Edgar became a “jack of al trades”. He became a good auto mechanic through working for Chevrolet and other service agencies repairing gasoline and diesel engines. He also knew sheet metal work by the time he was a young father. Triplet daughters were born in 1935. Unfortunately the great depression had hit and no one had a job including Edgar and he had five children to feed. Publicity of the unusual birth of his triplets helped him to find a job.
Before and during World War II, Edgar worked as a welder in Bremerton, Washington shipyards making warships (Battleships) and others. Edgar suffered chronic asthma and his job as a welder as well as the Seattle fog complicated his condition. Searching for a dryer climate, he moved his family to the Arizona desert tot the town of Ajo (garlic in Spanish) where he worked for the Air Force. He operated a turbine electrical power plant (1942). Ed studied nights taking correspondence courses to improve his education in electrical engineering. He was able to become an operator in Yuma, Arizona for the siphon drop turbine generation pumping plant from the All-American canal that supplied water to the area farming (1946 through 1951). Moving to Cheyenne, WY Ed, worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad retiring in 1964 at age 59 because of his failing health. Edgar passed away in December 1970 at age 65 from hearth disease, hypertension and some diabetes.
Edgar had many talents. He claimed to have invented, at age 19, the concept of the “Nelson” wrench, later known as the “vise-grip”. Ed was tricked out of the plans and someone else patented it. Ed was a tinkerer and always managed to have shop to create in. He could build anything he put his mind to from wood to metal. He loved mechanical things, word carving wrote poetry, and played the moth harp. His children loved to hear him play “Red River Valley”.
Ed was a devoted husband to his wife, Ruth and a good father to his five living children. He was adored, loved and feared (respected) by his children. He was a very wise and just man and very influential in the children’s upbringing. By tar the dominant parent, he taught them good morals by word and deed. Having been raised by a godly mother, Ed became a born again Christian about 1937 or 1938. Ed always took his children to church, exposing them to the gospel and prayed for them throughout his life. Because of his spiritual example, all of his children became Christians.
Ed was a jovial guy and a practical jokester. His family was the usual targets of his many pranks over the years. Ed was a Boy Scout leader during the years his own two boys were in Scouts.
Ed was never wealthy nor famous but, he left his heritage of Christianity to his children and grandchildren and that is worth far more than riches and fame.
– Elaine R. Meyers Reese, 1995
| 1 | Ella Woodruff |
| Birth | 8 Feb 1906 |
| Death | ? |
| Marriage | 26 Jun 1924 |
| Divorce | 1 Jun 1929 |
| 2 | Ruth Elizabeth Engstrom |
| Birth | 26 Sep 1907 |
| Death | 24 Mar 1992, Cheyenne, WY |
| Burial | Cheyenne, WY |
| Religion | Christian |
| Marriage | 19 Jul 1930 |
| Children | Elaine Ruth (1931-2002) |
| E. D. (Living) | |
| J. E. (Living) | |
| Joan Naomi (1935-1936) | |
| J. M. (Living) | |
| J. T. (Living) |