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Meyer, Cornelia Beebee

the wife of the Hon. John Meyer of Newton, Iowa, was born Sept. 8, 1832, in Bristol, N. Y. In 1853 she graduated from the Oberlin college, Ohio, and was one of the most active, persevering and self-sacrificing for others' good in her time.

Previously she had received the rudiments of her education in the public schools, in which she also was a teacher.

She was an untiring worker and leader during the war in the Woman's Relief corps; and was ever active in the Woman's Christian Temperance union, Young Men's Christian association, the W. S. A. and the Y. P. S. C. E., always spending her time in things promotive for good. In 1853 she was married to Mr. Meyer, and was a leader in the religious and educational affairs of Newton, Iowa, until her death on July 24, 1895.