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Albert J. Myer

Soldier/Meteorologist

Centurion, 1870–1880

Full Name Albert James Myer

Born 20 September 1828 in Newburgh, New York

Died 24 August 1880 in Buffalo, New York

Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York

Proposed by David Van Nostrand and Theodore Weston

Elected 1 October 1870 at age forty-two

Archivist’s Note: Father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps

Century Memorial

The list of the latter [deceased members] contains the names of the Rev. Drs. Adams, Osgood and Chapin, besides those of Elliot C. Cowdin, William E. Curtis, Dudley Field, William B. Hoffman, Richard E. Mount, Albert J. Meyer, Charles D. Gambrill, Sanford R. Gifford, Marshall O. Roberts and R. D. Nesmith.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1881 Century Association Reports