ZENER, Melvin L.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Dec 29 1843, Vermillion Co, IN
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:553
Melvin L. Zener, of the firm of Zener & Montgomery, druggists, was born in Vermillion County, Indiana, December 29, 1843. He was educated in his native county, and spent his boyhood days on a farm, remaining engaged in farming and saw milling till 1865. He then began learning the drug business at Terre Haute, Indiana, continued it for two years and subsequently occupied his time in different ways till 1871, when he came to Missouri, embarking in the drug trade at Brownsville. In this city he did business till 1874, then established a drug store in Humansville, Polk County, which he conducted till 1877. Coming to Clinton he started in his present business, and was alone till 1880. when H. Montgomery became a member of the firm. Mr. Zener was united in marriage October 8, 1872, to Miss Ann E. Cormack, a native of Indiana. They have three children, Mary E., Myrtle E. and Herbert. Mr. Z. is a member of Clinton Lodge No. 481, A. F. & A. M., Delphian Lodge No. 34, I. O. O. F., and also of the Knights of Pythias. He and his wife belong to the M. E. Church.