Orrin Monroe Myler was born September 14th, 1856, at Farmington, Utah, the son of a righteous pioneer parents. His father, James Myler, was an officer in the Mormon Battalion in Company C. [Note from David Nielsen: MormonBattalion.com shows James Myler as a private, not an officer]

Orrin moved with his parents to Cache Valley, Utah when he was four years old. Some time after that the family moved to Clarkston, Utah. It was here in 1874, when he was 18 years old, that he married Elizabeth Jane Stokes. When he and his wife had three daughters, the eldest being nearly seven, the pioneering spirit urged him to see new country, so in company with Richard Jardine, he traveled to the Snake River Valley in Idaho. Conditions here seemed agreeable, so they went back for their families. They located at the place now known as Lewisville, Idaho.

Life in this new location was raw, but they soon had log homes built. Orrin's house was near a salt lick where the deer came to refresh themselves. Orrin could stand at his door and shoot game of most kinds for his family's food.

Orrin became counselor to Bishop Richard Jardine when a ward of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was organized. This territory seemed a choice part because it was not long until a thriving community was established. A log building which served as church, schoolhouse, and general community center was built. Orrin and his family participated in the development of all good things in this rich farming center. He owned and operated a general store during the years 1886 to 1890. He and his wife had nine more children after they came to Lewisville. Five of them died in childhood of diphtheria, during an epidemic of that disease.

In about 1909, he sold his home in the Lewisville town site and took over the farm of his wife's parents who had grown too old to care for it. In 1912, he sold this property and bought a home in Logan, Utah, where the two families moved to. In Logan, he went into partnership with another man and together they operated a theater and confectionery. When his wife's health failed, he sold his share in the business. During that year, his mother and father-in-law died within a short time of each other and their bodies were brought back to Lewisville for burial, each in their turn.

In 1922, his wife died of cancer and he brought her body back to Lewisville for burial. Loneliness forced him to marry again, but this union did not last long. A divorce was granted to them and for a short time he lived alone. He married a third time, but this union also ended in divorce. He then rented his home and lived with some of his children. During the time he was living with his son Ren and family in Englewood [Editor: Inglewood?] California, he was called to serve a full-time mission. His field of labor in the California Mission was in the city of Los Angeles and surrounding communities. He received an honorable release, for he had been diligent in his duties all the time, even though he was in his late seventies.

He had been blessed with good health most of his life, but in his declining year illnesses of one kind or another overtook him and he died at his son, Orrin Jr's in Idaho Falls, Idaho on October of 1942 and was interred in the Lewisville cemetery.

Written by his grand-daughter, Leith Selck Huffaker
Compiled by the Orrin Monroe Myler Family