Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Alexander R BYERS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 15 Jun 1829 in West Alexander, Washington Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 15 Aug 1897 in Petersburg, Indiana d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas BYERS Birth: 22 Apr 1790 in East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 8 Sep 1863 in Washington, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Margaret HAMILTON Birth: 9 May 1794 in Canton Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 15 Jan 1881 in Washington, Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Virginia BYERS
  2. Harry W BYERS Birth: Abt 1868 in Indiana
  3. Anna M BYERS Birth: Abt 1870 in Indiana
  4. Perry H BYERS Birth: Abt 1872 in Indiana
  5. John BYERS Birth: Abt 1874 in Indiana
  6. Oliver A BYERS Birth: Abt 1875 in Indiana
  7. Ethel M BYERS Birth: Abt 1877 in Indiana

Bibliography
  1. Census 1870, Indiana, Pike Co, Petersburgh, p13. M593-350. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004263264 image 740. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1870 IN Pike Petersburgh 13].
  2. Census 1880, Indiana, Pike Co, Petersburg, ED178, p20. T9-304. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005169566 image 708. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1880 IN Pike Petersburg ED178 20].
  3. Beers, J. H., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, PA, J.H. Beers Co, Chicago, 1893, reprinted by Polyanthos, Inc, New Orleans, LA, 1976. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651804. Available at http://archive.org/details/commemorativebio03jhbe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p[0-9-]*].
  4. Bell, Raymond Martin, The BYERS Family of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Washington, PA, 1987, LDS Film#1320702#7. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/526675. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p[0-9]*].
  5. Bell, Raymond Martin, BYERS, Keyhole XXIII,3 (July 1995). p101-103 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p10[1-3]].
  6. Craig, Marion Stark, My BYERS-BONAR-SHANNON And Allied Families, 1976, LDS Film#1036519 item#3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig BYERS p[0-9]*].
  7. Eagleson, Andrew S, BYERS Family History, 1908, LDS Film #1320634#5 1988. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/456946. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p[0-9-ab]*].
  8. -, Thomas Byers Family Record, copy obtained from Virginia Gebhardt 9/4/94 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ThomasBYERS Family].
  9. Truan, Van, Descendants of Thomas Byers, private email, 10/18/2000. Author address renegade dot royal at juno dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Van Truan 10/18/2000].
  10. Washington County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Will Books 1781-1872. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1972. Book 8, 1857-1872, Film#863628#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005537972 image 285. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WashingtonCoPA Wills 8-459].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p13, ThomasBYERS Family]
age 40 in 1870 [Ref: 1870 IN Pike Petersburgh 13]
age 50 in 1880 [Ref: 1880 IN Pike Petersburg ED178 20],
place:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p13]
Donegal Twp [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p805, Craig BYERS p15]
Pennsylvania [Ref: 1870 IN Pike Petersburgh 13, 1880 IN Pike Petersburg ED178 20],
parents:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p805, Bell BYERS-87 p9, Bell BYERS-95 p102, Craig BYERS p15, Eagleson BYERS p13, ThomasBYERS Family, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
father:
[Ref: WashingtonCoPA Wills 8-459]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ThomasBYERS Family],
place:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p13]
Sources with Information about marriage to Flora Mary (BYERS)
names:
A R BYERS & Flora M ___ [Ref: 1870 IN Pike Petersburgh 13]
A R BYERS & Mary F ___ [Ref: 1880 IN Pike Petersburg ED178 20],
child:
[Ref: 1870 IN Pike Petersburgh 13, 1880 IN Pike Petersburg ED178 20]
Research Notes:
M.D. [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p21]

1870: living in Petersburg, Pike Co, IN. Physician. Value of real estate $5000, personal estate $4000 [Ref: 1870 IN Pike Petersburgh 13]

physician and surgeon of Pike County, IN [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p805, Craig BYERS p15]

1880: living in Petersburg, Pike Co, IN. Physician. [Ref: 1880 IN Pike Petersburg ED178 20]



Pedigree of Alexander R BYERS
                                     /-----Thomas BYERS
                            /-----James BYERS
                   /-----Samuel BYERS
          /-----Thomas BYERS
         |        |         /-----Thomas WHITE
         |         \-----Jane WHITE
         |                  \-----Ann (WHITE)
 /-----Thomas BYERS
|        |                                             /-----John SHANNON
|        |                                    /-----John SHANNON
|        |                           /-----Robert SHANNON
|        |                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
|        |                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
|        |         /-----John SHANNON
|        |        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
|         \-----Margaret SHANNON
|                 |                  /-----Thomas REID
|                 |         /-----John Col REID
|                 |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
|                  \-----Sarah REID
|                           \-----Jane STUART
Alexander R BYERS
|         /-----Robert HAMILTON
 \-----Margaret HAMILTON
          \-----Mary (HAMILTON)



Descendants of Alexander R BYERS
1. Alexander R BYERS m. Flora Mary (BYERS)
m. Flora Mary (BYERS)

2nd generation

2. Virginia BYERS m. (Unk) BELL
m. (Unk) BELL