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: William BYERS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 4 Mar 1810 in Cannonsburg, Washington Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 28 Aug 1881 in Memphis, Shelby Co, Tennessee d
  • Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John MD BYERS Birth: 22 Jul 1786 in Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 29 Jul 1871 in Batesville, Arkansas
    • Mother:
  • Sarah BONAR Birth: 8 Apr 1786 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 15 Apr 1817 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. James BYERS Birth: 18 Jan 1833 in Mt Vernon, Knox Co, Ohio Death: 6 Feb 1833
  2. William Preston BYERS Birth: 3 Sep 1835 in Mt Vernon, Knox Co, Ohio Death: 22 Aug 1870 in Grand Glaize, Independence Co, Arkansas
  3. Aurelia Adelia BYERS Birth: 3 Oct 1836 in Mt Vernon, Knox Co, Ohio Death: 24 May 1877 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas
  4. Sarah Vesta BYERS Birth: 26 Jan 1840 in Batewville, Arkansas Death: 21 Aug 1841 in Delaware Co, Ohio
  5. Ann Grow BYERS Birth: 28 Jun 1841 in Delaware Co, Ohio Death: 3 Dec 1920 in Memphis, Shelby Co, Tennessee

Marriage: Children:
  1. John Hamlin BYERS Birth: 10 Mar 1854 in Batesville, Arkansas
  2. Alexander Mosby Clayton BYERS Birth: 11 Dec 1857 in Batesville, Arkansas Death: 9 Apr 1924
  3. Wren BYERS Birth: 11 May 1859 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas Death: 27 Sep 1933
  4. Nellie Moore BYERS Birth: 11 May 1859 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Bell, Raymond Martin, BYERS, Keyhole XXIII,3 (July 1995). p101-103 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p10[1-3]].
  3. Byers, William, Family Bible, copied 12/1/2015 by Bill Marshall, bill dot marshall at verizon dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Byers William FamilyBible].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Byers William FamilyBible, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p80, Eagleson BYERS p6],
place:
[Ref: Byers William FamilyBible]
Washington Co, Pennsylvania [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p80, Eagleson BYERS p6],
parents:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p80, Eagleson BYERS p6, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
father:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p80],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p80, Eagleson BYERS p6]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
23 Aug 1861 [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p6]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p80]
Memphis, Tennessee [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lucy Adelia MANNING
date:
[Ref: Byers William FamilyBible]
based only on birthdates of children [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p7]
first marriage of William [Ref: Craig BYERS p72],
place:
[Ref: Byers William FamilyBible],
names:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p6],
child:
[Ref: Byers William FamilyBible, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p74, Craig BYERS p75, Craig BYERS p76, Eagleson BYERS p7]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
abt 1832 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9]
Sources with Information about marriage to Emily S BURTON
date:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p80]
Jun 1850 [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p7],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig BYERS p80],
child:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p80, Craig BYERS p81, Craig BYERS p82, Craig BYERS p83, Eagleson BYERS p7]
Research Notes:
lawyer, also President of the N.J. C.K.R.R. [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p6]

1840 census, living in Ruddell Twp, Independence Co, Arkansas, with two brothers Thomas and John [Ref: Craig BYERS p21]

died at home of a daughter in Memphis, Tenn, and is buried there, but his name is on the Byers marker in cemetery at Batesville, AR, in which he lived so long [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9]



Pedigree of William BYERS
                                     /-----Thomas BYERS
                            /-----James BYERS
                   /-----Samuel BYERS
          /-----Thomas BYERS
         |        |         /-----Thomas WHITE
         |         \-----Jane WHITE
         |                  \-----Ann (WHITE)
 /-----John MD 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
William BYERS
|         /-----William BONAR
 \-----Sarah BONAR
          \-----Sarah McELLIOTT



Descendants of William BYERS
1. William BYERS m1. Lucy Adelia MANNING m2. Emily S BURTON
m. Lucy Adelia MANNING
m. Emily S BURTON father: Phillip Patrick BURTON

2nd generation

4. Aurelia Adelia BYERS m. Henry C SMITH
m. Henry C SMITH father: Robert SMITH mother: Einnetta STUART
6. Ann Grow BYERS m. Hugh STEWART
m. Hugh STEWART father: Hugh STEWART

3rd generation

12. Mary Adelia STEWART m. William Augustus ELDREDGE
m. William Augustus ELDREDGE

4th generation

17. William Augustus ELDREDGE m1. Lucille CREWS m2. Medora Brown DORTCH
m. Lucille CREWS
m. Medora Brown DORTCH father: James Baker DORTCH mother: Nellie LYNN