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 Preston BYERS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 3 Sep 1835 in Mt Vernon, Knox Co, Ohio b
  • Death: 22 Aug 1870 in Grand Glaize, Independence Co, Arkansas d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William BYERS Birth: 4 Mar 1810 in Cannonsburg, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 28 Aug 1881 in Memphis, Shelby Co, Tennessee
    • Mother:
  • Lucy Adelia MANNING Birth: 4 Dec 1810 in Grand Isle, Vermont Death: 1 Jul 1846 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas

Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Byers William FamilyBible, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p74],
place:
[Ref: Byers William FamilyBible, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p74, Eagleson BYERS p7],
parents:
[Ref: Byers William FamilyBible, Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p74, Eagleson BYERS p7]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
3 Sep 1830 [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p7]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p73, Craig BYERS p74, Eagleson BYERS p7],
place:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p7]
Independence Co, Arkansas [Ref: Craig BYERS p74]
Sources with Information about marriage to Virginia EGNER
date:
filed for record 11 Mar 1869 [Ref: Craig BYERS p73]
Research Notes:
Civil War veteran, Co K, 1st Arkansas Mtd rifleman [Ref: Craig BYERS p73]



Pedigree of William Preston 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
William Preston BYERS
 \-----Lucy Adelia MANNING



Descendants of William Preston BYERS
1. William Preston BYERS m. Virginia EGNER
m. Virginia EGNER father: Joseph H EGNER mother: Uphemia FEREBEE