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  • Name: John Hancock BYERS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 12 Dec 1814 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 8 Mar 1855 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas d
  • Burial: Oaklawn Cemetery, Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas 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:
  • Esther Ann WILSON on 29 Jun 1843 at Sidney, Shelby Co, Ohio .m1
  • Esther Ann WILSON Birth: 29 Nov 1823 in Xenia, Greene Co, Ohio Death: 22 Jun 1891 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas
Children:
  1. Sarah Ann BYERS Birth: 28 Feb 1845 in Sidney, Shelby Co, Ohio Death: 26 Apr 1935 in Richmond, Virginia
  2. Mary Adelia BYERS Birth: 16 Feb 1847 in Sidney, Shelby Co, Ohio Death: 23 Dec 1918 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas
  3. Ella Aurelia BYERS Birth: 14 Jun 1849 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas Death: 25 Aug 1934 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas
  4. William Wilson BYERS Birth: 19 Oct 1850 in Batesville, Independence Co, Arkansas Death: 5 Feb 1930 in Batesville, 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. Craig, Marion Stark, The American Ancestry of Marion Stark Craig, Supplement #4, 1991, LDS Film#1697645 item#3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #[0-9A]*].
  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, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p84, Eagleson BYERS p7],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p84, Eagleson BYERS p7],
parents:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p84, Eagleson BYERS p7, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
father:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig BYERS p22, Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p84, Eagleson BYERS p7],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p22, Craig BYERS p84]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
place:
Xenia, Ohio [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p7]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p84]
Sources with Information about marriage to Esther Ann WILSON
date:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p72, Craig BYERS p84],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34, Craig BYERS p84, Eagleson BYERS p68],
child:
[Ref: Craig BYERS p84, Craig BYERS p85, Craig BYERS p88, Craig BYERS p96, Eagleson BYERS p8, Eagleson BYERS p9]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
23 Jun 1843 [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p7]
29 Jun 1841 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p9, Craig AmAncestrySupp4 #34]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John Hancock 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
John Hancock BYERS
|         /-----William BONAR
 \-----Sarah BONAR
          \-----Sarah McELLIOTT



Descendants of John Hancock BYERS
1. John Hancock BYERS m. Esther Ann WILSON
m. Esther Ann WILSON father: John WILSON mother: Sarah BUCKLES

2nd generation

2. Sarah Ann BYERS m. Edward M DICKINSON
m. Edward M DICKINSON father: Benjamin DICKINSON mother: Maria L SLATER
3. Mary Adelia BYERS m. Robert NEILL
m. Robert NEILL father: Henry NEILL mother: Dorcas STARK
4. Ella Aurelia BYERS m. Robert Ridgeway CASE
m. Robert Ridgeway CASE father: George CHASE mother: Sarah RIDGWAY

3rd generation

9. Aurelia Adelia DICKINSON m. Miller JOBLIN
m. Miller JOBLIN
15. Clara NEILL m. Samuel Robinson PHILLIPS
m. Samuel Robinson PHILLIPS father: Theodore H PHILLIPS mother: Amanda ROBINSON
18. Robert Jr NEILL m. Ida Percy WING
m. Ida Percy WING
29. Mary CASE m. Marion Stark MD CRAIG
m. Marion Stark MD CRAIG father: Andrew Johnson CRAIG mother: Dorcas Mary ENGLES

4th generation

34. Neill PHILLIPS m.
38. Clare PHILLIPS m. Walter Anthony Jr DOWELL
m. Walter Anthony Jr DOWELL father: Walter Anthony DOWELL mother: Stella WILLIAMS
39. Robert III NEILL m. Nancy MITCHELL
m. Nancy MITCHELL
41. Marion Stark MD CRAIG m. Evelyn Louise TORRENCE
m. Evelyn Louise TORRENCE father: James Ulys TORRENCE mother: Living HUFFMAN
42. Robert Andrew DDS CRAIG m. Patsy Jean CHAMBERLAIN
m. Patsy Jean CHAMBERLAIN father: Living CHAMBERLAIN mother: Living LOVEL

5th generation

47. Living NEILL m. Living GARDNER
m. Living GARDNER
51. Living CRAIG m. Living CLINGER
m. Living CLINGER father: Living CLINGER mother: Living MARLIN
52. Living CRAIG m. Living STOREY
m. Living STOREY father: Living STOREY mother: Living WEAVER
53. Living CRAIG m. Living JONES
m. Living JONES father: Living JONES mother: Living JOHNSTON
55. Living CRAIG m. Living MYERS
m. Living MYERS father: Living MYERS mother: Living McCLUNG