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    Person Info
  • Name: John Wilson BYERS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 16 May 1828 b
  • Death: 29 Jun 1907 d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • James BYERS Birth: 20 Jun 1799 in East Finley Township, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 18 Oct 1874 in Wayne Co, Iowa
  • Mother:
  • Mary STEVENSON Birth: 7 Sep 1805 Death: 25 Sep 1868 in Bellefontaine, Ohio

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Emma BYERS Birth: 31 Oct 1852 Death: 29 Nov 1895
  2. Sarah Elizabeth BYERS Birth: 12 Oct 1854
  3. Margaret Annabel BYERS Birth: 2 May 1857 Death: 21 Nov 1894
  4. (Unk son) BYERS Birth: 28 Feb 1859 Death: 28 Feb 1859
  5. Mattie Susan BYERS Birth: 3 Oct 1860
  6. Alice Jennie BYERS Birth: 4 Apr 1863
  7. James Franklin BYERS Birth: 17 Jul 1865 Death: 25 Sep 1897
  8. Rachel Eva BYERS Birth: 25 Feb 1868

Bibliography
  1. Bell, Raymond Martin, BYERS, Keyhole XXIII,3 (July 1995). p101-103 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p10[1-3]].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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: Eagleson BYERS p41],
parents:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p102, Eagleson BYERS p41, Van Truan 10/18/2000]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p41]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary Jane OATMAN
date:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p41],
child:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p41, Eagleson BYERS p42]
Research Notes:
by trade a plasterer, but worked very short time at trade. a pike contractor, sheriff, hotel-keeper. served in the 132nd Regiment, O.V.I. as Quartermaster Sargeant [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p41]



Pedigree of John Wilson BYERS
                                     /-----Thomas BYERS
                            /-----James BYERS
                   /-----Samuel BYERS
          /-----Thomas BYERS
         |        |         /-----Thomas WHITE
         |         \-----Jane WHITE
         |                  \-----Ann (WHITE)
 /-----James 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 Wilson BYERS
|         /-----Joseph Rev STEVENSON
 \-----Mary STEVENSON



Descendants of John Wilson BYERS
1. John Wilson BYERS m. Mary Jane OATMAN
m. Mary Jane OATMAN

2nd generation

3. Sarah Elizabeth BYERS m. William McCandless ARMER
m. William McCandless ARMER
4. Margaret Annabel BYERS m. Frank U GARVIN
m. Frank U GARVIN
6. Mattie Susan BYERS m. John McCleary FEHL
m. John McCleary FEHL
7. Alice Jennie BYERS m. James Madison UNDERWOOD
m. James Madison UNDERWOOD

3rd generation

10. Alan M ARMER m. Myrtle May McLAUGHLIN
m. Myrtle May McLAUGHLIN
13. Janet Byers ARMER m. James Wilson POLLEY
m. James Wilson POLLEY