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    Person Info
  • Name: James BYERS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1751 b
  • Death: 1828 in Madison Co, Ohio d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Andrew BYERS Birth: Abt 1723 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1793 in Fayette Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Martha (BYERS)

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. James BYERS
  2. Daughter1 BYERS
  3. Daughter2 BYERS
  4. Daughter3 BYERS

Marriage: Children:
  1. Susanna BYERS
  2. Jane BYERS
  3. John W BYERS Birth: 1800
  4. Moses Watson BYERS Birth: Nov 1805 in Chilocothe, Ohio Death: 1867 in Musecatown, Iowa

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. BYERS-McDONALD Family Bible, copied 6/22/00 by Diane Owlomen, owlomen at mindspring dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Byers-McDonald FamilyBible].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1751 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17],
parents:
Andrew BYERS & Martha ___ [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17, Bell BYERS-87 p4]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17],
place:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) MORRISON
date:
first marriage of James Byers [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17],
names:
James BYERS & ___ MORRISON [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17],
child:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17]
Sources with Information about marriage to Martha WATSON
date:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17],
child:
[Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17]
Research Notes:
In tax lists of 1783 in Franklin Township, Fayette County [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p4]
Taxed for 150 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 5 in family. [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17]

1790 census: 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 4 females [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17]

1806: moved to Ohio [Ref: Byers-McDonald FamilyBible]

moved to Ross Co, OH in 1807 and lived there 9 years, then to Fayette Co, OH for 4 years, then to Madison Co, OH in 1820 [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p17]



Pedigree of James BYERS
                   /-----Thomas BYERS
          /-----James BYERS
 /-----Andrew BYERS
James BYERS
 \-----Martha (BYERS)



Descendants of James BYERS
1. James BYERS m1. (Unk) MORRISON m2. Martha WATSON
m. (Unk) MORRISON
m. Martha WATSON

2nd generation

9. Moses Watson BYERS m. Mary Ann BRANDENBURG
m. Mary Ann BRANDENBURG

3rd generation

11. Ann Elizabeth BYERS m. Thomas McDONALD
m. Thomas McDONALD father: John McDONALD mother: Sallie McCoy DAVIDSON
13. Rachel Jane BYERS m. E Clark BRIGGS
m. E Clark BRIGGS

4th generation

15. Clara Albotina McDONALD m. (Unk) KING
m. (Unk) KING
16. William Arthur McDONALD m. Ella LOHR
m. Ella LOHR
18. Lois Anna McDONALD m. Ernest LIKENA
m. Ernest LIKENA