Person:Ebenezer Byers (3)

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Ebenezer Wiley Byers
b.24 Aug 1835 Mercer County, Pennsylvania
d.31 Jan 1897 Albia, Monroe County, Iowa
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 Jan 1823
  1. Isabella Byers1823 -
  2. William Byers1825 - 1851
  3. James Porter Byers1828 - 1904
  4. John Thomas Byers1830 -
  5. Walter Dinwiddie Byers1833 - Abt 1904
  6. Ebenezer Wiley Byers1835 - 1897
  7. Mary Jane Byers1838 -
  8. Esther B. Byers1841 - 1898
  9. Ellen Byers1843 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1860
  1. William S. Byers1862 - 1949
  2. Bessie J. ByersAbt 1864 -
  3. Sarah Addie Byers1866 - 1952
  4. Irena Maude Byers1868 - 1957
  5. Infant son Byers1871 - 1871
  6. Dr. John R. Byers1876 - Aft 1939
  7. Albert G. ByersAbt 1880 -
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Facts and Events
Name Ebenezer Wiley Byers
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Aug 1835 Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 1860 to Rebecca Jane Thomson
Occupation? dry goods store clerk; farmer
Death[3] 31 Jan 1897 Albia, Monroe County, Iowa
Burial? 2 Feb 1897 Oakview Cemetary, Albia, Iowa
Religion? Presbyterian


Lived in Bluffcreek Township. “The Albia Canning Factory was organized in 1894 as a joint stock company, incorporated under the laws of the State. . .The company was under the management of eleven directors: E.W. Byers.... was president.” The operation was a financial failure and was sold, at a loss to its directors. The LDS site lists Ebenezer as AFN:S2K3-JV and correctly lists John Byers and Jane Porter as his parents. They list his birth as abt. 1837 in Mercer, PA.

References
  1.   1935 Old Age Pension.
  2.   Frank Hickenlooper. The History of Monroe County.
  3. ↑ pneumonia listed as cause of death
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