Person:James Byers (1)

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James Porter Byers
b.2 May 1828
d.10 Jan 1904 Lawrence County PA
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. 2 Feb 1857
  1. Adam Byers - 1871
  2. Ellen F. Byers - 1857
  3. Harry K. Byers
  4. John P. Byers1859 -
  5. Maggie Byers1861 - 1861
  6. William W. Byers1865 -
  7. Elizabeth A. Byers1867 -
  8. Hattie B. Byers1873 -
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Facts and Events
Name James Porter Byers
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 May 1828
Marriage 2 Feb 1857 to Eliza J. McMillin
Occupation? farmer
Death? 10 Jan 1904 Lawrence County PA
Burial? Pulaski, Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania


Served in the 100th PA Voluntary Infantry during Civil War. A James Byers “probably kept the first hotel in Pulaski Village in the building at the northwest corner of Union Street and the Mercer road.” (Could this be the same one?)

Tombstone says he served as a Private in Company B in the 100th Rg. Pa. Vol. 1861-1865.

References
  1. ↑ Mary Lou Cole. Gibson/Wallace/Scott family.
  2.   Cemetaries of Lawrence County, PA.
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