John Piper Byers and Nancy Crain

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Husband John Piper Byers ¹

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           Born: 10 Jul 1829
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           Died: 1910 1
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         Father: James Byers, Jr. (1800-Abt 1891) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Piper (1807-Abt 1900) 1

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       Marriage: 1860

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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      ) - 1854

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Wife Nancy Crain

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           Born: 1829
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           Died: 1881
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         Father: Charles G. Crain (1803-1858)
         Mother: Mary Mason (1807-1879)

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Children

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1 F Tempa Lena Byers

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         Spouse: Robert Bert Ranney (      -      )
           Marr: 1888 - ? Venango Co, PA

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2 M Charles P. Byers

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         Spouse: Margaret J. Algeo (      -      )
           Marr: 1899 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 F Fannie A. Byers

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           Born: 1863
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           Died: 1954
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

         Spouse: Cassius W. Ranney (      -      )
           Marr: 1895 - ? Venango Co, PA

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4 F Theodosia E. "Theda" Byers

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           Born: 1879
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           Died: 1910
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         Status: Adopted

         Spouse: Charles W. King (1870-1941)
           Marr: 1903 - Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - John Piper Byers

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He was in the mercantile business in Venango County, PA, from 1851 to about 1907. He began clerking for William S. Devore in Franklin at the age of twenty-one years, was sent to Dempseytown to take charge of the store of the late Judge Robert Lamberton, and later went to Cooperstown in the same capacity. After a few years he bought the store, which he continued to carry on in the Lamberton building. Some years afterward he sold out to L. T. Lamberton and put up a store building of his own at Cooperstown, where he gained the reputation of being the best country merchant in Venango County. He retired in his old age. [CAB, 692]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 692.