Edwin L. Ayers and Mary Porter

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Husband Edwin L. Ayers ¹

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           Born: 28 Aug 1847 - Pulaski, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Ayers (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Nancy A. Morrison (      -      ) 1 2

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   Other Spouse: Abbie O. Hey (      -      ) 3

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Wife Mary Porter ³

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1 M William D. Ayers ³

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2 M Leon L. Ayers ³

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3 F Martha A. "Mattie" Ayers ^{3 4}

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         Spouse: Charles Frederick Ball (1872-      ) 4 5
           Marr: 1898 6

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4 F Clara A. Ayers ³

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         Spouse: Harry Crooks (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Edwin L. Ayers

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He was reared to maturity in his native township, and received a good common school education. He was of that type which learns much through contact with the world and association with those who had greater educational advantages in their youth, and was a broad-gauged, liberal-minded man, well informed on matters of public interest. He was too young to enter the Union Army during the early years of the Civil War, but in February, 1865, enlisted in Company G, Seventy-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, served in the Army of the Cumberland under General Thomas, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. At an early age Mr. Ayers learned the trade of a cabinetmaker, which he followed some years, and in later years engaged in the churn manufacturing business. The galvanized iron-top churn, of which he was manufacturer, was one of recognized merit and met with a large sale. Mr. Ayers shipped his product exclusively to Pittsburgh, from which point it was distributed. He also was a stockholder and director of the Standard Fruit Company of Porto Rico, which was developing a fruit farm of 500 acres, on which will be grown oranges, grape fruit and pine-apples for the New York market. Mr. Ayers was always active politically, and was an enthusiastic worker for Republican success. He served some years as Republican County Committeeman, and in November, 1903, was elected sheriff of Lawrence County. He discharged the duties of that office with marked efficiency during his three years' incumbency, and won a place high in the regard and good will of the public.
Fraternally, he was a member of the Protective Home Circle of Pulaski, and also of the G. A. R. Post at New Castle.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 493.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 664.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 494.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 838.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 300.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 301.