John Byers and Mary Colgan

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Husband John Byers ¹

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           Born: 1762 - Chester Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1862 2
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Wife Mary Colgan ³

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Children

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1 M John Byers ^{4 5 6}

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           Born: 1798 3
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           Died: 1879 or 1881 - New Washington, Clearfield Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Sarah Weaver (      -Bef 1898) 4 6 7
           Marr: 1830 2

         Spouse: Margaret Bunn (      -      ) 4

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2 M Lemuel Byers ²

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           Born: 12 Feb 1809 2
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         Spouse: Mrs.  Stephenson (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1838 2

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3 M Sam Byers ²

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           Born: Abt 1802
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           Died: 1873 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Davis (Abt 1826-1902) 2

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4 M George Byers ²

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5 F Ellen Byers ^{2 9}

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            AKA: Ella Byers 8
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         Spouse: John B. Mehaffey (1807-Bef 1898) 9
           Marr: 1833 9

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General Notes: Husband - John Byers

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He was of German extraction, and served as a "Minute man" during the Revolution.

He was born at Valley Forge, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a place rendered historic by Washington's winter encampment fifteen years later. During Washington's encampment at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78, the Byers homestead was occupied for a time by him. John Byers, then a boy of fifteen years, was pressed into the service of the army to haul supplies across the Schuylkill river for the troops.
He came to Clearfield County from Huntingdon County in 1821, and bought over 400 acres of land near New Washington.

1 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 651, 812.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 812.

3 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 860.

4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 464.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 603.

6 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 812, 860.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 603, 978.

8 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 755.

9 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 419.