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William
J. Byal Mr.
William J. Byal was born in Clear
Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, February 15, 1870, grew to manhood here,
received his education in the local public schools, which he attended during the
winter months and assisted with the general work on the farm during the crop
season, in fact he has continued to be identified with the
agricultural life of the community in which he grew to manhood.
He is the son of William Byal, a well-known citizen of this locality, who
is referred to elsewhere in this work in the sketch of Henry Byal. William J. Byal
was married on February 12, 1896, to Mittie A. Miller, who was born in Indiana,
February 7, 1872, but most of her life was spent in Jasper County, whither she
was brought by her parents when she was five years old, in 1877.
She is the daughter of E. J. and Martha (Murphy) Miller, the father a
native of Ohio and the mother of Pennsylvania.
They grew up and were married in the East and emigrated to this County
while it was undergoing its first important period of development, established a
good home, and they are still living in Clear Creek Township. There were three
children in the Miller family, of whom Mrs. Byal is the eldest; the others are
Mrs. Francis J. Rippey, born March 25, 1874, lives in Independence Township; and
Jesse Pearl, born September l, 1879, lives in Saco, Montana. To Mr. and Mrs.
Byal four children have been born, all in Clear Creek Township, and they were
named as follows: Geneva, born
October 20, 1897, died March 12, 1905; Wilda, born June 9, 1900; Roscoe, born
August 29, 1906; Hugh, born August 24,1910. Mr. Byal is the
owner of one of the choice farms of Clear Creek Township, consisting of two
hundred and forty acres, which he has kept under an excellent state of
improvement and cultivation and which ranks with the best farms in this portion
of the County. He keeps an
excellent grade of livestock of all kinds, and his home is modern, attractive
and well furnished and he has a substantial group of outbuildings. Through good management, persistent effort and honorable
dealings with his fellow men he has secured a competency and at the same time
won the confidence and respect of all who know him. Politically,
Mr. Byal is a Republican, but he has never taken a very active interest in
public matters. His father
was for a number of years a member of the board of supervisors of Jasper County.
The wife of the subject belongs to the Christian Church at Ira, and they
both belong to the Rebekahs at Mingo. In addition, Mr. Byal is a member of Mingo
Lodge No. 174, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Unity Lodge No. 520, of
Baxter. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1166. |
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