Elijah C. Byers

    Elijah C. Byers was born in Washington County, Maryland, August 1, 1831, and is one of the five children of Samuel S. and Nancy L. (Bowers) Byers, the names of said family being -Ann (deceased), Jacob, Margaret, Elijah and Ellen (deceased). The father of our subject was born in Washington County, Maryland, October, 1801; was a weaver and dyer by occupation, which he followed until he was thirty-eight years of age. In the fall of 1838, he removed to Nobel County, Indiana, thence to Fountain and Warren Counties, residing in Washington and Pike Townships; after going to Missouri, in 1868, he came to this township (Steuben), where he died in October, 1874.

    Elijah C. Byers came to this township in March, 1852, and since December, 1855, has lived on his farm of 275 acres (ninety-five of which are three-fourths of a mile west, with twenty of timber in Kent Township), 255 acres of which are under good cultivation, with neat frame dwelling, convenient stables and other improvements, such as orchards, general shrubbery, etc.; this land produces good corn, oats, and hay.

    Mr. Byers was married, November 18, 1852, to Sarah A. Shankland, by whom he has one child - William F. Mr. Byers is a member of the Church of God. Mrs. Byers having become a proficient taxidermist, her services have been secured by Prof. A. H. Alexander, of Hoboken, New Jersey.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.