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WILLIAM BYERS and his wife, Jane (Kincaid) Byers, natives of Adams County, Penn., settled in 1797 near the site of Georgetown [now Sheakleyville], Mercer County. He was born September 6, 1767, and died January 3, 1844, at Pulaski, Lawrence County. He was the first sheriff of Mercer County, and after completing his term of office removed to Pulaski, and in 1834 received the appointment of postmaster, it being the first for that place. He had ten children, of whom three are living: James, of Iowa; Mary, Mrs. Andrew Morrison, of this county, and Ebenezer Wiley, who was born at Pulaski in 1816, and subsequently removed to his present place of residence in Shenango Township. He married, in 1841, Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Bebout) McClain, of Lackawannock Township, and by this marriage they have had ten children, six of whom are living : Sarah A. , Mrs. J. D. Porter, of this township; Addie, Esther, John W. and Carrie, at home, and Maggie, Mrs. J. M. McFarland, of Mercer County. John W. was born at Pulaski in 1856, and was educated in the common schools, completing his education at Wilmington College. He subsequently taught school, and afterward engaged in farming. He was elected, in 1883, justice of the peace for his township, which position he now fills. He married, in 1880, Miss Anna, daughter of James Reddle, of Butler County. They have two children: Wiley and Helen A. History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 850. Read this book on line - Free Trial Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com .
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