Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885,
Butler Co.

IREDELL BYERS, Butler County, was born in Grayson County, Ky., September
19, 1829, and is the eldest of nine children born to John and Jennie
(Elder) Byers, both of whom were natives of Grayson County, and of Irish
and German descent, respectively.  John Byers was educated and married in
his native county, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his
death, in September, 1875, in his sixty-seventh year.  He and wife were,
from early life, devoted members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; he
was a soldier in the service of the State during the late civil war, and
participated in several battles.  Iredell Byers received such an education
as the schools of Kentucky afforded in his youth; he has since, however, by
his own exertions, acquired a good practical business education.  He was
employed on his father's farm until he was twenty-two years of age, the
last year, however, being for himself.  He then bought wild land in Grayson
County, where he improved a farm, and remained for four years, after which
he sold out and again bought wild land in the came county, and improved
another farm, on which he resided for some twenty-five years.  From
September, 1862, until the close of the late civil war, he served as first
lieutenant in the Home Guard or State service, and saw some very active and
hard service.  In the spring of 1881, he sold his farm in Grayson County,
and bought a partially improved farm in Butler County, Ky., where he still
resides.  The farm is now well improved.  Mr. Byers was married March 6,
1851, to Mary Hayse, also a native of Grayson County, Ky., born April 13,
1830.  She is a daughter of Caleb and Margaret (Putt) Hayse.  Seven
children have been the fruit of this union, five of whom - two sons and
three daughters - are living, as follows: Angeline Squier (deceased),
Beesley, Sarah E. (deceased), Perry Co., Martha J. (Legrande), Austin G.
and Phoebe C.  Mr. Byers and wife, and most of the chidren are members of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which he has been a ruling elder for
the past thirty years.  He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.  In
politics he is a Republican.

Byers Elder Hayse Putt Legrande
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Grayson-KY

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