JOHN M. BYERS son of JOHN and HARRIET (WEBB) BYERS
History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement ...
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821.
Pgs. 394, 395
JOHN M. BYERS, civil engineer, P. O. Pittsburgh, was born in Selin’s Grove, Snyder Co., Pa.His father, JOSEPH BYERS, was born at Lewes, Del., in 1808, and was the son of JOHN and HARRIET (WEBB) BYERS, of Lewes, Del., and grandson of DR. JOHN and ___(EDWARDS) BYERS, of Pa.JOHN A. BYERS, brother of JOSEPH BYERS, was born at Lewes, Del., Sept. 15, 1806.JOHN A. and JOSEPH BYERS were civil engineers, and were engaged as early as 1826 in the most important inland navigation works in Pa., Md., and Va.The last work of importance performed by JOHN A. BYERS was the surveys of the James River and Kanawha Canal.JOSEPH BYERS, for a number of years, was in charge of important engineer work on the Pa. railroad; died Dec. 16, 1854.Sons of JOSEPH BYERS were as follows: JOHN M., CHARLES E., JOSEPH JR., (died in the U. S. of Colombia, S. A.) S. A .ELLWOOD, ROBERT (died in the three month service of the Union army), WALTER P., and HENRY W.
Our subject married CARRIE MANN LEWIS.They had 3 children: MORTON LEWIS, MARY E. and MAXWELL.The mother of JOHN M. BYERS, JANE (PEPLOW) BYERS, died Oct. 13, 1888, in her 76 year.