Husband of
1) Alvena Amelia Borchelt (divorced), m. 1891 in Coles County, ILL; they had one child, Helen Shirley Byers.
2) Lucy N Wood, m. 11-1-1899 in Coles County, IL; no children
Son of James and Elizabeth Byers. They are on the 1880 Charleston, Coles Cty, IL, census: James, Elizabeth and children William, Charles, Richard and Sarah.
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Charleston's Oldest Barber Passes Away
Charleston, Ill., May 11 - Richard E. Byers, 55, a resident of Charleston for fifty-three years and the oldest barber here and a member of the Fourth Regiment band in the Spanish-American war, passed away Sunday morning. He had been ill several months, suffering from stomach trouble and complications.
The funeral will take place from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon. Burial in Mound cemetery.
Those surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Byers; a daughter by a former wife, Mrs. V. A. Jones; a brother, Charles Byers of Anderson, Ind., and a sister, Mrs. Della Ashmore of Livingston.
Journal-Gazette, Mattoon, IL, 5-11-1925
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Richard E. Byers
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1869
Birth Place: Franklin, Ind
Death Date: 10 May 1925
Death Place: Charleston, Coles, Illinois
Burial Date: 12 May 1925
Burial Place: Mound, Ill
Death Age: 55
Occupation: Barber
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Byers
Father Birth Place: Ind
Mother Name: Elizabeth Rucker
Spouse Name: Lucy Byers
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
1) Alvena Amelia Borchelt (divorced), m. 1891 in Coles County, ILL; they had one child, Helen Shirley Byers.
2) Lucy N Wood, m. 11-1-1899 in Coles County, IL; no children
Son of James and Elizabeth Byers. They are on the 1880 Charleston, Coles Cty, IL, census: James, Elizabeth and children William, Charles, Richard and Sarah.
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Charleston's Oldest Barber Passes Away
Charleston, Ill., May 11 - Richard E. Byers, 55, a resident of Charleston for fifty-three years and the oldest barber here and a member of the Fourth Regiment band in the Spanish-American war, passed away Sunday morning. He had been ill several months, suffering from stomach trouble and complications.
The funeral will take place from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon. Burial in Mound cemetery.
Those surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Byers; a daughter by a former wife, Mrs. V. A. Jones; a brother, Charles Byers of Anderson, Ind., and a sister, Mrs. Della Ashmore of Livingston.
Journal-Gazette, Mattoon, IL, 5-11-1925
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Richard E. Byers
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1869
Birth Place: Franklin, Ind
Death Date: 10 May 1925
Death Place: Charleston, Coles, Illinois
Burial Date: 12 May 1925
Burial Place: Mound, Ill
Death Age: 55
Occupation: Barber
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Byers
Father Birth Place: Ind
Mother Name: Elizabeth Rucker
Spouse Name: Lucy Byers
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Husband of
1) Alvena Amelia Borchelt (divorced), m. 1891 in Coles County, ILL; they had one child, Helen Shirley Byers.
2) Lucy N Wood, m. 11-1-1899 in Coles County, IL; no children
Son of James and Elizabeth Byers. They are on the 1880 Charleston, Coles Cty, IL, census: James, Elizabeth and children William, Charles, Richard and Sarah.
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Charleston's Oldest Barber Passes Away
Charleston, Ill., May 11 - Richard E. Byers, 55, a resident of Charleston for fifty-three years and the oldest barber here and a member of the Fourth Regiment band in the Spanish-American war, passed away Sunday morning. He had been ill several months, suffering from stomach trouble and complications.
The funeral will take place from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon. Burial in Mound cemetery.
Those surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Byers; a daughter by a former wife, Mrs. V. A. Jones; a brother, Charles Byers of Anderson, Ind., and a sister, Mrs. Della Ashmore of Livingston.
Journal-Gazette, Mattoon, IL, 5-11-1925
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Richard E. Byers
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1869
Birth Place: Franklin, Ind
Death Date: 10 May 1925
Death Place: Charleston, Coles, Illinois
Burial Date: 12 May 1925
Burial Place: Mound, Ill
Death Age: 55
Occupation: Barber
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Byers
Father Birth Place: Ind
Mother Name: Elizabeth Rucker
Spouse Name: Lucy Byers
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
1) Alvena Amelia Borchelt (divorced), m. 1891 in Coles County, ILL; they had one child, Helen Shirley Byers.
2) Lucy N Wood, m. 11-1-1899 in Coles County, IL; no children
Son of James and Elizabeth Byers. They are on the 1880 Charleston, Coles Cty, IL, census: James, Elizabeth and children William, Charles, Richard and Sarah.
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Charleston's Oldest Barber Passes Away
Charleston, Ill., May 11 - Richard E. Byers, 55, a resident of Charleston for fifty-three years and the oldest barber here and a member of the Fourth Regiment band in the Spanish-American war, passed away Sunday morning. He had been ill several months, suffering from stomach trouble and complications.
The funeral will take place from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon. Burial in Mound cemetery.
Those surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Byers; a daughter by a former wife, Mrs. V. A. Jones; a brother, Charles Byers of Anderson, Ind., and a sister, Mrs. Della Ashmore of Livingston.
Journal-Gazette, Mattoon, IL, 5-11-1925
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Richard E. Byers
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1869
Birth Place: Franklin, Ind
Death Date: 10 May 1925
Death Place: Charleston, Coles, Illinois
Burial Date: 12 May 1925
Burial Place: Mound, Ill
Death Age: 55
Occupation: Barber
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Byers
Father Birth Place: Ind
Mother Name: Elizabeth Rucker
Spouse Name: Lucy Byers
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
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