JOHN E. HYER a representative of the younger element among Concord township farmers, comes of a family long settled in Ross county. Far back in the pioneer days, a quartet of brothers named Hyer crossed the mountains of Virginia and made their way to Ross county about the same time. William, one of these brothers, remained single and left no representative to perpetuate his name; Rude and Michael took wives and reared families; and Daniel, who located in Concord township, married twice. By his first marriage, Daniel Hyer had three children: Elijah, Ellen and Fountain, and by his second marriage, to Polly Laninger, there were nine children: George, Frederick, Newton, Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, Julia, Nancy and Susan. George Hyer, eldest of the second family of children, was born in Concord township and after reaching manhood adopted farming as an occupation, which he followed in Ross county until 1882 and then removed to Fayette county, where he at present resides. In early manhood he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Abram and Sarah Arrowhead, old residents of Ross county. Five children resulted from this union: Addison, a farmer in Fayette county; John E., subject of this sketch; Emma Ollie, wife of Charles Grimes, of Pickaway county; and Edgar, also of Pickaway. John E. Hyer was born in Concord township, Ross county, Ohio, in 1862. He received the usual education in the district schools and when he grew up entered into the business of farming, which has been his life-long occupation. Oct. 16, 1887, he was married to Julia, daughter of Charles Dick, Pickaway county, by whom he has two children: Roy and Ivorene. Mr. Hyer is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity.
Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902 - Page 531...