On Sept. 11, 1862, as Confederate forces were making their way northward into Maryland, Eby Byers received a commission as captain of his own, eponymous, Independent Cavalry Unit. He was mustered out on Sept 24, a week after the major battle of that campaign, Anitem/Sharpsburg. One sergeant in that unit was Charles C. Rawn, who kept a journal of his experiences, which can be found online at http://paemergencymen.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-14-1862-byers-independent.html.
Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Pa.), Saturday, June 19, 1880, p. 1:
"An Old Citizen Gone
Sudden Death of Eby Byers, Esq.
Our citizens were shocked this morning by the announcement of the sudden death of Mr. Eby Byers, of the well-known firm of E. Byers & Son, coal dealers, of this city, which occurred about 10 o'clock last night at his country residence, a short distance north of the city limits. ABout half-past nine o'clock he was in the parlor of his residence entertaining some company when he was suddenly seized with a violent fit of coughing. He excused himself, and leaving the room he went upstairs where he began to grow very weak. His calls summoned some members of the family who assisted him to bed, where he died in a very short time afterwards. The cause of his death is attributed to heart disease.
Eby Byers was born July 17, 1807, near Fayetteville, Franklin county, Pa. He was raised on a farm, and when quite young entered the store of Robert Snodgrass in Carlisle. He afterward engaged in mercantile business in Chambersburg, next conducted a large business in Pittsburgh for some years and from thence removed to the Maumee Valley, Ohio. He finally returned to Chambersburg, Pa., and entered the service of the C. V. R. R. company as one of the first passenger car conductors. He was the first ticket agent of that company in this city, his office at that time being located on the railroad at the foot of Chestnut street. Mr. Byers left the service of the company about the year 1846 to engage in the coal trade, a business which in connection with his son he successfully followed up until the hour of his sudden demise. The deceased was a gentleman of correct business habits, affable in his deportment, of generous impulses and warm personal friendship. The announcement of his death will be received with much regret by a large circle of friends."
Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Pa.), Saturday, June 19, 1880, p. 1:
"An Old Citizen Gone
Sudden Death of Eby Byers, Esq.
Our citizens were shocked this morning by the announcement of the sudden death of Mr. Eby Byers, of the well-known firm of E. Byers & Son, coal dealers, of this city, which occurred about 10 o'clock last night at his country residence, a short distance north of the city limits. ABout half-past nine o'clock he was in the parlor of his residence entertaining some company when he was suddenly seized with a violent fit of coughing. He excused himself, and leaving the room he went upstairs where he began to grow very weak. His calls summoned some members of the family who assisted him to bed, where he died in a very short time afterwards. The cause of his death is attributed to heart disease.
Eby Byers was born July 17, 1807, near Fayetteville, Franklin county, Pa. He was raised on a farm, and when quite young entered the store of Robert Snodgrass in Carlisle. He afterward engaged in mercantile business in Chambersburg, next conducted a large business in Pittsburgh for some years and from thence removed to the Maumee Valley, Ohio. He finally returned to Chambersburg, Pa., and entered the service of the C. V. R. R. company as one of the first passenger car conductors. He was the first ticket agent of that company in this city, his office at that time being located on the railroad at the foot of Chestnut street. Mr. Byers left the service of the company about the year 1846 to engage in the coal trade, a business which in connection with his son he successfully followed up until the hour of his sudden demise. The deceased was a gentleman of correct business habits, affable in his deportment, of generous impulses and warm personal friendship. The announcement of his death will be received with much regret by a large circle of friends."
On Sept. 11, 1862, as Confederate forces were making their way northward into Maryland, Eby Byers received a commission as captain of his own, eponymous, Independent Cavalry Unit. He was mustered out on Sept 24, a week after the major battle of that campaign, Anitem/Sharpsburg. One sergeant in that unit was Charles C. Rawn, who kept a journal of his experiences, which can be found online at http://paemergencymen.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-14-1862-byers-independent.html.
Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Pa.), Saturday, June 19, 1880, p. 1:
"An Old Citizen Gone
Sudden Death of Eby Byers, Esq.
Our citizens were shocked this morning by the announcement of the sudden death of Mr. Eby Byers, of the well-known firm of E. Byers & Son, coal dealers, of this city, which occurred about 10 o'clock last night at his country residence, a short distance north of the city limits. ABout half-past nine o'clock he was in the parlor of his residence entertaining some company when he was suddenly seized with a violent fit of coughing. He excused himself, and leaving the room he went upstairs where he began to grow very weak. His calls summoned some members of the family who assisted him to bed, where he died in a very short time afterwards. The cause of his death is attributed to heart disease.
Eby Byers was born July 17, 1807, near Fayetteville, Franklin county, Pa. He was raised on a farm, and when quite young entered the store of Robert Snodgrass in Carlisle. He afterward engaged in mercantile business in Chambersburg, next conducted a large business in Pittsburgh for some years and from thence removed to the Maumee Valley, Ohio. He finally returned to Chambersburg, Pa., and entered the service of the C. V. R. R. company as one of the first passenger car conductors. He was the first ticket agent of that company in this city, his office at that time being located on the railroad at the foot of Chestnut street. Mr. Byers left the service of the company about the year 1846 to engage in the coal trade, a business which in connection with his son he successfully followed up until the hour of his sudden demise. The deceased was a gentleman of correct business habits, affable in his deportment, of generous impulses and warm personal friendship. The announcement of his death will be received with much regret by a large circle of friends."
Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Pa.), Saturday, June 19, 1880, p. 1:
"An Old Citizen Gone
Sudden Death of Eby Byers, Esq.
Our citizens were shocked this morning by the announcement of the sudden death of Mr. Eby Byers, of the well-known firm of E. Byers & Son, coal dealers, of this city, which occurred about 10 o'clock last night at his country residence, a short distance north of the city limits. ABout half-past nine o'clock he was in the parlor of his residence entertaining some company when he was suddenly seized with a violent fit of coughing. He excused himself, and leaving the room he went upstairs where he began to grow very weak. His calls summoned some members of the family who assisted him to bed, where he died in a very short time afterwards. The cause of his death is attributed to heart disease.
Eby Byers was born July 17, 1807, near Fayetteville, Franklin county, Pa. He was raised on a farm, and when quite young entered the store of Robert Snodgrass in Carlisle. He afterward engaged in mercantile business in Chambersburg, next conducted a large business in Pittsburgh for some years and from thence removed to the Maumee Valley, Ohio. He finally returned to Chambersburg, Pa., and entered the service of the C. V. R. R. company as one of the first passenger car conductors. He was the first ticket agent of that company in this city, his office at that time being located on the railroad at the foot of Chestnut street. Mr. Byers left the service of the company about the year 1846 to engage in the coal trade, a business which in connection with his son he successfully followed up until the hour of his sudden demise. The deceased was a gentleman of correct business habits, affable in his deportment, of generous impulses and warm personal friendship. The announcement of his death will be received with much regret by a large circle of friends."
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EBY BYERS,
BORN
JULY 17, 1807,
DIED
JUNE 18, 1880.
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