Taken from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume III, Thomas McAdory Owen, 1921, reprinted 1976, page 276.
Byars, William Edgar, business man and legislator, was born February 22, 1864, near Blount Springs; son of William George and Mary Jane (Thomas) Byars, of Blount County; grandson of Jonas Byars and wife, a Miss Davis, the former of South Carolina, of Revolutionary War ancestry, emigrated to Alabama in 1820, and of William Jeter and Mary (Baker) Thomas, the former born in Union District, S.C., emigrated to Alabama in 1835, served as a member of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment C.S. Army, and of the same family as Governor Jeter of South Carolina. He was educated in the common schools near his home; when sixteen years of age engaged in farming; later entering business with his father. Some years ago he became proprietor of the Blount Springs hotel, which he owns and manages. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives of 1903, from Blount County, being the first and only successful candidate from his section of the county in over fifty years. He is a Democrat; Methodist; and a Mason. Married: October 20, 1886, at Blount Springs, to Annie Amanda, daughter of John Paul and Mary Jane (Cosby) Willoughby, of Springville, St. Clair County. The Willoughby's originally came from Virginia, where Edwin the great-great-grandfather received a land grant from Virginia for service in the War of the Revolution. Residence: Blount Springs.
Byars, William Edgar, business man and legislator, was born February 22, 1864, near Blount Springs; son of William George and Mary Jane (Thomas) Byars, of Blount County; grandson of Jonas Byars and wife, a Miss Davis, the former of South Carolina, of Revolutionary War ancestry, emigrated to Alabama in 1820, and of William Jeter and Mary (Baker) Thomas, the former born in Union District, S.C., emigrated to Alabama in 1835, served as a member of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment C.S. Army, and of the same family as Governor Jeter of South Carolina. He was educated in the common schools near his home; when sixteen years of age engaged in farming; later entering business with his father. Some years ago he became proprietor of the Blount Springs hotel, which he owns and manages. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives of 1903, from Blount County, being the first and only successful candidate from his section of the county in over fifty years. He is a Democrat; Methodist; and a Mason. Married: October 20, 1886, at Blount Springs, to Annie Amanda, daughter of John Paul and Mary Jane (Cosby) Willoughby, of Springville, St. Clair County. The Willoughby's originally came from Virginia, where Edwin the great-great-grandfather received a land grant from Virginia for service in the War of the Revolution. Residence: Blount Springs.
Taken from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume III, Thomas McAdory Owen, 1921, reprinted 1976, page 276.
Byars, William Edgar, business man and legislator, was born February 22, 1864, near Blount Springs; son of William George and Mary Jane (Thomas) Byars, of Blount County; grandson of Jonas Byars and wife, a Miss Davis, the former of South Carolina, of Revolutionary War ancestry, emigrated to Alabama in 1820, and of William Jeter and Mary (Baker) Thomas, the former born in Union District, S.C., emigrated to Alabama in 1835, served as a member of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment C.S. Army, and of the same family as Governor Jeter of South Carolina. He was educated in the common schools near his home; when sixteen years of age engaged in farming; later entering business with his father. Some years ago he became proprietor of the Blount Springs hotel, which he owns and manages. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives of 1903, from Blount County, being the first and only successful candidate from his section of the county in over fifty years. He is a Democrat; Methodist; and a Mason. Married: October 20, 1886, at Blount Springs, to Annie Amanda, daughter of John Paul and Mary Jane (Cosby) Willoughby, of Springville, St. Clair County. The Willoughby's originally came from Virginia, where Edwin the great-great-grandfather received a land grant from Virginia for service in the War of the Revolution. Residence: Blount Springs.
Byars, William Edgar, business man and legislator, was born February 22, 1864, near Blount Springs; son of William George and Mary Jane (Thomas) Byars, of Blount County; grandson of Jonas Byars and wife, a Miss Davis, the former of South Carolina, of Revolutionary War ancestry, emigrated to Alabama in 1820, and of William Jeter and Mary (Baker) Thomas, the former born in Union District, S.C., emigrated to Alabama in 1835, served as a member of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment C.S. Army, and of the same family as Governor Jeter of South Carolina. He was educated in the common schools near his home; when sixteen years of age engaged in farming; later entering business with his father. Some years ago he became proprietor of the Blount Springs hotel, which he owns and manages. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives of 1903, from Blount County, being the first and only successful candidate from his section of the county in over fifty years. He is a Democrat; Methodist; and a Mason. Married: October 20, 1886, at Blount Springs, to Annie Amanda, daughter of John Paul and Mary Jane (Cosby) Willoughby, of Springville, St. Clair County. The Willoughby's originally came from Virginia, where Edwin the great-great-grandfather received a land grant from Virginia for service in the War of the Revolution. Residence: Blount Springs.
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