Byers, Abraham M. b. 1836 d. 1920 Abraham Byers was born in 1836 on a farm near Harrisburg, PA. At the age of 22 he acquired a photographic studio after settling a debt in Beardstown, Illinois. On May 7, 1858 Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer arguing the famous Duff Armstrong case in the Beardstown Courthouse. That day Lincoln won the aquittal of Duff Armstrong who had been charged with murder in a midnight fight. Abraham Lincoln won the case by using a copy of the 1857 Farmers Almanac, which proved that the witnesses could not have...[Read More] (Bio by: David Carroll) Aledo Cemetery, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois, USA Plot: Byers Family Plot
b. 1836 d. 1920