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Corp Joseph Byers

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Corp Joseph Byers

Birth
New York, USA
Death
16 Dec 1906 (aged 65)
Coe, Isabella County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Saint Louis, Gratiot County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Old Part Sub 1 Lot 58 Grave 4
Memorial ID
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CIvil War Veteran - Corp CO I 27th Mich Infantry

Ancestry.com U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles shows Joseph Byers enlisted at the age of 22 14 Dec 1863 as a Private in Bingham, MI. Enlisted in Company I, Michigan 27th Infantry Regiment on 29 Dec 1863. Promoted to Full Corporal on 21 Feb 1865. Mustered out on 26 Jul 1865 at Delaney House in Washington, D.C.

Death certificate shows he was the son of Hugh Byers of Ireland and Maria Thomas (NY), male, white, married, married at the age of 21, parent of 10 children 1 living, occupation Farming, born March 9, 1841 NY and died
December 16, 1906 in Coe Township, Isabella Co., MI at the age of 65 years, 9 months and 7 days, cause of death committed suicide by hanging himself in barn. Informant Phebe E. Byers. Burial was on December 19, 1906 in St. Louis, MI.

1870 Census Coe Township, Isabella Co, MI

Joseph Byers age 29
Phebe E. Byers age 24
Violetta N. Byers, age 3
Emit E. Byers Age 1
John Byers, age 13

1880 Census Coe Township, Isabella Co., MI:

Joseph Byers, age 34
Phoebe Byers, age 29
Nancy V. Byers, age 13
Eugene Byers, age 12
Mary Byers, age 9
Almina Byers age 7
Emma Byers, age 4
Lizzie Byers, age 3
CIvil War Veteran - Corp CO I 27th Mich Infantry

Ancestry.com U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles shows Joseph Byers enlisted at the age of 22 14 Dec 1863 as a Private in Bingham, MI. Enlisted in Company I, Michigan 27th Infantry Regiment on 29 Dec 1863. Promoted to Full Corporal on 21 Feb 1865. Mustered out on 26 Jul 1865 at Delaney House in Washington, D.C.

Death certificate shows he was the son of Hugh Byers of Ireland and Maria Thomas (NY), male, white, married, married at the age of 21, parent of 10 children 1 living, occupation Farming, born March 9, 1841 NY and died
December 16, 1906 in Coe Township, Isabella Co., MI at the age of 65 years, 9 months and 7 days, cause of death committed suicide by hanging himself in barn. Informant Phebe E. Byers. Burial was on December 19, 1906 in St. Louis, MI.

1870 Census Coe Township, Isabella Co, MI

Joseph Byers age 29
Phebe E. Byers age 24
Violetta N. Byers, age 3
Emit E. Byers Age 1
John Byers, age 13

1880 Census Coe Township, Isabella Co., MI:

Joseph Byers, age 34
Phoebe Byers, age 29
Nancy V. Byers, age 13
Eugene Byers, age 12
Mary Byers, age 9
Almina Byers age 7
Emma Byers, age 4
Lizzie Byers, age 3


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  • Created by: Sandra Moore
  • Added: Feb 16, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48207143/joseph-byers: accessed ), memorial page for Corp Joseph Byers (9 Mar 1841–16 Dec 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48207143, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Louis, Gratiot County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Sandra Moore (contributor 47025864).