Brief Life History of William Smith
When William Smith Byers was born on 20 December 1805, in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Byers, was 38 and his mother, Ann Larimer, was 36. He lived in Pulaski Township, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 25 May 1875, in Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69.
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- William S Byers, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: William S Byers - Government record: Census record: birth:
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Borders) and English (Cumberland and Durham): topographic name for someone who lived by a cattleshed, Middle English byre, or a habitational name from any of several places called with Old English b̄re ‘cattleshed’, for example Byers Green in County Durham or Byres near Edinburgh.
English: variant of Byer , with either an original plural or a post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: variant of Byas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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