David Byerly

Brief Life History of David

When David Byerly was born on 3 June 1803, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Byerly, was 41 and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Harmon, was 40. He married Harriett Clark about 1827, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in South Mahoning Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Plumville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 2 November 1888, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Plumville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Byerly
1803–1888
Harriett Clark
1806–1888
Marriage: about 1827
Levi Byerly
1829–1900
Pernina Byerly
1846–
Joseph Wesley Byerly
1830–1913
Mary Jane Byerly
1832–1909
Sarah F. Byerly
1838–1902
Hannah Elizabeth Byerly
1840–1917
Jemima BYERLY
1843–1884
Florinda L. BYERLY
1849–1916

Sources (9)

  • David Biesly, "United States Census, 1870"
  • David Bayerle, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • David Byler, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Hampshire): habitational name from Bierley in Whitwell (Isle of Wight).

English: variant of Birley, a habitational name from Birley (in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire), East or North Bierley (Yorkshire), or Birley (Derbyshire). In post-medieval records the Yorkshire surname was frequently spelled Burley. See Bierly .

Americanized form of German Beierle or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname. Compare Bierly and Byerley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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