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Joseph A. Byers, Hannah W. Tucker and Elias Hollandsworth Answer Final Summons During Past Week—Arthur Mil ler, California To. Youth, Drowned Last Night, Joseph A. Byers, one of Starke county’s pioneer and well known citizens, after an illness extending over a period of about six months, quietly passed out of this life at the family home in this city Friday morn ing at 6 o'clock. He had been con fined to his bed almost constantly during this long siege of illness, but patiently endured the painful suffer ing incident thereto. His death, an expected certainty for several months, came as a great relief to himself and also his faithful wife, who has ten derly cared for him during the long days and sleepless nights of the past half year. The funeral services, which were largely attended, were conducted from the Free Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. W. T. Loring officiating, and interment was made at Oak Park cemetery. Joseph A. Byers, the son of John and Elizabeth (Beatty) Byers, was born in Nubie county, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1854, and died at the age of 60 years, 3 months and 20 days. Soon after the birth of the deceased the family located in Bartholomew county, Ind., and in 1865, when the subject of the sketch was between 11 and 12 years old, came to Starke county and settled on an unimproved farm in Railroad township. About two years after the family came to Starke county the father became totally blind and the arduous duties of the little farm then devolved upon the shoulders of the youth, Joseph, who was in his thir teenth year. Under these conditions he grew to manhood's estate and with great devotion provided a com fortable home for his parents until their respective deaths. Mr. Byers was married Feb. 5, 1891, to Anna Vanek, a native of Blatua, Bohemia, and to this union seven children were born. All of the children, namely, Mrs. Elizabeth Bonta of Knox, Mrs. Mary Morrisey of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Anna Cox of Wheatfield, and Jose phine, Jacob, Joseph and John who are still at home, together with the mother are left surviving the de ceased. Mr. Byers, after serving two terms as trustee of Railroad township, continued his residence there until 18 years ago last April, when the family came to Knox. Here he engaged in the mer cantile and hardware business for a number of years and later retired to enjoy the fruits of his labors. Mr. Byers is also survived by two broth ers, Robert of Attica, Kan., and George of Tioga, Okla., and one sis ter, Mrs. Nancy Chamberlain of Portland, Ore,
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Knox Starke County Democrat
Knox, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 10, 1914
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