. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. ing-ton, who for twelve years has been in the em-ploye of the Gould Railroad system. Frank in infancy. Sarah B. became the wife ofJ. B. Adlon, of Oskaloosa, and died in the lat-er 70s. Anna is the wife of SamuelMoreland, of White Rock, Kansas, and died inthe fall of 1905. Lydia J. is the wife of JohnMoore, of Jefiferson township, this E. is the wife of D. B. Lyon, a real-estatedealer of Los Angeles, California. Arminta the
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. ing-ton, who for twelve years has been in the em-ploye of the Gould Railroad system. Frank in infancy. Sarah B. became the wife ofJ. B. Adlon, of Oskaloosa, and died in the lat-er 70s. Anna is the wife of SamuelMoreland, of White Rock, Kansas, and died inthe fall of 1905. Lydia J. is the wife of JohnMoore, of Jefiferson township, this E. is the wife of D. B. Lyon, a real-estatedealer of Los Angeles, California. Arminta the wife of Richard FIull, of Garfield town-ship. iVIary E. died in childhood. Alice M. diedin infancy. Kate R., who was a professor ofscientific cooking, died in Waterbury, Connect-icut, in 1904. John D. Byers, whose name introduces thisrecord, was educated in the district schools andalso pursued a course of study in the commer-cial department of Oskaloosa College underProfessor Givens. He left school when twen-ty-five years of age and began contracting andbuilding on his own account. He has followedbuilding operations since 1869, in which year. joiix n. ^.^•ERs. PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 423 he began to learn the trade and he has workedon various pubhc builcHngs in the county was a superintendent of the constructionof the Central Methodist Episcopal church andalso the Carnegie library and many other im-portant buildings are evidences of his skill andabilitv. His business has reached extensive andprofitable proportions and his labors have beenan element in the improvement .and adornmentof the city. Mr. Byers was married on Christmas dayof 1878 to ]\Iiss Margaret S. Robertson, adaughter of David and Fannie Robertson, ofOskaloosa. Their children are Ernest R.,Harry, Edwin, John David, Margaret andFrancis I\Iason. The last named died in in-fancy and the eldest son is now in Los An-geles, California. The mother departed thislife October 4. 1905, and the funeral se
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