[p. 944] a prominent farmer and member of the School Board of Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, is the owner of a fine farm of 155 acres, and is engaged in general farming. He was born in that township January 2, 1859, and is a son of Ambrose and Mary (McCracken) Byers, he a native of Lawrence County, and she of Mercer County.
William Byers, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, it is thought, was born in Virginia, and became a settler in Pulaski Township at a time when it was sparsely settled and the land uncleared, it being at that time a part of Mercer County.
Ambrose Byers was born in 1824, and followed farming throughout his entire life, dying in 1887. He was rated among the substantial and leading men of the township, and was ever among the foremost in matters of public improvements. He was a consistent Republican in politics until 1872, after which he gave his encouragement and support to the cause of Prohibition. He and his wife were parents of the following children: John F., a successful attorney at law, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Charles S., of Kansas; Lizzie M., of Pulaski Township; Lawrence; Ovid A., a practicing attorney in Seattle, Wash.; Alpheus, of Seattle, Wash.; Horace G., professor of chemistry in the State University of Washington, at Seattle; Lottie B., deceased, and Carrie H., a teacher in the public schools of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Lawrence Byers was reared to manhood in his native township, and there received a preliminary educational training in the public schools, supplemented by a three-years' course at Grove City College. He then engaged as an instructor in the schools, teaching in Pulaski Township for a period of twelve years. He then turned his attention to farming in Pulaski Township, and has one of the best improved farms in the vicinity. He farms along the most modern and approved methods, and has met with more than ordinary success. He is a broad and liberal-minded man and evinces a deep interest in all matters pertaining to the general welfare of the community, being especially active in furthering the cause of education and bettering the school system. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and is serving his second term as a member of the School Board.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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