Hi Byars researchers! This is my little introduction... since I just joined the list... My name is Glenn Frank, and my oldest known BYARS family member was John Byars... He does not got that far back... he is my GGG Grandfather. Here is the info I have on his family: John BYARS Birth: 9 Dec 1819 Kentucky USA Death: 11 Jan 1900 Burial: Artesia Cemetary, Cerritos, CA USA Marriage: 3 Nov 1841 Switzerland County, IN USA Spouse: Annareta FRANKLIN Birth: 18 or (28) Mar 1823 Rising Sun, Switzerland, IN Death: 2 May 1897 Norwalk, CA USA Burial: Artesia Cemetary, Cerritos, CA USA Father: ? Mother: ? Children: 1 F: Rebecca Jane BYARS Birth: 2 Sep 1843 Indiana USA Death: 28 Sep 1910 California Spouse: Simon P. STIFFLER Marriage: abt 1874 2 F: Charlotte BYARS (Died as Infant) Birth: Apr 1844 Indiana USA Death: Sep 1844 3 F: Emily BYARS Birth: 13 Jul 1845 Indiana USA Death: 27 Apr 1936 Long Beach, (Los Angeles County) CA Spouse: James Harvey STIFFLER Marriage: abt 1863 Spouse: Adam STIFFLER Marriage: 10 Sep 1906 St. Charles, Madison County, IA USA 4 F: Clara Bell BYARS Birth: 27 Dec 1851 Switzerland, IN USA Death: 21 Oct 1938 Whittier (Los Angeles Co.) CA USA Spouse: George Conrad LAWHEAD Marriage: 11 Jan 1872 St. Charles, Madison County, IA USA 5 M: George Washington BYARS Birth: Apr 1854 IA USA Death: abt 1910 California 6 F: Elsie Zepharah BYARS (Twin) Birth: 11 Dec 1861 Warren County, Iowa Death: 16 Mar 1946 Spouse: Joseph Marion CLANTON Marriage: 27 Feb 1879 Warren County, Iowa 7 M: Daniel Oscar BYARS (Twin) Birth: 11 Dec 1861 IA USA Death: 1863 Jackson Township -------- I am decended from Elsie Zepharah BYARS who married Joseph Marrion CLANTON. They had a son, Leroy and daughter, Ivy M. CLANTON who married Raymond Linsford BARTON (My Great Grandparents). --------- Back to John and Annaretta: They are burried in Cerritos CA (Artesia Cemetary) and I have been there an taken photos of the headstones. Here is a link to my genealogy website if you want to see the photos of the head stones and other info I have on my family... http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~frankbarton/cemetarys/artesia.html or go to the front page at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~frankbarton This is some info I took off the headstone marker for John and Annareta: There is a nice looking 4-5 foot high, four-sided pillar monument with John Byar's name on one side, and Annareta's on the other with dates for each. On the other two sides of the pillar... one side was blank. The other bore this passage of words: "Not dead but asleep Asleep in Jesus That dear friend on whom our happiness depends Farewell Father and Mother Fairwell for a while. We soon will meet you again on that other shore. Where we will never take the parting hand anymore. For we hope to meet you on the other shore." ---- Annaretta (FRANKLIN) BYARS has an obituary I have found on-line at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamadiso/obitsb.html (go to the very bottom of the page.. last one on the page) I do not have any reliable info on Annareta's parents. I suspect it might be a Benjamin FRANKLIN (1780-?) (not THE Benjamin Franklin) and his wife named Zipporah (~1799-?) but have not been able to verify anything other than conjecture) anyway... hello... Please contact me if anything here looks familier to you! Sincerely, Glenn Frank ============================================ http://home.earthlink.net/~glennfrank/familytree