This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byers of PA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UFH.2ACEB/924.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I find Richard Byers in the Census of 1850 up to 1910 for Pennsylvania, wife Margaret b. 1846, sons Peter 1860 and John 1863. Under the Military of Ancestry.com is the 18th and 95th Infantry Civil War (PA) listing with the rank. Not a whole lot of detail but the bare essentials here. Hope this is of some help to you. Margaret Artoux