Researching BYERS family: Wm. H. DeWette BYERS, 1838-1905 VA/PA, s/o Henry Alexander BYERS, c 1816 VA and Adeline COLLINS, c 1819 PA. William's siblings were: Josephine m. Jack STEVENSON, r. PA Mary m. _______ EHRENBERG, r. PA Joseph Henry BYERS was a storekeeper in Kensington Distr. of Phila. in 1850. Possibly moved to St. Louis in 1860s. William was a Capt. in Civil War fm PA. Later became a RR detective in MO and subsequently a storeowner. Doreen Pool