I found this little bio in Goodspeed's 1885 "History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana". Hope it helps someone. Page 387: Alexander Byers, M.D., of Petersburg, Ind., is one of a large family of children born to the marriage of Thomas and Margaret (Hamilton) Byers, who were natives of Pennsylvania, where they lived and died. Alexander was born in Washington County, Penn., June 15,1829. At the age of fifteen he entered the West Alexander Academy, and completed his course when he was twenty. He then taught school for about a year in Ohio, and also began the study of medicine. He came to Indiana in 1851, and soon after located in Clark County, where he taught school two years. He then came to Petersburg, and taught school for about seven months, and shortly after entered the office of Prof. J. R. Wilcox, M. D., of Evansville, Ind., and also attended lectures at the medical college of that city. He practiced medicine with his preceptor for about three months, when the latter died, and our subject returned to Petersburg in September, 1854. In 1861 he was commissioned first-lieutenant of Company I, Forty-second Indiana Volunteers, and served in that capacity in the war of the Rebellion for about eight months. In August , 1862, he was appointed first assistant-surgeon of the Sixty-fifth Indiana Regiment, and in 1863 was appointed surgeon of the regiment, serving until March, when he returned home and resumed his practice. In 1856 he married Mary Morgan, who died in July 1858, leaving one child, Mary V. In November, 1866, he married Mary F. Hammond. They have six children: Harry W., Anna M., Perry H., John A., Oliver A., and Ethel May. Mr. Byers is a Republican, and a member of the I. O. O. F., also of the Tri-Stae, Indiana State and Pike County Medical Societies. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.