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Rutha Katia Byers 1765–1845 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1765

Birth Location: Carolina, USA

Death Date: 25 September 1845

Death Location: Macoupin County, Illinois, USA

Father: William I

Mother: Anna Byers

Spouse(s): Benjamin Harris

Children(s): Mary Harris

Rutha Katia Byers was born in 1765 in Carolina, USA, the child of William Byars I And Anna E Carson Byers. Rutha Katia Byers married Benjamin Harris, and had children including Mary Ann Polly Harris. Rutha Katia Byers passed away in 1845 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Rutha Katia Byers was born in 1765 in Carolina, USA, the child of William Byars I And Anna E Carson Byers.
  • Rutha Katia Byers married Benjamin Harris, and had children including Mary Ann Polly Harris.
  • Rutha Katia Byers passed away in 1845 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William I
1742–1821
Birth Location: irk, Andrews, upon, Eskdalemuir, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Anna Byers
1744–1816
Birth Location: Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Benjamin Harris
1762–1834
Birth Location: Southampton, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Harris
1805–1880
Birth Location: Greenville, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
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Rutha Byers's Ancestors

Self
Rutha Byers
1765–1845
Birth Place: Carolina, USA
Parents
William Byars I
1742–1821
irk, Andrews, upon, Eskdalemuir, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Anna (E Carson) Byers
1744–1816
Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Davyd (Byars) I
1714–
Kirk, Andrews, Upon, Eskdalemuir, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Blanch Piel\Peal
1715–
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Byars
1693–1761
Margaret Peal
–1792
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Byres
1670–
Margaret g10.686
1672–

Rutha Byers's Descendants

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Rutha (Katia) Byers (1765–25 September 1845) m. Benjamin Harris (1762–21 May 1834)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann "Polly") Harris 1805–1880 m. Nathaniel Lofton 1799–1880
    1. 1. Nancy (E.) Loftin 1847–1870 m. James (H. H.) Sims 1841–
      1. 1. Martha (Jane "Mattie Jo") Simms 1867–1953 m. Florence (C) Conner 1867–1929
        1. 1. Hattie (Victoria 'Katie B') Conner 1893–1934 m. George (Lafayette "Fate") Thompson 1889–1962

Rutha Byers's Timeline

2 Records

1765
1765
Birth of Rutha Katia Byers in Carolina, USA
Carolina, USA
1845
25 September 1845
Age 80
Death of Rutha Katia Byers in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
Macoupin County, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1765
    Event Place: Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 September 1845
    Event Place: Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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