Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1915 — Receives Word of the Death of Brother in Iowa. [ARTICLE]

Receives Word of the Death of Brother in Iowa.

Mrs. George R. Robinson, mother of Mrs. L. H. Hamilton, of this city, has received word of the death on Jan. 11th of her brother, John Byers, of Burlington, lowa. Mr. Byers was 86 years of age and a veteran of the civil war, having served in the 9th Indiana regiment. He leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter. He moved from Jasper county to Burlington twenty-three years ago. He was here to witness thp unveiling of the Milroy monument. He will be. remembered by many of the old residents of the county, having spent all of his life here prior to his removal to lowa. Mrs. Robinson is the only surviving sister. (