Burial in Blair Cemetery

Published in Blair Democrat on 29 May 1913

WILLIAM BYER DIES

William Byer, for many years a prominent citizen of Blair, died at Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he went two weeks ago for his health. Mr. Byer was born in Saxony January, 10, 1856 and came to America twenty-three years ago. He was in Omaha for two years and then came to Blair where he has been for twenty-one years. He leaves behind him a wife and two children, Mrs. Maddsen of Pasadena, California, and a son Felix, of Blair. The remains will reach Blair Friday and will be buried in the Blair cemetery.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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