Eben McBurney Byers (1880 - 1932)

Born 12 Apr 1880 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Mar 1932 at age 51 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Eben Byers is Notable.

Ebenezer McBurney Byers was an American socialite, sportsman, and industrialist. He won the 1906 U.S. Amateur in golf. He died of cancer caused by overusing the popular patent medicine Radithor. Eben was born in 1880. Eben Byers was the son of Alexander Byers and Martha Flemming. He passed away in 1932.

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Eben M., president and director A. M. Byers Company, director Bank of Pittsburgh National Association, director Bessemer Coke Company;

Obituary

PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE - APRIL 1, 1932

BYERS-On Thursday, March 31, 1932, at 2:20 a. m., at the Doctors' Hospital in New York, Eben M. Byers. Funeral services at the residence of his brother, J. Fredrick Byers, Sewickley Heights, Saturday afternoon, April 2, at 2 o'clock. Friends are requested not to send flowers. Interment private.

Sources

• Eben McBurney Byers on Find A Grave: Memorial #42635893
• Wikipedia:Eben Byers
• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WK3-JNM : 10 February 2018), Eben Mac Burney Byers, 31 Mar 1932; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,069,581.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6K2-H24 : 13 March 2018), Eben Macburney Byers, 1917-1918; citing Pittsburgh City no 18, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,909,277.
• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXV3-B25 : 30 January 2018), Eben M. Byers, 1907.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97Q-JJ1 : accessed 3 October 2018), Eben M Byer in household of Mary E Barton, New Haven city (excl. Yale University) Ward 1, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 340, sheet 6A, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,144.
• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFM7-9Z2 : 30 January 2018), Ebin M. Byers, 1909.
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 117-120)