Byers, Conrod bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 423, Astoria Township
Conrod Byers, farmer, sec. 34; P. O., Astoia. The gentleman here named is a native of Germany, where he was born in November, 1833. Growing to manhood in the Fatherland, he engaged in farming. At the age of 22 he crossed the ocean, landing at Baltimore. Shortly afterwards he was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Eberhardt, by whom he has 3 children, - Edward C., Ida E. and Josephine. Ten years ago he located at Decatur, Ill., and years later came to Fulton county.