Family: William Edward Hyer / Elizabeth Catherine Benson (F40)

• Father | Male William Edward Hyer

  
  

  Born	27 Dec 1837	Greenfield, Highland, Ohio, United States
  Died	25 Dec 1920	Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Buried	26 Dec 1920	Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Married	3 Nov 1856  [1, 2, 3]	South Salem, Ross, Ohio, United States  [1, 2, 3]
  Other Spouse	Lydia Ann Kuhns | F74
  Married	16 Nov 1910	Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Elizabeth Catherine Benson

  
  

  Born	8 Feb 1840	, Ross, Ohio, United States
  Died	2 Apr 1909	Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Buried		Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Father	William Benson | F33 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Davis | F33 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Margaret "Frances" Hyer

  
  

  Born	2 Aug 1857	, Ross, Ohio, United States
  Died	17 Apr 1925	Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States
  Buried		Lakeview Cemetery, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States
  Spouse	William Ortho Dowden | F80
  Married	18 Jan 1880	Pleasantville, Marion, Iowa, United States

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mary Angeline Hyer

  
  

  Born	23 Mar 1859	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Charles D. Speed | F75
  Married	23 Mar 1880	, , Iowa, United States

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Rufus Edward Hyer

  
  

  Born	27 Feb 1861	Pleasantville, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Died	1934	, , , Canada
  Buried		Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Spouse	Tamma M. (Epley) Leuty | F85
  Married	25 Sep 1884	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Spouse	Mary Martha Stittsworth | F92
  Married	10 Mar 1891	Pleasantville, Marion, Iowa, United States

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Nancy Elizabeth Hyer

  
  

  Born	7 Dec 1862	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Died	18 Oct 1936	, , Iowa, United States
  Buried
  Spouse	Forrie E. Whitmore | F76
  Married	20 Mar 1888

  
  

  Child 5 | Male William Andrew Hyer

  
  

  Born	13 Sep 1866	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Lydia Ann McLain | F77
  Married	31 Dec 1891	, Marion, Iowa, United States

  
  

  Child 6 | Male John Alvin Hyer

  
  

  Born	28 Jul 1869	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Died	30 May 1950
  Buried
  Spouse	Bertha Baker | F78
  Married	Feb 1911

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Judith Melvina Hyer

  
  

  Born	23 Sep 1871	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Myles Frank Harkin | F79
  Married

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Elijah Absilam Hyer

  
  

  Born	29 Oct 1873	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Lucy Jane Kamp | F81
  Married	8 Jan 1896

  
  

  Child 9 | Female Gertrude Gladys Hyer

  
  

  Born	2 Dec 1879	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Died	28 Jun 1973	, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Buried		Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasantville, Marion, Iowa, United States
  Spouse	Harmon A. Miner | F82
  Married

  
  

• Sources

  [S349] Census - IA, Dickenson - 1925 State, Iowa, Dickenson, (Digital images. The Generations Network. Ancestry.com. www.ancestry.com : 2007), Spirit Lake, dwelling 34, line 84, W.O. Dowden; (www.ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2), 23 Jul 2009. This information appeared in the 1925 IA State census for son William O. Dowden. [S194] Newspapers - IA, Marion, Knoxville - The Knoxville Journal, Iowa. Knoxville., "W.E. Hyer Called By Death," 30 Dec 1920. (Reliability: 2), 1 Dec 2013. [S316] Marriage Records - IA, Marion - Marriage Register, Iowa. Marion., marriage register, Hire-Benson, 1856. (Reliability: 3).