Biography - Nelson B. Byram
NELSON B. BYRAM. He is the son of Joseph and Abigail L. (Harris) Byram, natives of New Jersey, and Nelson B. was born in Dayton, Ohio on 4 April 1818. He was educated in the common schools in Indiana and reared on the farm. He learned the blacksmith trade with he changed to farming. He was married 14 Dec 1847 to Rebecca Jane Hamilton, who has borne him three children. He united with the M. E. Church in 1857 and has been Collector, Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace. He is Republican in politics. Post Office, Knoxville.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
