Portrait bas relief based on a photograph. Howard Webster Byers (1856-1928) was originally from Woodstock, Wisconsin. He moved to Iowa in 1873 and, beginning in 1888, practiced as a lawyer in Harlan, Iowa. He came to Des Moines as a state representative and eventually…
Portrait bas relief based on a photograph. Howard Webster Byers (1856-1928) was originally from Woodstock, Wisconsin. He moved to Iowa in 1873 and, beginning in 1888, practiced as a lawyer in Harlan, Iowa. He came to Des Moines as a state representative and eventually became Attorney-General of Iowa (1906-1911). Byers was chairman of the Republican State Convention from 1900 to 1908. He practiced law in Des Moines for the last 30 years of his life and was head of the Des Moines City Council.
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Mrs. Howard Webster Byers; Mr. and Mrs. William McKinley Byers; Mrs. W. K. Byers Wallerstedt.
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Known from article Des Moines Register, Oct. 10, 1929. Article has image of Petersen working on bas relief.
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