Francis R. Byers [SEP] position held
Francis R. Byers
Francis R. Byers was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography.
Byers was born on March 30, 1920 in Marion, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and died on March 11, 1993 in Marion. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Political career.
Byers was a member of the Assembly during the 1969 to 1987 sessions. He was a Republican. Byers was succeeded
Crown was photographed and written about in the "Western Morning News", 9 Sep 1940. Francis had been a member of the group since 1934. He became the Group's Deputy Grand Bard in 1962, and held the position until 1967.
He exhibited pieces at the Red Rose Guild in Manchester in 1950 and 1951. At St Ives in 1948, along with Barbara Hepworth, David Leach and Ben Nicholson. In the Newlyn Art Gallery in the late 1940s. Penlee House Museum (Penzance, Cornwall) in early