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Lauretta Downing was born September 21, 1861, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the daughter of Jesse Downing and Lydia Watts Morrow.
Lauretta married Dr. Shadrack Ephraim Byler on April 4, 1887, in Barren Forks, Arkansas. Shadrack Byler was born February 12, 1858, in LaCrosse, Arkansas, the son of William Byler and Charity Wren.
Dr. Byler practiced medicine in Arkansas. He and Lauretta returned to Tennessee about 1889. He practiced medicine in Iron City, Tennessee, and later in Collinwood, Tennessee. He owned a drug in Collinwood. He also served as the first Postmaster of Collinwood, in 1913.
Dr. Byler died December 22, 1920, in Collinwood, Tennessee. Lauretta died July 23, 1939. She is buried in the Morrow-Downing Cemetery on Indian Creek, in Wayne County.
Children of Shadrack Byler and Lauretta Downing
1. Edgar D. Byler, b. Sept 22, 1888, Sage, Izard Co, AR; d. May 17, 1968, Florence, AL; m. Sarah Jane (Dunn) Walsh in 1919, Russellville, Pope Co, AR
2. Hattie Byler, b. Dec 2, 1890, Iron City, TN; d. Aug 29, 1951, Collinwood, Wayne Co, TN; m. Allen Brown
3. Effie Byler, b. Mar 18, 1893, Iron City, TN; d. abt 1973, Collinwood, Wayne Co, TN; m. Charles Jefferson Farris