Sketch of Ebenezer Ayers, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Ebenezer Ayers came from one of the Eastern States, and settled on what is known as "the point", in St. Charles County, Missouri, at a very early date. He built the first horse-mill in that region of country. He was also a large fruit grower; and made a great deal of butter and cheese. He lived in a large red house, in which the first Protestant sermon in "the point" was preached. In 1804 he and James Flaugherty and John Woods were appointed Justices of the Peace for St. Charles district, being the first under the American government. Mr. Ayers had four children, one son and three daughters. Two of the latter died be- fore they were grown. The son, Ebenezer Davenport Ayers, married Miss Louisiana Averall, and settled were Davenport, Iowa, now stands, the town being named for him. His surviving sister, Hester Ayers, married Anthony C. Palmer, who was a ranger in the company commanded by Captain James Callaway. Mr. Palmer was afterwards elected sheriff of the county and served one term. He had a good education, was an excellent scribe, and taught school a number of years. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================