Background
Byers, Joseph Perkins was born on September 23, 1868 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert Gallatin and Mary Abigail (Rathbun) Byers.
Byers, Joseph Perkins was born on September 23, 1868 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Albert Gallatin and Mary Abigail (Rathbun) Byers.
Student Ohio State University, 1882-1883.
Became assistant to father (then secretary Ohio Board of State Charities), 1888, and on death of father, 1890, succeeded to the secretaryship (resigned, 1902). Superintendent Indiana Reformatory, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 1902-1903. Warden Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1904-1905.
Superintendent New York House of Refuge, 1905-1911. Secretary New Jersey State Charities Aid and Prison Reform Association, 1910-1912. Commissioner charities and corrections, New Jersey, by appointment of Governor Wilson, 1912-1915.
Executive secretary National Committee on Provision for Feebleminded, 1915-1919. Commissioner of Public Institutions of Kentucky, 1920-1925. General secretary National Conference Charities and Correction, 1902-1905.
General secretary, American Prison Association, 1908-1914, and 1916, president, 1915. Chief inspector of prisons, Department of Correction, City of New York, 1934-1936. Warden Hart’s Island Reformatory Prison, 1937-1938.
Retired October 1938.
The Church must be self-critical before it presumes to be critical of others.
Christians should read the Bible as part of a faith community, and try to put themselves into the story of God's dealings with humanity.
Member Juniper; Mason.
Married Adah V. Millar, of Columbus, Ohio, March 3, 1888.; married second, Edna R. Jatho of Philadelphia, August 2, 1928. Children: Andrew Millar (deceased), Elizabeth Millar.