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Davis BYRD

Davis BYRD

Male 1841 - 1909  (68 years)


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  • Name Davis BYRD
    Birth 15 Mar 1841  Pocahontas Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [3] 
    Residence 1859  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 12 Sep 1909  [1] 
    Burial Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Although identified in his marriage record and early census returns as David Bird, at some point he adopted the name Davis Byrd, changing both his given name and his surname. That is how he is identified on his headstone and in daughter Edith's death record. All other family members appear to have retained the spelling Bird.
    Person ID I49120  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2010

    Father John BIRD,   b. 8 Oct 1820   d. 3 Apr 1898 (Age 77 years)
    Mother Luticia ___,   b. CA 1815   d. 1 Mar 1885 (Age ~ 70 years)
    Family ID F16298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Roana GOFF,   b. 3 Jul 1834, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1912 (Age 78 years)  [4]
    Marriage 1 Dec 1859  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Jun 17 1880:
      Davis Bird, 40, farmer; wife Hannah R, 44; dau Lucinda A (?), 16; dau Rebecca J, 14; son Lincoln, 12; son Benjamin, 10; dau Mary E, 8; son Dock H (?), 5; dau Eda L, 2.
    Children 
    +1. Mary E. BIRD,   b. 31 Mar 1873, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1942, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +2. Edith Almira "Allie" BIRD,   b. 1879   d. 25 May 1964, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F20224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    3. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 6.
      Identified as David Bird, 19, b. Pocahontas Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Luticia; and Hannah R. Goff, 23, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Benj. & Edith. Married Dec 1 1859.