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Richard Evelyn Byrd

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• • 2nd Generation — Father of Richard Byrd
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • William Byrd   
  • Mother:
  • Jane Meriwether "Jennie" Rivers   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Aug 1862 
  • Birth Location:
  • Austin, Travis, Texas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 Oct 1925 
  • Death Location:
  • Richmond, Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eleanor Bolling "Esther" Flood
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Sep 1886 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia 
  • Child:
  • Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. 

• Sources for Richard Evelyn Byrd

  • ¹ Find A Grave, (accessed 01/10/2014).
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 26, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ³ Bassett, John Spencer, ed., The Writings of "Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia Esqr.", New York: Doubleday, Page and Co. (1901), 451, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁴ Featherston, Nathaniel Ragland, The History of Appomattox, Virginia: Also World War II - I and Spanish American War Service Record, Appomattox, Virginia: American Legion Post 104 (1948), 163, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
  • ⁵ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, editor, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography: Vol. IV, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1915), 30, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Richard Evelyn Byrd, Sr.", (accessed 01/10/2014).