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Richard Byrd

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William Byrd

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• • Grandfather of Richard Byrd — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Richard Evelyn Byrd 
  • Mother:
  • Anne Harrison   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Nov 1828 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Apr 1898 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jane Meriwether "Jennie" Rivers
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Sep 1859 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Travis, Falls, Texas 
  • Child:

  Richard Evelyn Byrd (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for William Byrd

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A052112.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/10/2014).
  • ³ Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, Marriage record for William Byrd and Jennie Rivers.
  • ⁴ Bassett, John Spencer, ed., The Writings of "Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia Esqr.", New York: Doubleday, Page and Co. (1901), 451.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Richard Evelyn Byrd, Sr.", _Sr., (accessed 01/10/2014).