Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: Find a Grave
1,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232964342!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch
2, Richard Ivey Byrd, 11 children in 2 marriages,
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LZ16-268!MARRIAGE: 15-Dec-1845 McDowell, NC marriages
341, book 1, page 4, R. J. Bird and L. E. Hicks
!REFERENCE: 1849 Old Ebenezer Cemetery, Old Fort, McDowell, NC burial
1, for son James W. Bird,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45083975!CENSUS: 1850 McDowell, NC
432, 258/258, Ivy Bird, children Mills Bird and John Bird
!CENSUS: 1880 Yancey, NC
531, Richard P. Byrd
!CENSUS: 11-Jun-1880 Montford Cove, McDowell, NC, 98/98, for son Mill H. Bird
!CENSUS 1900 Burnsville, Yancey, NC, Richard Byrd
!OCCUPATION: Farmer
432!REFERENCE: 10-Mar-2004 email from Sherry Kobee to Don Braffitt
532!REFERENCE: 15-Sep-2007 email from Michele Stimpfel to Don Braffitt, "hi this is michele stimpfel I have some more information on the byrd/bird richard ivy byrds son millard byrd has more kids my great grand father is one of millards kids his name is frank byrd and he has 8 brothers and 7 sisters frank byrd had 5 kids and one of his sons is frank byrd jr and he is my grandfather. I have all the names and information on everyone left out. I saw a tree tracie and craigs tree on the world tree and I would like to inform them also and maybe get more information. I am trying to find who was indian in the family and who their tribe was? because my grand father says that his grandmother was indian I found alot of cenus's rolls and reservation rolls the name you guys have listed with the byrds. thank you, michele"
!REFERENCE: 12-Jul-2010 email from Boyd Moore to Don Braffitt, "Do you have a listing of Richard's children? I know of one -George W. who was my great grandfather, but not sure of brothers and sisters."
!REFERENCE: Craig & Tracie's Family Tree
480, 10 children in 2 marriages
Spouses
Birth: 2 Nov 1826, Burke, NC1,2
Death: 23 May 1868, McDowell, NC1,2
Burial: Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion, McDowell, NC1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion, McDowell, NC
1, Lois Elmira Byrd,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84731105!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch
2, Lois Elmira Hicks, 9 children, parents James Hicks and Anna Higgins,
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/2SZL-4YZ!MARRIAGE: 15-Dec-1845 McDowell, NC marriages
341, book 1, page 4, R. J. Bird and L. E. Hicks
!REFERENCE: 1849 Old Ebenezer Cemetery, Old Fort, McDowell, NC burial
1, for son James W. Bird,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45083975!CENSUS: 1850 McDowell, NC
432, 258/258, Almira Bird, children Mills Bird and John Bird
!REFERENCE: Craig & Tracie's Family Tree
480, 8 children
Marriage: 15 Dec 1845, McDowell, NC341
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 15-Dec-1845 McDowell, NC marriages
341, book 1, page 4, R. J. Bird and L. E. Hicks
Birth: 29 Jul 1843, Yancey, NC1,2
Death: 2 Sep 1925, Yancey, NC1,2
Burial: McClurd Cemetery, Bowlens Creek, Yancey, NC1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: McClurd Cemetery, Bowlens Creek, Yancey, NC
341, H. E. Byrd,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41143028!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch
2, Harriet Ellen Carrigan, 1st spouse William C. Upright, 3 children in 2 marriages,
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LK7R-X3S!CENSUS: 1880 Yancey, NC
531, Harret E. Byrd
!CENSUS 1900 Burnsville, Yancey, NC, Harriet Byrd
!REFERENCE: Craig & Tracie's Family Tree
480, 2 children, "Apparently Harriett had been married before to an Upright."