Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameRichard Ivey Byrd
Birth17 Apr 1821, Burke, NC1,2
Death1900-1910, Yancey, NC1,2
FatherRichard R. Bird (1769-1856)
MotherElizabeth Westlake (1780-1853)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: Find a Grave1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232964342
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Richard Ivey Byrd, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LZ16-268
!MARRIAGE: 15-Dec-1845 McDowell, NC marriages336, book 1, page 4, R. J. Bird and L. E. Hicks
!REFERENCE: 1849 Old Ebenezer Cemetery, Old Fort, McDowell, NC burial1, for son James W. Bird, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45083975
!CENSUS: 1850 McDowell, NC428, 258/258, Ivy Bird, children Mills Bird and John Bird
!CENSUS: 1880 Yancey, NC528, 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: Farmer428
!REFERENCE: 10-Mar-2004 email from Sherry Kobee to Don Braffitt529
!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 Tree475, 10 children in 2 marriages
!REFERENCE: OneWorldTree71, Richard Ivey Bird, 10 children
Spouses
Birth2 Nov 1826, Burke, NC1,2
Death23 May 1868, McDowell, NC1,2
BurialProvidence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion, McDowell, NC1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion, McDowell, NC1, Lois Elmira Byrd, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84731105
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Lois Elmira Hicks, parents James Hicks and Anna Higgins, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/2SZL-4YZ
!MARRIAGE: 15-Dec-1845 McDowell, NC marriages336, book 1, page 4, R. J. Bird and L. E. Hicks
!REFERENCE: 1849 Old Ebenezer Cemetery, Old Fort, McDowell, NC burial1, for son James W. Bird, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45083975
!CENSUS: 1850 McDowell, NC428, 258/258, Almira Bird, children Mills Bird and John Bird
!REFERENCE: Craig & Tracie's Family Tree475, 8 children
Marriage15 Dec 1845, McDowell, NC336
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 15-Dec-1845 McDowell, NC marriages336, book 1, page 4, R. J. Bird and L. E. Hicks
Birth29 Jul 1843, Yancey, NC1,2
Death2 Sep 1925, Yancey, NC1,2
BurialMcClurd Cemetery, Bowlens Creek, Yancey, NC1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: McClurd Cemetery, Bowlens Creek, Yancey, NC336, H. E. Byrd, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41143028
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Harriet Ellen Carrigan, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LK7R-X3S
!CENSUS: 1880 Yancey, NC528, Harret E. Byrd
!CENSUS 1900 Burnsville, Yancey, NC, Harriet Byrd
!REFERENCE: Craig & Tracie's Family Tree475, 2 children, "Apparently Harriett had been married before to an Upright."
!REFERENCE: OneWorldTree71, Harriett Ellen Carrigan, 2 children, earlier marriage to John Upright
Marriageabt 1871
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