Francis Marion Byrd, C.C. Cram & Emsley Fincher platted the town of Penawawa in 1877. The town is now under water after the building of the Little Goose Dam in the 1960s.
Contributor: Elaine (Moody) Root (47743480)
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Father: Adam BYRD
Mother: Katherine Mary HOUCK
Spouse: Sarah GILBERT
Married: 29 DEC 1852
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Among the builders of the west and earliest settlers of Whitman county must be mentioned the man whose name appears as the caption of this article. He was a very old pioneer, his residence on the coast dating back to 1852, in which year he crossed the plains to Oregon. The next year he settled at Fort Steillacoom, this state, where he erected a saw and grist-mill on a stream known as Byrd's creek. He afterwards moved to Seattle and engaged in farming in the vicinity, remaining until 1878, which year witnessed his advent into Whitman county. He took a homestead and engaged in the business of cattle-raising and agriculture, in which branch of human endeavor he continued to busy himself until February 27, 1896, when he passed to the great beyond. His remains lie buried in Onica cemetery.
Mr. Byrd was a potent force in the early development of state and county, and was long regarded as one of the representative citizens of the Palouse country. In all respects his life was so ordered as to win and retain the good will and kindly regard of those with whom he was thrown in contact, and his standing in the various communities in which he lived was of the highest. The marriage of our subject was duly solemnized when Miss Sarah Gilbert became his wife. They became parents of nine children: Orion, in Alaska; Alfred, in Spokane; Francis, in California; Mary, now wife of George Johnson, of this county; Alice, wife of J. V. Chamberlin, of Whitman county; Annie, wife of R. F. Smith, of Colfax; William; Josie, wife of William Chamberlin, of this county; and Eva, with her parents.
Mr. William Byrd, now one of the enterprising stockmen and farmers of the county, was born in Seattle, Washington, on November 9, 1869. He resided there until 1878, attending, after he became old enough, the public schools of the town. He then accompanied his parents to Whitman county, where he has since resided, and where he now owns and farms three hundred and twenty acres, the same being located five miles southwest of Wilcox.
Source: An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington. San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1901. p. 340.
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Francis Marion Byrd was the fifth child of Adam and Mary (Houck) Byrd and was born in Missouri, September 3, 1828. He moved with the family to Illnois where they engaged in farming and also operated a grist mill in Richland County, Wisconsin.
December 29, 1851 he married Sarah Gilbert and they had ten children: Orion A. born October 1, 1852, died June 25, 1919; Alfred E. born August 6, 1854; Francis E. born February 24, 1856 (1854), died September 10, 1930 (1929); Mary Cathryn, born February 28, 1858; died January 10, 1940; Alice Maria, born February 17, 1860, died September 19, 1946; Annie Irene, born Janurary 4, 1866, died February 21, 1935; Andrew A. born November 6, 1858, died December 20, 1868; William, born November 9, 1869, died Februay 5, 1932; Josephine Ida, born January 6, 1872, died March 16, 1966; Evaline, born March 4, 1874, died January 8, 1932.
Francis Marlon Byrd and his wife went to the Puget sound country along with the Byrd family in 1852, arriving on the coast in October of that year. He settled near Steilacoom and on Apir 9, 1855, filed on Donation Claim No. 41, Notification No. 1077. This land was not far from the claim of Andrew Byrd, and contained 318.20 acres, situated on Chambers Creek where the Washington State Game Farm is presently located. When Adam Byrd died, April 26, 1853, he was buried on Marion's claim, the first of about 100 pioneers buried in the Byrd Cemetery.
Francis Marion Byrd's name was among those of other men of Pierce County of military age and available for army duty in 1859. He served on the Pierce County Grand Jury in May, 1859 and on the petit jury November 1862 and 1863.
Apirl 15, 1864, Francis Marion and his wife, Sarah, sold all of their Donation Claim to Rudolphus Weston for $750. Weston sold the property to S. McGaw for $800. on March 27, 1878. On June 20, 1890, Edwin Huggins and Stephen Judson, executors of S. McGaw, sold the estate to the State of Washington for $4,760. George W. Byrd paid $100 for an acre of the estat embracing the graveyard and deeded it to his nephew, Lewis Byrd.
After selling his claim, Francis bought 80 acres of land four miles south of Seattle and moved his family there in 1864. He cut the timber, cleared some land and tilled the soil there for about ten years. He then rented a farm four miles southeast of Walla Walla, living ther nearly four years. In February 1877 he move to Penawawa, Washington on the Snake River. The inn and ferry served the stage line running between Fort Walla Walla and Fort Colville. In 1881 he moved thirteen miles north where he and his sons owned a wheat farm of 960 acres at the head of the Penawawa Canyon.
Francis Marion Byrd died at Colfax, Washington, February 28, 1896, and was buried in Onecho Cemetery, where his wife Sarah, and two sons, Orion A. and Francis E. are also buried.
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Washington Deaths, 1891-1907
Name: F. M. Byrd
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 27 Feb 1896
Age at Death: 66
Place of Death: Colfax, WA
County of Death Registration: Whitman
Residence: Colfax, WA
Father: Adam Byrd
Mother - other: Not Reported
Contributor: Elaine (Moody) Root (47743480)
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Father: Adam BYRD
Mother: Katherine Mary HOUCK
Spouse: Sarah GILBERT
Married: 29 DEC 1852
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Among the builders of the west and earliest settlers of Whitman county must be mentioned the man whose name appears as the caption of this article. He was a very old pioneer, his residence on the coast dating back to 1852, in which year he crossed the plains to Oregon. The next year he settled at Fort Steillacoom, this state, where he erected a saw and grist-mill on a stream known as Byrd's creek. He afterwards moved to Seattle and engaged in farming in the vicinity, remaining until 1878, which year witnessed his advent into Whitman county. He took a homestead and engaged in the business of cattle-raising and agriculture, in which branch of human endeavor he continued to busy himself until February 27, 1896, when he passed to the great beyond. His remains lie buried in Onica cemetery.
Mr. Byrd was a potent force in the early development of state and county, and was long regarded as one of the representative citizens of the Palouse country. In all respects his life was so ordered as to win and retain the good will and kindly regard of those with whom he was thrown in contact, and his standing in the various communities in which he lived was of the highest. The marriage of our subject was duly solemnized when Miss Sarah Gilbert became his wife. They became parents of nine children: Orion, in Alaska; Alfred, in Spokane; Francis, in California; Mary, now wife of George Johnson, of this county; Alice, wife of J. V. Chamberlin, of Whitman county; Annie, wife of R. F. Smith, of Colfax; William; Josie, wife of William Chamberlin, of this county; and Eva, with her parents.
Mr. William Byrd, now one of the enterprising stockmen and farmers of the county, was born in Seattle, Washington, on November 9, 1869. He resided there until 1878, attending, after he became old enough, the public schools of the town. He then accompanied his parents to Whitman county, where he has since resided, and where he now owns and farms three hundred and twenty acres, the same being located five miles southwest of Wilcox.
Source: An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington. San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1901. p. 340.
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Francis Marion Byrd was the fifth child of Adam and Mary (Houck) Byrd and was born in Missouri, September 3, 1828. He moved with the family to Illnois where they engaged in farming and also operated a grist mill in Richland County, Wisconsin.
December 29, 1851 he married Sarah Gilbert and they had ten children: Orion A. born October 1, 1852, died June 25, 1919; Alfred E. born August 6, 1854; Francis E. born February 24, 1856 (1854), died September 10, 1930 (1929); Mary Cathryn, born February 28, 1858; died January 10, 1940; Alice Maria, born February 17, 1860, died September 19, 1946; Annie Irene, born Janurary 4, 1866, died February 21, 1935; Andrew A. born November 6, 1858, died December 20, 1868; William, born November 9, 1869, died Februay 5, 1932; Josephine Ida, born January 6, 1872, died March 16, 1966; Evaline, born March 4, 1874, died January 8, 1932.
Francis Marlon Byrd and his wife went to the Puget sound country along with the Byrd family in 1852, arriving on the coast in October of that year. He settled near Steilacoom and on Apir 9, 1855, filed on Donation Claim No. 41, Notification No. 1077. This land was not far from the claim of Andrew Byrd, and contained 318.20 acres, situated on Chambers Creek where the Washington State Game Farm is presently located. When Adam Byrd died, April 26, 1853, he was buried on Marion's claim, the first of about 100 pioneers buried in the Byrd Cemetery.
Francis Marion Byrd's name was among those of other men of Pierce County of military age and available for army duty in 1859. He served on the Pierce County Grand Jury in May, 1859 and on the petit jury November 1862 and 1863.
Apirl 15, 1864, Francis Marion and his wife, Sarah, sold all of their Donation Claim to Rudolphus Weston for $750. Weston sold the property to S. McGaw for $800. on March 27, 1878. On June 20, 1890, Edwin Huggins and Stephen Judson, executors of S. McGaw, sold the estate to the State of Washington for $4,760. George W. Byrd paid $100 for an acre of the estat embracing the graveyard and deeded it to his nephew, Lewis Byrd.
After selling his claim, Francis bought 80 acres of land four miles south of Seattle and moved his family there in 1864. He cut the timber, cleared some land and tilled the soil there for about ten years. He then rented a farm four miles southeast of Walla Walla, living ther nearly four years. In February 1877 he move to Penawawa, Washington on the Snake River. The inn and ferry served the stage line running between Fort Walla Walla and Fort Colville. In 1881 he moved thirteen miles north where he and his sons owned a wheat farm of 960 acres at the head of the Penawawa Canyon.
Francis Marion Byrd died at Colfax, Washington, February 28, 1896, and was buried in Onecho Cemetery, where his wife Sarah, and two sons, Orion A. and Francis E. are also buried.
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Washington Deaths, 1891-1907
Name: F. M. Byrd
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 27 Feb 1896
Age at Death: 66
Place of Death: Colfax, WA
County of Death Registration: Whitman
Residence: Colfax, WA
Father: Adam Byrd
Mother - other: Not Reported
Francis Marion Byrd, C.C. Cram & Emsley Fincher platted the town of Penawawa in 1877. The town is now under water after the building of the Little Goose Dam in the 1960s.
Contributor: Elaine (Moody) Root (47743480)
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Father: Adam BYRD
Mother: Katherine Mary HOUCK
Spouse: Sarah GILBERT
Married: 29 DEC 1852
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Among the builders of the west and earliest settlers of Whitman county must be mentioned the man whose name appears as the caption of this article. He was a very old pioneer, his residence on the coast dating back to 1852, in which year he crossed the plains to Oregon. The next year he settled at Fort Steillacoom, this state, where he erected a saw and grist-mill on a stream known as Byrd's creek. He afterwards moved to Seattle and engaged in farming in the vicinity, remaining until 1878, which year witnessed his advent into Whitman county. He took a homestead and engaged in the business of cattle-raising and agriculture, in which branch of human endeavor he continued to busy himself until February 27, 1896, when he passed to the great beyond. His remains lie buried in Onica cemetery.
Mr. Byrd was a potent force in the early development of state and county, and was long regarded as one of the representative citizens of the Palouse country. In all respects his life was so ordered as to win and retain the good will and kindly regard of those with whom he was thrown in contact, and his standing in the various communities in which he lived was of the highest. The marriage of our subject was duly solemnized when Miss Sarah Gilbert became his wife. They became parents of nine children: Orion, in Alaska; Alfred, in Spokane; Francis, in California; Mary, now wife of George Johnson, of this county; Alice, wife of J. V. Chamberlin, of Whitman county; Annie, wife of R. F. Smith, of Colfax; William; Josie, wife of William Chamberlin, of this county; and Eva, with her parents.
Mr. William Byrd, now one of the enterprising stockmen and farmers of the county, was born in Seattle, Washington, on November 9, 1869. He resided there until 1878, attending, after he became old enough, the public schools of the town. He then accompanied his parents to Whitman county, where he has since resided, and where he now owns and farms three hundred and twenty acres, the same being located five miles southwest of Wilcox.
Source: An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington. San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1901. p. 340.
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Francis Marion Byrd was the fifth child of Adam and Mary (Houck) Byrd and was born in Missouri, September 3, 1828. He moved with the family to Illnois where they engaged in farming and also operated a grist mill in Richland County, Wisconsin.
December 29, 1851 he married Sarah Gilbert and they had ten children: Orion A. born October 1, 1852, died June 25, 1919; Alfred E. born August 6, 1854; Francis E. born February 24, 1856 (1854), died September 10, 1930 (1929); Mary Cathryn, born February 28, 1858; died January 10, 1940; Alice Maria, born February 17, 1860, died September 19, 1946; Annie Irene, born Janurary 4, 1866, died February 21, 1935; Andrew A. born November 6, 1858, died December 20, 1868; William, born November 9, 1869, died Februay 5, 1932; Josephine Ida, born January 6, 1872, died March 16, 1966; Evaline, born March 4, 1874, died January 8, 1932.
Francis Marlon Byrd and his wife went to the Puget sound country along with the Byrd family in 1852, arriving on the coast in October of that year. He settled near Steilacoom and on Apir 9, 1855, filed on Donation Claim No. 41, Notification No. 1077. This land was not far from the claim of Andrew Byrd, and contained 318.20 acres, situated on Chambers Creek where the Washington State Game Farm is presently located. When Adam Byrd died, April 26, 1853, he was buried on Marion's claim, the first of about 100 pioneers buried in the Byrd Cemetery.
Francis Marion Byrd's name was among those of other men of Pierce County of military age and available for army duty in 1859. He served on the Pierce County Grand Jury in May, 1859 and on the petit jury November 1862 and 1863.
Apirl 15, 1864, Francis Marion and his wife, Sarah, sold all of their Donation Claim to Rudolphus Weston for $750. Weston sold the property to S. McGaw for $800. on March 27, 1878. On June 20, 1890, Edwin Huggins and Stephen Judson, executors of S. McGaw, sold the estate to the State of Washington for $4,760. George W. Byrd paid $100 for an acre of the estat embracing the graveyard and deeded it to his nephew, Lewis Byrd.
After selling his claim, Francis bought 80 acres of land four miles south of Seattle and moved his family there in 1864. He cut the timber, cleared some land and tilled the soil there for about ten years. He then rented a farm four miles southeast of Walla Walla, living ther nearly four years. In February 1877 he move to Penawawa, Washington on the Snake River. The inn and ferry served the stage line running between Fort Walla Walla and Fort Colville. In 1881 he moved thirteen miles north where he and his sons owned a wheat farm of 960 acres at the head of the Penawawa Canyon.
Francis Marion Byrd died at Colfax, Washington, February 28, 1896, and was buried in Onecho Cemetery, where his wife Sarah, and two sons, Orion A. and Francis E. are also buried.
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Washington Deaths, 1891-1907
Name: F. M. Byrd
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 27 Feb 1896
Age at Death: 66
Place of Death: Colfax, WA
County of Death Registration: Whitman
Residence: Colfax, WA
Father: Adam Byrd
Mother - other: Not Reported
Contributor: Elaine (Moody) Root (47743480)
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Father: Adam BYRD
Mother: Katherine Mary HOUCK
Spouse: Sarah GILBERT
Married: 29 DEC 1852
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Among the builders of the west and earliest settlers of Whitman county must be mentioned the man whose name appears as the caption of this article. He was a very old pioneer, his residence on the coast dating back to 1852, in which year he crossed the plains to Oregon. The next year he settled at Fort Steillacoom, this state, where he erected a saw and grist-mill on a stream known as Byrd's creek. He afterwards moved to Seattle and engaged in farming in the vicinity, remaining until 1878, which year witnessed his advent into Whitman county. He took a homestead and engaged in the business of cattle-raising and agriculture, in which branch of human endeavor he continued to busy himself until February 27, 1896, when he passed to the great beyond. His remains lie buried in Onica cemetery.
Mr. Byrd was a potent force in the early development of state and county, and was long regarded as one of the representative citizens of the Palouse country. In all respects his life was so ordered as to win and retain the good will and kindly regard of those with whom he was thrown in contact, and his standing in the various communities in which he lived was of the highest. The marriage of our subject was duly solemnized when Miss Sarah Gilbert became his wife. They became parents of nine children: Orion, in Alaska; Alfred, in Spokane; Francis, in California; Mary, now wife of George Johnson, of this county; Alice, wife of J. V. Chamberlin, of Whitman county; Annie, wife of R. F. Smith, of Colfax; William; Josie, wife of William Chamberlin, of this county; and Eva, with her parents.
Mr. William Byrd, now one of the enterprising stockmen and farmers of the county, was born in Seattle, Washington, on November 9, 1869. He resided there until 1878, attending, after he became old enough, the public schools of the town. He then accompanied his parents to Whitman county, where he has since resided, and where he now owns and farms three hundred and twenty acres, the same being located five miles southwest of Wilcox.
Source: An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington. San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1901. p. 340.
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Francis Marion Byrd was the fifth child of Adam and Mary (Houck) Byrd and was born in Missouri, September 3, 1828. He moved with the family to Illnois where they engaged in farming and also operated a grist mill in Richland County, Wisconsin.
December 29, 1851 he married Sarah Gilbert and they had ten children: Orion A. born October 1, 1852, died June 25, 1919; Alfred E. born August 6, 1854; Francis E. born February 24, 1856 (1854), died September 10, 1930 (1929); Mary Cathryn, born February 28, 1858; died January 10, 1940; Alice Maria, born February 17, 1860, died September 19, 1946; Annie Irene, born Janurary 4, 1866, died February 21, 1935; Andrew A. born November 6, 1858, died December 20, 1868; William, born November 9, 1869, died Februay 5, 1932; Josephine Ida, born January 6, 1872, died March 16, 1966; Evaline, born March 4, 1874, died January 8, 1932.
Francis Marlon Byrd and his wife went to the Puget sound country along with the Byrd family in 1852, arriving on the coast in October of that year. He settled near Steilacoom and on Apir 9, 1855, filed on Donation Claim No. 41, Notification No. 1077. This land was not far from the claim of Andrew Byrd, and contained 318.20 acres, situated on Chambers Creek where the Washington State Game Farm is presently located. When Adam Byrd died, April 26, 1853, he was buried on Marion's claim, the first of about 100 pioneers buried in the Byrd Cemetery.
Francis Marion Byrd's name was among those of other men of Pierce County of military age and available for army duty in 1859. He served on the Pierce County Grand Jury in May, 1859 and on the petit jury November 1862 and 1863.
Apirl 15, 1864, Francis Marion and his wife, Sarah, sold all of their Donation Claim to Rudolphus Weston for $750. Weston sold the property to S. McGaw for $800. on March 27, 1878. On June 20, 1890, Edwin Huggins and Stephen Judson, executors of S. McGaw, sold the estate to the State of Washington for $4,760. George W. Byrd paid $100 for an acre of the estat embracing the graveyard and deeded it to his nephew, Lewis Byrd.
After selling his claim, Francis bought 80 acres of land four miles south of Seattle and moved his family there in 1864. He cut the timber, cleared some land and tilled the soil there for about ten years. He then rented a farm four miles southeast of Walla Walla, living ther nearly four years. In February 1877 he move to Penawawa, Washington on the Snake River. The inn and ferry served the stage line running between Fort Walla Walla and Fort Colville. In 1881 he moved thirteen miles north where he and his sons owned a wheat farm of 960 acres at the head of the Penawawa Canyon.
Francis Marion Byrd died at Colfax, Washington, February 28, 1896, and was buried in Onecho Cemetery, where his wife Sarah, and two sons, Orion A. and Francis E. are also buried.
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Washington Deaths, 1891-1907
Name: F. M. Byrd
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 27 Feb 1896
Age at Death: 66
Place of Death: Colfax, WA
County of Death Registration: Whitman
Residence: Colfax, WA
Father: Adam Byrd
Mother - other: Not Reported
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