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Joseph Fredrick Byrd

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Joseph Fredrick Byrd

Birth
Grayson County, Virginia, USA
Death
16 Jul 1964 (aged 72)
McKenney, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA
Burial
McKenney, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Joseph Fredrick Byrd was born to
John Allen 1852-1933 and Sarah
Missouri Collins Byrd 1859-1935.

His siblings by John Allen Byrd
and Mary Catherine Porter
1854-1888 were:
Elbert Johnson Byrd 1874-1918
Aldine Kieffer Byrd 1879-1940
James William C Byrd 1884-1888
Samuel Moses Byrd 1888-1889

Joseph's siblings by John and Sarah were:
Allen Byrd 1896-1897
Mary Phyllis E Byrd 1896-1897
Bruce Hampton Byrd 1900-1984
Walter Cabel Byrd 1901-1995

Joseph was married 24 Dec 1912 to
Gertrude E Fields 1892-1958 and they had 7
children:
Edith E Byrd 1913-1994
Iris Allene Byrd 1914-2000
Sarah Virginia 1916-1964
Jack Myrrah Byrd 1917–1979
Plyna E Byrd 1922- 2016
John Kieth Byrd 1925-2018
Harry Flood Byrd 1928-1998

Joseph Fred and Gertrude moved
their family from Grayson Co to
Dinwiddie Co around 1918 on the
advise of his brother Aldine
Kieffer. He had told him about
all the flat fertile farm land
without rocks. Fred got busy and
built their first house. About
1928 that first house burned down
and Fred got busy again with his
family's help and built another
house where Jack and Patsy lived
in later on. It was said that they
lived in a barn that summer until
the new house was built.
In 1942 Joseph was employed with
Grannis Higgins Thompson McDevitt
Company during the construction of
Camp Pickett.
Joseph Fredrick Byrd was born to
John Allen 1852-1933 and Sarah
Missouri Collins Byrd 1859-1935.

His siblings by John Allen Byrd
and Mary Catherine Porter
1854-1888 were:
Elbert Johnson Byrd 1874-1918
Aldine Kieffer Byrd 1879-1940
James William C Byrd 1884-1888
Samuel Moses Byrd 1888-1889

Joseph's siblings by John and Sarah were:
Allen Byrd 1896-1897
Mary Phyllis E Byrd 1896-1897
Bruce Hampton Byrd 1900-1984
Walter Cabel Byrd 1901-1995

Joseph was married 24 Dec 1912 to
Gertrude E Fields 1892-1958 and they had 7
children:
Edith E Byrd 1913-1994
Iris Allene Byrd 1914-2000
Sarah Virginia 1916-1964
Jack Myrrah Byrd 1917–1979
Plyna E Byrd 1922- 2016
John Kieth Byrd 1925-2018
Harry Flood Byrd 1928-1998

Joseph Fred and Gertrude moved
their family from Grayson Co to
Dinwiddie Co around 1918 on the
advise of his brother Aldine
Kieffer. He had told him about
all the flat fertile farm land
without rocks. Fred got busy and
built their first house. About
1928 that first house burned down
and Fred got busy again with his
family's help and built another
house where Jack and Patsy lived
in later on. It was said that they
lived in a barn that summer until
the new house was built.
In 1942 Joseph was employed with
Grannis Higgins Thompson McDevitt
Company during the construction of
Camp Pickett.

Inscription

JOSEPH FREDRICK
BYRD
APR 3, 1892
JULY 16, 1964
"THE FAITHFUL ARE
CERTAIN OF THEIR REWARD"



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  • Created by: RF
  • Added: Dec 12, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32143180/joseph_fredrick-byrd: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Fredrick Byrd (3 Apr 1892–16 Jul 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32143180, citing Mansons United Methodist Church Cemetery, McKenney, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by RF (contributor 47076918).