Daniel Wesley Byrd (1842 - 1926)

Born 2 Nov 1842 in Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Julia Martha (Westbury) Byrd — married 21 Nov 1867 (to 13 Jun 1918) in Grover, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1926 at age 83 in Branchville, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Daniel Wesley Byrd was born November 02, 1842 in Branchville, South Carolina, and died June 02, 1926 in Branchville, South Carolina. Daniel married Julia Mantha Westbury, daughter of Lewis Westburg and Margaret Byrd, Margaret was born January 26, 1853 in Grover, SC and died June 13, 1918.

Daniel served in Company F. Second Regiment Artilley, Orangeburg District, of the Confederate Army. " War Records of Members of Camp T. J. Glover # 457, " housed at the Orangeburg County Historical Society, A. S. Salley Archives, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, gives his birth date as November 22, 1842, as his obituary also implies. The birth date of Nov. 2, 1842 is on the marker he shares with his wife at Sardis Methodist Church Cemetery at Branchville, South Carolina.

The marriage certificate from their Family Bible shows that Daniel Wesley Byrd of Branchville, South Carolina, and Julia Mantha Westbury of Grover, South Carolina, were married on Thursday, Nov. 21st 1867 at Grover, South Carolina, by Rev. John E. Penny.

Sources

• "THE BYRD FAMILY of BRANCHVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA" by Helen Byrd Derrenbacher.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QK-MBR : 12 April 2016), Daniel Byrd in household of Nathaniel Byrd, Orangeburg county, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States; citing family 25, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZT6-FHB : 12 December 2017), Daniel Bird in entry for Maria Bird, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SP-L9C : 15 July 2017), Daniel W Byrd, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 137, sheet 48D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1237; FHL microfilm 1,255,237.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TF-3NV : accessed 22 June 2019), Daniel ? Byrd, Branchville Township Branchville town, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49, sheet 17B, family 340, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,537.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M56H-V7N : accessed 22 June 2019), Daniel W Byrd, Branchville, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 8B, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1469; FHL microfilm 1,375,482.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68N-PTZ : accessed 22 June 2019), Daniel W Byrd, Branchville, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States; citing ED 44, sheet 1B, line 64, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1704; FHL microfilm 1,821,704.

• "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9NW-JLW : 5 April 2018), Daniel W. Byrd, 1 Jun 1926; citing , Byrd, Daniel W., 1926, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,913,667.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #33844694 Daniel Wesley Byrd.