Marion E. Byrd (1895 - 1896)

Born 30 Jun 1895 in Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Ancestors

Died 2 Aug 1896 at age 1 in Branchville, Orangrburg County, South Carolina

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Biography

Marion was born in 1895. He was the son of Peter Byrd and Emma Edwards. He passed away in 1896.

Sources

Joseph A. Edwards Cemetery, Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina---Second Row Marion E. BYRD-- Born June 30, 1895 -- Died Aug 2, 1896. -- Dau. of P. T. & Emma J. Byrd --- [This marker is outside of the fence that encloses most of the cemetery.]

This daughter of Emma Jane Edwards and Peter Thomas Byrd buried at the Joseph A. Edwards Cemetery near Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. This cemetery was established by her grandfather when his infant daughter died in 1881 and was located just forty feet from the earlier graves of Frederick Syfrett and his wife, Elizabeth Dukes. Little Marion's grave is outside of the decorative iron fence surrounding the Edwards Cemetery. This fence was probably erected some years after 1896 at a time when Marion's parents may have planned to move her grave to Sardis Methodist Church at Branchville, Several of her siblings buried at Sardis joined there later by her parents.

Personal knowledge is given by Emma Myrtle Lee Byrd, my mother, a sister of Marion Byrd.

The BYRD FAMILY of BRANCHVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA by Helen Byrd Derrenbacher