There are many myths, legends, and tall tales concerning Cyrus and his offspring, many of which are based on stories handed down through the generations. Please feel free to add these stories to the profile. Cyrus was a blacksmith by trade.
Birth
Cyrus was born 1809 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He was the son of Jacob Killian and Mary "Polly" Brown.
Marriage
Cyrus married Jane Ivey 1830 in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee.
Residence
1840: Cyrus was living in Van Buren, Conway County, Arkansas[1].
1850: Cyrus was living with his wife and 7 children in Carrollton, Carroll County, Arkansas[2].
Death and Burial
Cyrus M Killian is believed to have died 1858 in Barry County Missouri. He is thought to be buried in Corsicana Cemetery in Corsicana, Barry County, Missouri[3].
Sources
↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Van Buren, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: 17; Page: 75; Family History Library Film: 0002474. Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M67H-VCV : 9 November 2014), Cyrus Killian, Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas, United States; citing family 102, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cyrus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cyrus: