Alleatha (Mangum) Byrd (1887 - 1951)

Born 4 Nov 1887 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Paul Malcolm Byrd — married 22 Sep 1918 in Smith, Mississippi, United States

Wife of James Norris Sellers — married 25 Oct 1939 in Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Died 16 Oct 1951 at age 63 in Simpson, Mississippi, United States

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Alleatha (Mangum) Byrd is buried in Sharon Cemetery.

Biography

Aletha Mangum was born on 04 Nov 1887^[1] in Mississippi^[2][3] to Ervin A. Mangum and Jane Emily Ware.^{[citation needed]} 6 She married Paul Malcolm Byrd Sr on 22 Sep 1918 in Smith County, Mississippi^[4][5] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Bertha C Byrd
2. Pauline Byrd
3. Annie Mae Byrd
4. Paul Malcolm Byrd Jr
5. Lizzie Byrd was born about 1928 in Mississipppi.^[2]
6. Neville Emmet Byrd

She then married James Norris Sellers on 25 Oct 1939 in Simpson County, Mississippi. ^[6] Appears that they were separated by the next year's census.^[3]

She died 16 Oct 1951 and is buried in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #5774579 Tombstone photograph for Aletha M. Byrd Nov 4, 1887 - Oct 16, 1951.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1950. Simpson County, Missisippi. 64-14 sheet 13.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Beat 3, Smith County, Mississippi. ed.65-11 sheet 5A.
4. ↑ Smith County, Mississippi Historical Society. Smith County, Mississippi Marriage Records 1912-1954. Raleigh, Mississippi. 2005. pp26, 79.
5. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZJQH-8VMM : 29 May 2020), Miss Alleatha Mangum in entry for Mr P M Byrd, 22 Sep 1918; citing Marriage, Smith, Mississippi, United States, 00560, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
6. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DWZK-KH6Z : 1 October 2020), Mrs Aletha Byrd in entry for Mr J. N. Sellers, 25 Oct 1939; citing Marriage, Simpson, Mississippi, United States, 00336, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-3LM : accessed 21 November 2022), Letha Byrd in household of Paul M Byrd, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 24A, line 45, family 475, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-H8S : accessed 2 December 2022), Alleatha Mangum in household of Ernie A Mangum, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 113, sheet 20A, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 759; FHL microfilm 1,374,772.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FS-GN9 : accessed 2 December 2022), Alitha L Mangrum in household of Ellis H Mangrum, Beat 3 (west of Oschay Creek), Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 6A, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,828.