Nancy (Vaughn) Byars (1838 - 1907)

Born Dec 1838 in Anson, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Pinkney Byars — married 3 Jan 1856 in Calhoun Co, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1907 at age 68 in Calhoun County, Arkansas

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Biography

Nancy Jane Vaughn was born Dec 1838 (or 1836) to Benjamin Vaughn and Catherine Henson about 1838 in Anson, North Carolina.^[1][2]

RICHARD PINCKNEY & NANCY JANE VAUGHN BYARS [3] RICHARD P. BYARS (Joab, William, James) b. 09-06-1831, Spartanburgh Dist. SC; d. 02-14-1891,

Calhoun Co, AR; m. Nancy Jane Vaughn on Jan 3, 1856. Nancy Jane Vaughn, b. 1836, NC; d. 01-02-1908, Calhoun Co., AR. (dau of Jerome Vaughan of Calhoun Co., MS); buried in Salem Cemetery, Bearden, AR.

Richard Pinckney and Nancy Jane moved with their son from Calhoun Co., MS and homesteaded a plot of land around 1857 in Calhoun Co., AR. Here they built a log cabin, part of which is still standing in the old Naval Ammunition Dept. Area. They had eight children which married and lived around in the same community. He was active in Mason.

CHILDREN: 1. George P. Byars, b. 10-20-1856, MS; d. 05-02-1885, AR; m. 01-16-1879, Margaret E. Orr, b. 1853, AR. 2. William Rufus Byars, b. 09-04-1859, Calhoun Co., AR; d. 05-11-1945, Camden, AR; m. 09-05-1878, Nancy M. Johnson, b. 1858, AR. 3. Sarah Elizabeth (Betty) Byars, b. 01-09-1862, Calhoun Co., AR; m. John W. Lindsey, 11-09-1882, AR. 4. Mary Byars, b.11-22-1865; m. 02-21-1884, George D. Clemmons. 5. Charles P. Byars, b. 02-16-1868, Calhoun Co., AR; d. 02-03-1966 (98 yrs old) Bearden, AR; m. 02-28-1890, Susie Elizabeth James, b. 1871; d. 05-08-1966 (age 95). 6. John Vaughan Byars, b. 09-19-1871, Calhoun Co., AR; m. Mary Atterberry. 7. Nancy Jane Byars, b. 03-07-1873, Calhoun Co., AR; m. John Chambliss. 8. Benjamin Joab Byars, b. 11-23-1875, Calhoun Co., AR; d. 09-24-1956, Bearden, AR; m. 02-25-1989 [sic], Lucy Eylene Jane Chambliss, b. 02-10-1870, Calhoun Co., AR; d. 08-28-1942, Bearden, AR. 9. Alice Almira Byars, b. 01-28-1879, Calhoun Co., AR; d. 02-01-1891.

Research Notes

Richard Pinkney Byars, born September 6, 1831 in Spartanburg District South Carolina, died February 14, 1891 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. Migrated to Mississippi and then to Arkansas. He was well ed-ucated; wrote a beautiful hand, married Jan 3, 1856 to Nancy Jane Vaughan in Calhoun City, Miss. She was born 1836 in North Carolina; died Jan. 2, 1907 in Calhoun Co., Ark. She was daughter of Jerome Vaughan. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : 12 April 2016), Catharine Vaughn in household of Benj Vaughn, Yalobusha county, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family 996, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch  : accessed 1 September 2019), Nancy J Byars in household of Benjamin J Byars, River & Locust Bayou Townships Smead village, Calhoun, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 28, sheet 4A, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,052. [2]
3. ↑ The Arkansas Family Historian. Volume 12, Number 2.Apr, May June 1974.pg 51

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