Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Davis Byrd    
       Also known as: David Bird 1
                Born: Mar-15-1841          in Pocahontas Co, (W)VA  2,1
                Died: Sep-12-1909           2
              Buried:                      in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1859                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
            Military:                      Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  3
              Father: John Bird   (1820 - 1898) 
              Mother: Luticia ___   (1815 - 1885) 
Notes 
                Wife: Hannah Roana Goff   4  
       Also known as: Roana 2
             Married: Dec- 1-1859          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5
                Born: Jul- 3-1834          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2,1
                Died: Dec-24-1912           2
              Buried:                      in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Father: Benjamin Riddle Goff   (1811 - 1866) 
              Mother: Lydia Ann "Eda" Smith   (1812 - 1901) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Mary E. Bird      
       Also known as: Mary Byrd 6
                Born: Mar-31-1873          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
                Died: Jul-19-1942          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  7
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  7
             Husband: Larry Workman Tanzey  b. Jul- 2-1866  d. Apr-25-1955  
       Also known as: Workman Tanzey 8
           F Child 2: Edith Allie Bird      
       Also known as: Allie Bird 9,10,11,12,13
                Born: 1879                  14,9
                Died: May-25-1964          in Ritchie Co, WV  10,14
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1940                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  11
              Census: 1930                 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Wilson Barton Prunty  b. Nov- 3-1873  d. Oct-17-1940  
             Married: Mar-27-1899          in Ritchie Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Death record of daughter. 
(5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as David Bird, 19, b. Pocahontas Co, res. Ritchie Co, son 
of John & Luticia; and Hannah R. Goff, 23, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Benj. & Edith.  Married Dec 1 1859. MR p. 
6. 
(6) Death record of son. 
(7) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(8) Death record of wife. 
(9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(10) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) 
(11) Death record of husband. 
(12) 1920 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(13) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(14) Headstone (year only) 
(15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Wilson Prunty, 25, of Ritchie Co; and Allie Bird, 20, of Ritchie Co.  Married Mar 27 
1899. 







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