Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Wesley Bird    
                Born: Feb-12-1839          in Highland Co, VA  1,2
                Died: Aug- 5-1909          at Hazelgreen, Ritchie Co, WV  3,1
              Buried:                      in Hazelgreen (Buzzard) Cemetery (btwn Co Rds 19/4 & 19/5), Ritchie Co WV  4
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 3 
                Wife: Mary Davidson   5  
             Married: Apr-13-1862          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2
                Born: 1846                  6
                Died: 1927                  6
              Buried:                      in Hazelgreen (Buzzard) Cemetery (btwn Co Rds 19/4 & 19/5), Ritchie Co WV  4
              Father: Samuel Davidson 
              Mother: Sarah ___ 
           M Child 1: Francis Byrd      
                Born: 1862                  6
                Died: 1932                  6
              Buried:                      in Hazelgreen (Buzzard) Cemetery (btwn Co Rds 19/4 & 19/5), Ritchie Co WV  7
                Wife: Jane McBee  b. 1875  d. 1961  
           M Child 2: Andrew W. Bird      
         Census name: Andrew W. Byrd 8
                Born: 1865                  6
                Died: Dec- 6-1961          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  3,6
              Buried:                      in Pleasant Hill (aka Haddox) Cem, Co Rd 28 btwn Berea & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
                Wife: Clara Olive Summers  b. 1869  d. Mar-28-1938  
       Also known as: Olive C. Summers 8,1
           F Child 3: Lutetia Jane Byrd      
         Census name: Letitia 
                Born: Aug- 8-1867          in Hazelgreen, Ritchie Co, WV  9,6 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar-12-1945          in Hazelgreen, Ritchie Co, WV  9,6
              Buried:                      in Hazelgreen (Buzzard) Cemetery (btwn Co Rds 19/4 & 19/5), Ritchie Co WV  9
              Census: 1940                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Benjamin J. Prather  b. 1864  d. Jun- 5-1934  
             Married: ca 1884               10
           M Child 4: Emery Lee Byrd 7     
                Born: Dec-30-1870          in Hazelgreen, Ritchie Co, WV  1,11
                Died: May-27-1952           1
              Buried:                      in Hazelgreen (Buzzard) Cemetery (btwn Co Rds 19/4 & 19/5), Ritchie Co WV  7
              Census: 1930                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Ruth Missouri Summers  b. May-28-1874  d. Sep- 6-1920  

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Death record of son. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, p. 398. 
(8) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(11) Birth record of son. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1870, but Findagrave reports it as Aug
8 1867.  Headstone has only the year 1867.







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