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Byrd, Clyde Everett, 1891-1980

 Person

Biography

Clyde E. Byrd was born in Cass County, Cass, Michigan, on 20 Feb 1891 to Abner Richardson Byrd (1843 - 1921) and Eva Ophelia Byrd (nee Lawson) (1866 - 1913). He was later a farmer from southwestern Michigan. He married Essa Gladys Leach from Ohio and had five children with her including Weldon Bernard Byrd (1918-2001), Vivian Jean Byrd (1929-1973), Malcolm O. Byrd (1922-1999), Norma Clydene Byrd (1920-2007), and Alma Renelda Byrd (1915-2009).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Byrd-Leach Family Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4343
Scope and Contents

The collection contains thirty-six photographs from the Byrd and Leach families from Michigan and Ohio dating from 1880 to 1929.

Those pictured are sons-in-law, children and friends including Pauline Johnson; Essa Byrd’s family including Mary Katherine’s husband, Charles H. Smith, and her sons Robert Adrian Smith, Harold D. Smith and Frederick D. Smith.

Dates: 1880-1929