Cass County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Curtis, Sarah J. (Byrd) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marshall H. Sanders, Jr. sanmarjr@sbcglobal.net August 31, 2006, 3:00 am Cemetery: Chain Lake (Lake View), Calvin Twp., Cass Co. Name: Sarah J. (Byrd) Curtis Date Of Photograph: August 11, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/cass/photos/tombstones/chainlakelakevie/curtis3580nph.jpg Image file size: 249.2 Kb Sarah J. Curtis Wife of W. B. Curtis Died October 18, 1881 Age 23 Years Marker is tilted off footing and difficult to read. Sarah Jane Byrd was born in 1858. Her parents were Wyatt Byrd and Charlotte Gidity?. Wyatt and Charlotte were the parents of Mamie b. 1849, Anna b.~1852, Leandor b. 1855, Elizabeth A. b. 1857, Lavenda b.~1860 and Mary J.b.? Sarah Jane Byrd married William B. Curtis April 17, 1875. They were married by Bishop Curtis, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses: Jacob Stewart and Malinda Lawson. Note: Sarah Jane nee Byrd Curtis was the niece of Turner Byrd, Sr. Chain Lake (Lake View) Cemetery Additional Comments: Source: Barbara Mitchell, Researcher, Jan Conway-Klaassen, Researcher, Esther Stewart, Researcher and Maurice W. Sanders, Researcher. Sanders Transcription Team Transcribed by: Sharon A. Simeon and Marshall H. Sanders, Jr. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/cass/photos/tombstones/chainlakelakevie/curtis3580nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb