Hunt Co., TX - Biographies - Robert Mattison Byers *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: "Sarah Swindell" Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Robert Mattison Byers first married Mollie Ellen Butler on May 28, 1879 in Grayson Co., TX. She was born June 18, 1861 in Grayson Co., TX and died July 27, 1882 in Collin Co., TX. Their children were Josephine, an infant, Mollie Ellen, and two childrn buried in Pike Cemetery, TX near Meekness Marie Turner Byers. Robert M. Byers married a second time to Melissa Alice Butler (sister to his first wife) on November 18, 1883, Celeste, Hunt Co., TX. She was born July 15, 1866 in Grayson Co., TX and died Jan. 8, 1958 in Celeste, Hunt Co., TX. Their children were John Francis Byers, Nettie Meekness Byers, Joseph Warden Byers, Herman Allen Byers. I have a partial article on Mrs. Robert M. Byers of Celeste... on her 89th birthday. She was a well known Celeste citizen born in Grayson County in 1866, one year after the Civil War. She moved to Hunt County with her husband in 1883 and moved to Celeste in the early 1900's. He hed in 1936. She remembered "going visiting" by wagon and if destination was ten or twelve miles away, they always spent the night. "We would throw pallets on the floor for kids and everyboyd had a good time," she remembered. Ora Mae also has: Joseph A. Byers born July 23, 1840, died June 8, 1863--killed in CW. Cynthia L. Byers, born September 2, 1842 Amanda M. Byers born February 22, 1854 William Francis Byers born March 19, 1847 Andy Joe Byers is the son of Harbert Byers. Harbart Byers grew up in Celeste. Was Celeste Postmaster. The home place still stands--but it bad shape. Here are some Hunt County Byers. >From my notes... I think marriage licenses: Byers, Alice Arnold, Lee 1914 " , Belle Kember, Charles Aaron 1920 , Georgia Sweet, Charlie 1914 Byers, L. H. Hefner, Lillie 1914 " , L. R. Malone, Virgie 1912 , Rosa Bradshaw, O. T. 1917 Byers, John Patterson, Emma 1935 Byers, L. R. Malone, Virgie 1912 Byers, Brooks Miller, Jenice 1944 Byers, Clinton Patterson, Patsy Ruth 1944 Byers, H. S. Bates, Stella 1925 Byers, Herman McClanahan, Pearl 1922 Byers, J. M. Groebel, Iva 1928 Byers, Robert Blankenship, Anna M. 1931 Byers, A. J. Harbert, Bettie 1895 ", Crockett Hart, Melissa 1873 Byers, F. M. Morgan, Nora 1903 Byers, J. T. King, Emma 1889 Byers, Joe Furr, Lula May 1908 ", Mrs. L. C Rice, R. W. 1895 Byers, Letie Milam, W. H. 1886 ", Lucy Kurfees, R. G. 1904 ", Mollie Turner, R. B. 1893 ", Nettie Evertz, C. W. 1901 ", Pearl Bench, Calvin O. 1911 ", R. M. Butler, Ellen 1879 ", T. J. Gribble, Maud 1901 ", W. M. Coffy (Caffy), Mrs. H. R. 1893 These are the Byars: Byars, O. L. Claunch, Gracie 1917 ", Frank Martin, Audrey C. 1929 ", Oscar Horton, Madaline 1918 ", Alpha Foster, J. P. 1902 Byers, Joseph B. May 3, 1920 Greenville Evening Banner article Greenville Banner Byers, Lee April 4, 1922 Byers, W. B. November 13, 1919