Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: William Wallace BYRD ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Transcribed and submitted by Ed Johnson, , 1998. ************************************************************************** WILLIAM WALLACE BYRD - farmer and stock-raiser of Falling Spring District, is a native of this district, born January 11, 1822. His first wife was Margaret BRADSHAW, and their children were: Rebecca I., born July 25, 1851; James F., August 28, 1853; Elizabeth J., July 2, 1856; Harvey M., March 23, 1859; Luther R., November 6, 1863; Mary M., December 22, 1865; William E., June 22, 1868. Elizabeth J. married R. C. WRIGHT, and died April 16, 1883, James F. lives in Highland County, Virginia and the others with their father. In Falling Spring District, April 25, 1872, William W. BYRD was united in marriage with Eveline BRADSHAW, who was born in Highland County, Virginia, May 17, 1826. James and Isabella (STEPHENS) BRADSHAW were her parents, and they died in Bath County, Virginia, her father in 1841 and her mother in 1860. Her father was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1776, and her mother in Greenbrier County in 1792. The parents of William W. BYRD were born in Bath County, John BYRD, born in 1776, and Rebecca A. H. (WHITE) BYRD, born in 1786. They died in Greenbrier County, the father in 1842, and the mother in 1857. John BYRD, grandfather of William W., was captured in Augusta County by Indians, and taken into captivity, and held eight years. His sister, taken at the same time, remained all her life with the Indians. William W. BYRD's post office address is Falling Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. [Wm. W. BIRD (BYRD) is listed in the Greenbrier County Death Records three times. The death date on all three entries is Aug. 13, 1889. Appparently, Wm. BYRD suffered from liver trouble. vfc] [Eveline BRADSHAW BYRD died of old age on Aug. 27, 1897. Her death was reported by Wm. E. BYRD, son, and recorded in Greenbrier County Death Records, Vol. 1A. vfc] Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974.