Byrd, Abraham *PIC*

Posted By: Wayne F. Nichols
Date: 24 November 2001

Biographical sketch is from: The History of Darke County, Ohio by W. H. Beers & Co. 1880, Page 541, Adams Township

Abraham Byrd, Sr., farmer; P.O. Webster, Darke Co., Ohio; was born Feb. 18, 1804, in Shenandoah County, and raised in Rockingham Co., Va; in 1840 he came to Ohio and stopped for a part of the first summer in Montgomery County, and then settled in Darke County; worked at his trade, bricklaying, for two years. He then married Emma Radefelt, who was born Nov. 17, 1820, in Adams County, Penn.; about the time of his marriage, he bought 80 acres of land in Sec. 36, Adams Township, on which he is still living; he has 65 acres cleared, all of which he accomplished but about 15 acres; they are the parents of ten children-George S., born June 2, 1843; Hannah C., Nov. 27 1844; Jacob F., March 31, 1847; Sarah I., Nov. 11, 1849; Mary M., Jan. 17, 1852; Abraham and Emma, July 27 1854; Henrietta, April 16, 1858; Lucy A., Feb. 27, 1860, and Silvester, Aug. 4, 1862.

Note: The 80 acres that Abraham Byrd bought was not in Adams Township but was in Sec. 36 of Wayne Township.

Picture of Abraham and Emma Byrd

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