Orlan Merritt Byrd

1902 - 1984  (82 years)

• Name	Orlan Merritt Byrd  [1]
  Birth	8 Mar 1902	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Serviced in the military	He was in the US Navy in World War II.
  Record ID	17938
  Death	21 Dec 1984  [2]
  Burial	Downing's Cemetery, Oak Hall, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Byrd,   b. Abt 1642, Shafston, County Dorset, England d. Bef 3 Aug 1697, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 55 years)  (5 x Great Grandfather)  (--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1735, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  1. Obed Thomas Byrd,   b. 8 Oct 1895, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 8 Oct 1895  (Age 0 years) > 2. Stella Byrd,   b. 26 May 1897, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Clayton Jones,  m. Abt 1915 + 3. Orlan Merritt Byrd,   b. 8 Mar 1902, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Dec 1984  (Age 82 years) ╚═ Willie Talmage Baxter,  m. 5 Apr 1923
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Thomas Woodson 'Babe' Byrd and Rachel O'rella 'Ella' Linton)
  1. Winfred Linton Byrd,   b. 26 Oct 1914, Horsey, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 10 Feb 1919, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 4 years) + 2. Jesse Merrill Byrd,   b. 7 Jul 1917, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 28 Apr 1993, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 75 years) ╚═ Frances Linda 'Fannie' Hicks,  m. 8 Aug 1947 + 3. Annie Laurie Byrd,   b. 24 Feb 1921, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 16 May 2002, Shore Life Care, Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 81 years) ╚═ James William Miles,  m. 4 Jul 1936
  Person ID	I17938	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Woodson 'Babe' Byrd,   b. 21 Mar 1875, Mearsville, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 30 Apr 1957, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 82 years) Other Partners: ╚═Rachel O'rella 'Ella' Linton,   b. 11 Mar 1893, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 29 Apr 1969, Riverside Hospital, Newport News, Warwick Co, Virginia  (Age 76 years)  m. 3 Sep 1909
  Mother	Mary C. 'Manie' Fisher,   b. 22 Jan 1874, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 31 Jul 1907 (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1894	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	He was a 19 year old waterman and she was age 18. The were married by C. Clement.
  Family ID	F5694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Willie Talmage Baxter,   b. Abt 1900, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	5 Apr 1923	Bayview, Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F5695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Mar 1902 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - Downing's Cemetery, Oak Hall, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S368] N'hamp Co Marr#4 1922-59, 368. [S2282] James Waine Carpenter Sr., Carpenter, From Tears to Memories II, (Kearney, NE: Morris Publishing, 2009), 2282. [S27] Peninsula Enterprise, Military, 27. [S503] Mary Frances Carey, M.K. Miles & Barry W. Miles, Tombstones Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), 503. [S551] Miles & Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1997), 551.