When Melburn Lycergus Byrd was born on 18 June 1857, in Franklin, Alabama, United States, his father, James Hansford Byrd, was 32 and his mother, Robin Burlina Landers, was 23. He married Sarah Lou Gassaway on 26 February 1890, in Colbert, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 9 Wheeler, Colbert, Alabama, United States for about 20 years and Morgan Township, Carter, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 9 February 1945, in Garvin, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Maysville, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Colbert, Alabama, United States* 1870: Colbert, Alabama, United States *eliminated November, 1867 then reestablished in 1870
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
English and Irish: variant of Bird .
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