Claiborne "C B" "Clay" Byley

Notes:

Said to be the son of Thomas BYERLY and Saran JORDAN. Middle name sometimes shown as Harrison, although his middle initial on his death certificate, and other records, usually shown as B.

Name C B Byley
Event Type Death
Event Date 30 Oct 1940
Event Place San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 16 Feb 1861
Birthplace Newton, Texas
Occupation Farming
Father's Name Don't know
Mother's Name Sarah Jordan
Informant Hoyt Byley, San Augustine
Cemetery Little Flock
Certificate Number 73654
GS Film number 2138243
Digital Folder Number 005144974
Image Number 01466


Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3MY-39P : accessed 05 Aug 2014), C B Byley, 30 Oct 1940; citing certificate number 73654, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2138243.

Claiborne married Clematas Rosella Woods in Dec 1880 in Newton County, Texas. Clematas (daughter of Francis Marion Woods and Eliza Louisa C. M. Irwin) was born on 26 Jan 1866 in Newton County, Texas; died on 11 Jun 1938 in Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of Claiborne Harrison "Clabe" Byley/Byerly and Clematas Rosella "Rose" Woods.

Name: Lula May Ramsey
Death Date: 10 May 1973
Death Place: Palacios, Matagorda, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 89 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1884
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Claburn Byley
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Rosa Woods
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2242783
Digital Film Number: 4167878
Image Number: 1676
Reference Number: 39730
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Lula married Hamp W. Ramsey on 9 Nov 1899. Hamp was born about 1878 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Lester Cleaveland Byley Sr.
Death Date: 25 May 1950
Death Place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 65 years 3 months 24 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 01 Feb 1885
Birthplace: San Augustine, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mrs. Lester Cleveland Byley
Father's Name: C.B. Byley
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Rosie Woods
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: Little Flock
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 27 May 1950
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2074439
Digital Film Number: 4166780
Image Number: 2960
Reference Number: cn 31200
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Lester married Myrtie Mae Fox on 23 Jul 1910 in San Augustine County, Texas. Myrtie (daughter of Robert L. Fox and Susan Jane Harvey) was born on 26 Aug 1895 in Texas; died on 8 Aug 1964 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Commissioner for many years. (White and Toole, p 31). Laura Buckmaster instead shows that he married Maybell Clark.

Name: Hoy Harrison Byley
Death Date: 22 May 1958
Death Place: Sabine County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 66 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 20 Oct 1892
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Clayborn Byley
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Rose Woods
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: County Commisioner
Place of Residence: Sabine County, Texas
Cemetery: Little Flock Cemetery
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 23 May 1958
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115364
Digital Film Number: 4163860
Image Number: 587
Reference Number: cn 29843
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Hoy married Minnie Ida Hines after 1936. Minnie (daughter of John Franklin Hines and Sophronia "Fronie" Beard) was born on 9 Jan 1898 in Texas; died on 10 Oct 1982 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Lum Allen Byley
Death Date: 07 Apr 1969
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 74 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1895
Birthplace: San Augustine Co., Tex.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Clayborne Byley
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Rosa Woods
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Little Flock
Burial Place: San Augustine County, Texas
Burial Date: 09 Apr 1969
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137441
Digital Film Number: 4029607
Image Number: 1833
Reference Number: cn 28677
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Emma Mae Butler. Emma (daughter of Robert Curry Butler and Frances "Fannie Mae" Ellen Andrews) was born on 10 Mar 1899 in Texas; died on 24 Jun 1976 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married second Ugene MENGE.

Vernon married Doss Washington Fox on 16 Oct 1919 in San Augustine County, Texas. Doss (son of Robert L. Fox and Susan Jane Harvey) was born on 9 Jul 1891 in Texas; died on 15 Feb 1949 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Frankie J. BIRDWELL, the daughter of Patrick Birdwell and Francis MURRY.

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
June 20, 1994, Page 8

Tera Dickerson

Tera Virginia Dickerson, 92, of Pineland died at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, 1994, at Hines Nursing Center in Pineland.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church, Pineland with Bro. Don Ray Falke and Bro. R.E. Barclay officiating. Interment followed at Woods Cemetery in Burkeville.

Mrs. Dickerson, born Dec. 30, 1901, in San Augustine County as a daughter of the late Hamp and Lula (Byley) Ramsey, she had lived off U.S. Highway 96 in Pineland several years.

She was a retired school teacher for the Pineland Independent School District and had been an active member at the First Baptist Church. She was the widow of the late Edgar Dickerson.

She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Nona Lee Birdwell of San Augustine, and a host of nieces and nephews.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)

Tera married Macon Edgar Dickerson on 22 Dec 1917. Macon (son of Isaac Bryant Dickerson and Alta Flora Woods) was born on 12 May 1899 in Texas; died in May 1981 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nona married Oscar Eugene Birdwell on 27 Dec 1925. Oscar (son of Norman E. "Thaddius" Birdwell and Blanche Henley) was born on 28 Apr 1908 in Texas; died on 15 Nov 1980 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Services for Nelson Murdine Byley, 80, of San Augustine, were held at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel. Interment in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine.

Mr. Byley was born May 26, 1928 in San Augustine County and died May 28, 2008 in San Augustine. He was a rancher.

Survivors: wife, Wilma Lee Byley; daughter, Linda Rushing; sons, Mike Byley, Kent Byley; 9 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.

Published in The Lufkin Daily News on May 31, 2008

Notes:

His tombstone indicates he served in the "US Navy World War II"

Robert E. Byley

Funeral services for Robert E. Byley, 72, of Hemphill are set for 10 a.m. today (Wednesday) at the First Baptist Church in Hemphill with Bro. Gene Walker and Bro. Bobby C. Dagnel officiating. Interment will follow in Bronson Cemetery in Bronson. Arrangements are being handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.

He died Monday, Nov. 28, at this residence on Texas Highway 184.

Byley was born Dec. 7, 1921, in Sabine County as a son of the late Lum A. and Emma Mae (Butler) Byley and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Hemphill's First Baptist Church and a self-employed poultry farmer.

Survivors: wife, Mary Frances Byley of Hemphill; a daughter Kathy Fitzgerald of Hemphill; a sister, Sue Duke of Houston; and three brothers, Eddie Byley of Pt. Arthur, H. Marcine Byley of Orange, and B. B. Byley of Hemphill.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, November 30, 1994, Page 8

Robert married Mary Frances Clark on 11 Jun 1955. Mary (daughter of Hollis Burl Clark and Yvonne Bennett) was born on 27 May 1932 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 2020 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried on 17 Nov 2020 in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows that she married first Elray BUTLER, and later Walter ARD, and finally a MORROW.

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Class of 1945 Reunion

The San Augustine High School class of 1945 held a reunion at the Columns bed and breakfast on Saturday, October 7, 2006. Those attending included (front row) Mrs. Harlowe W. Johnson (taught this class Geometry, American History and Girl's P.E.), Frances Murphy Clay, Allene Sowell Reeder, Agnes Williams Sparks, (2nd Row) Betty Jean Sparks Cartwright, Marie Isenlitter Smith, Brooksie Butler Sanders, June Norvell Ham, Myrtle Young Ferguson, Joy Holt Miller, Bobbie Noble Thompson, Mary Beth Allen Walker, Betty Sanders Elwell, Corkey Epps, HAROLD BIRDWELL, Pat Henry Fussell, and Richard Murphy.

Mr. Harold R. Birdwell, age 88, was born January 20, 1928, in the Chinquapin Community of San Augustine County to Oscar and Nona Lee (Ramsey) Birdwell. He passed from this life unexpectedly at his residence in San Augustine on January 26, 2016.

Mr. Birdwell was a lifelong resident of San Augustine, graduating from San Augustine High School in 1945. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in San Augustine. He was also a member of the National Guards. He began his career with an engineering firm in 1946 and went on to become a surveyor for Temple Lumber Company in Pineland, Texas in 1952. In 1992, after 40 years of service with Temple, he chose to retire. He was also a rancher and poultry farmer, being a hard worker always. He loved hunting and sports, but most of all he doted on his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He will be greatly missed and remembered always by his wife, Dorothy Birdwell of Rosevine; son, Robert Birdwell and wife, Kelly of Broaddus; daughters, Brenda Buffington and husband, Joseph of Buna; Mary Lou Rhoades and husband Micheal of Granbury; grandchildren, Michael Wayne Jacobs and wife, Jaleisha of Norfolk, Va.,Ashley Southerland and husband David of Hamilton, Tx., Brett Garrick of Mobile, Al., Kelsey Garrick and husband Steven of Spurger, Tx., and Nico Birdwell and wife Jami of San Augustine, Tx; and great-grandchildren, Michael Jacobs Jr., Alyssa Jacobs, Landon Southerland, Noah Southerland, Aniston Birdwell and Aubrey Birdwell.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 30, 2016, 1:00 p.m., Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas. Visitation will be Friday, January 29, 2016, 5 til 8 p.m. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home. Burial will be in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine County located off Highway 147 North.

Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, February 3, 2016, Page 14

Harold married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]