Byrd

A young mother.

Wilson Daily Times, 2 August 1940.

Per their marriage license, both Earnest and Irene Richardson were older than the ages reported above, but other documents suggest Irene Richardson was born in 1926.

Ernest L. Richardson, 20, of Wilson, son of Harriett Richardson, married Irene Byrd, 16, of Wilson County, daughter of Wilbert and Flossie Byrd, on 21 March 1940 in Wilson. 

The obituary of James Byrd.

Wilson Daily Times, 26 March 1948.

——

James Byrd died 24 March 1948 in Wilson, North Carolina. Per his death certificate, he was born 12 December 1899 in Fairmont, North Carolina, to Lucy Hargrove, Henderson, N.C.; was married to Lucy Byrd; and worked as a day laborer for Mother & Daughter Store. Ida Weaver, 201 Pender Street, was informant.