William Earnest Byrd son of Jesse Blackstone Byrd, Jr. and Eliza Rebecca Wilson was born 5 January 1893 in Brown County, Texas and died 3 April 1970 in Brown County, Texas. Circa 1912 in Brown County, Texas he married Maudie DeBusk daughter of William Layne "Bid" DeBusk and Martha Laura Keller who was born 07 Jan 1895 in Burkett, Coleman County, Texas and died 07 Sep 1989 in Brown County, Texas. They are both buried in Cross Cut Cemetery, Brown County, Texas

Children

1 -- Lawrence Byrd was born 13 Oct 1913 in Brown County, Texas and died 30 Mar 2003 in Brown County, Texas and was buried in Cross Cut Cemetery, Brown County, Texas on 02 Apr 2003.

2 -- Leta V. Byrd was born 18 Dec 1914 in Brown County, Texas and died 16 Apr 1961 in Brown County, Texas. She married Thomas Raymond Creamer born in 1911 in Brown County, Texas and died in 1963 in Brown County, Texas. They are both buried in Cross Cut Cemetery, Brown County, Texas

3 -- J.T. Byrd was born in 1920 in Brown County, Texas.

4 -- Jake Leroy Byrd was born 06 Nov 1921 in Cross Cut, Brown County, Texas and died 23 Nov 1997 in Brown County, Texas. On 02 Sep 1976 in Brown County, Texas he married Julia Dicy Hounshell daughter of Christopher Columbus Hounshell and Allie Byrd who was born 01 Mar 1911 in Brown County, Texas. He is buried in Cross Cut Cemetery, Brown County, Texas.

5 -- Lillian LaJean Byrd was born 11 Apr 1928 in Brown County, Texas and died in 1995 in Brown County, Texas. She married Paul J. Allen and Roger Wilson. They are both buried in Cross Cut Cemetery, Brown County, Texas