Phoebe Ida Aynes the daughter of John Aynes and Sarah Jane Russell Honeycutt
Home DeBusk Page DeBusk Photos
Phoebe Ida Aynes
Phoebe Ida Aynes the daughter of John Aynes and Sarah Jane Russell Honeycutt was born 08 Apr 1875 in Brown County, Indiana and died 27 May 1949 in Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas
She married David V. "Dave" Byrd (son of Jesse Blackstone Byrd, Sr. and Eliza Jane 'Clint' Lewis
) 12 Jul 1896 in Byrds, Grosvenor Community,  Brown County, Texas in the home of her parents John and Sarah Aynes.
Children of Phoebe and Dave Byrd

1 -- Elvy Clarence Byrd born 22 Sep 1897 Brown County, Texas and died 18 Jun 1963 in Brown County, Texas. He married Elsie May Edington, daughter of Luke Vaughn Edington and Rosie Lee Slate, on 04 Mar 1920 in Cross Cut Methodist Church, Brown County, Texas. She was born 16 Sep 1900 in Brown County, Texas and died 23 Mar 1995Brown County, Texas. They are both buried in Cross Cut Cemetery, Brown County, Texas

2 -- Claude Russell Byrd born 10 Aug 1899 in Brown County, Texas and died 17 Jun 1974 in Brown County, Texas. He married Bessie Ruby Strawn, daughter of Thomas J. (Tommy) Strawn and Sophronia (Fronie) Crisp, on 09 Oct 1917 in Brown County, Texas. She was born 26 Jan 1899 in Lakey, Edwards County, Texas and died 07 May 1974 in Santa Anna, Brown County, Texas. They are both buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Texas

3 -- Osie Mae Byrd born 10 Apr 1901 in Brown County, Texas and died 30 Oct 1993 in Bangs, Brown County, Texas. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas.

4 -- John Mitchell Byrd born 28 Jan 1903 Brown County, Texas and died 14 Dec 1976 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas. He married Susie Jane Mason, daughter of Willie Hyllas Mason and Lou Hamma Jones, on 09 Jan 1922 in Brown County, Texas. She was born 12 Jun 1901 and died 23 Nov 1991 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas

5 -- Opal Vetta Byrd born 17 Apr 1906 in Brown County, Texas and died 13 Mar 1994 in Bangs, Brown County, Texas. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas.

6 -- Harvey Cecil Byrd born
06 Dec 1909 in Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas and died 21 Feb 1995 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. He married Mabel Posey, daughter of Eugene Posey, on 24 May 1931 in the First Methodist Church, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. They are both buried in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. He grew up in the Grosvenor area and attended schools in Brown County, Texas. He spent 14 years teaching school, much in Brown County. He became a Mason in 1933 in Trinity, Texas but moved his membership to Brownwood in 1934. He held Masonic offices in Brownwood, State, and national. In 1952 he was elected the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Texas and moved to Waco, Texas where he served in this office until 1988. In 1965 he made Department Commander of the South-Central Department of the Grand Encampment Knight Templar United States of America.