John Watson "Pa" Byars

1869 - 1931  (61 years)

• Name	John Watson "Pa" Byars
  Born	30 Sep 1869	DeKalb County, Tennessee   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer  [3, 7]
  Religion	Primitive Baptist
  	Primitive Baptists, are also known as Hard Shell Baptists, Anti-Mission Baptists, or Old School Baptists. The adjective "Primitive" in the name has the sense of "original".
  Residence	1910	Warren County, Tennessee   [8]
  Residence	1920	Warren County, Tennessee   [9]
  Residence	1930	Warren County, Tennessee   [10]
  _AKAN	Pa
  Died	8 Apr 1931	McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee   [1, 2, 3, 4, 11]
  Buried	9 Apr 1931	New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee   [1, 3, 4, 12]
  	Cemetery notes and/or description: From Smithville, take Hwy. 56 South for seven miles and turn east on Seven Springs Rd. Go about one mile and turn right. The cemetery is on the left.
  Person ID	I701	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Julia Lee Cantrell,   b. 9 May 1876, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Dec 1949, DeKalb County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1893	Pot Leg, DeKalb County, Tennessee   [3, 4, 13, 14]
  Children	1. Perry Green "Green" Byars,   b. 27 Jun 1894, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Dec 1968, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)   2. Robert Lee "Bob" Byars,   b. 6 May 1896, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Feb 1979, DeKalb County, Tennessee  (Age 82 years)   3. Anna Lee "Annie" Byars,   b. 27 Jan 1898, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Oct 1996, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 98 years)   4. Senith Mae "Senie" Byars,   b. 9 Sep 1900, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Feb 1990, DeLand, Volusia County, Florida  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Family Members Parents Photo Perry Green Byars 1845?1908 Photo Mellisa Asenith Potter Byars 1844?1913 Spouse Photo Julia Cantrell Byars 1873?1949 Siblings Photo William Harrell Byars 1867?1947 Photo Joseph Lee Byars 1871?1942 Photo Floyd Byars 1873?1966 Photo Julius Ceasar Byars 1875?1944 Photo Pope L. Byars 1877?1945 Photo Perry C Byars 1879?1958 Photo Samuel Thomas Byars 1880?1970 Photo Harriette Etta Byars 1882?1933 Photo Mary Elizabeth Byars Cantrell 1888?1952 Children Photo Robert Lee Byars 1894?1979 Photo Annie Lee Byars Jones 1898?1996 Photo Ascenith Mae Byars March 1900?1990 end of profile [1] Mother remembers him as small in stature and bald...DAH end of comment During the 1930 census, Pa Byars enumerates himself as a "widower". This is curious as Julia died in 1949...DAH end of comment [10]

  
  

• Sources

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