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| Father |
Perry Green "Green" Byars, b. 27 Jun 1894, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee  d. 12 Dec 1968, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Vernia Elvira "Ma" Swindell, b. 1 Jun 1894, Green Briar Bend, White County, Tennessee d. 1 Apr 1985, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 90 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Jan 1915 |
DeKalb County, Tennessee [1, 2] |
- Pop courted Ma only two months before they were married by W. H. Cantrell, JP
When Pop proposed, Ma replied, "Are you sure?" - after all, it was only two months earlier that they met and Ma didn't think she was pretty enough for the most handsome man she'd ever met...
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| Residence (Family) |
Bildad, DeKalb County, Tennessee |
| Residence (Family) |
1920 |
Warren County, Tennessee [3] |
 Residence (Family) |
1930 |
Warren County, Tennessee [4] |
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| Residence (Family) |
1935 |
Warren County, Tennessee [5] |
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| Residence (Family) |
1940 |
McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee [5] |
| Photos
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 | Green Byars
Photo taken circa 1945 in Detroit, where he worked at "Budd Wheel" during WW II |
 | Pop with Uncle Fred
Taken in Detroit just after WWII ended as Uncle Fred is still in uniform... |
 | Ma Byars with her first three children.
Circa 1921 at their home in Green Hill, DeKalb Co.,TN
Left-to-Right:
Lucile Byars Hennessee (1918-2008)
Vernia Swindell Byars (1894-1985)
Fred Swindell Byars (1920-1950)
John Claybourne Byars (1916-1987) |
 | Perry Green "Pop" Byars (1894-1968)
Sunday morning, October 20, 2013:
Spoke to Aunt Pearl this morning about Pop & Uncle Pete in regards to their "troubles with the law"...
Pop thought that if he could run one load of whiskey to Nashville, that would solve all of his financial problems as...
This was in the early 1930's and he was living with his young family in Green Hill (DeKalb County) where he was cropping shares and hauled logs part-time. Can you imagine working the fields all day and then hauling logs to McMinnville, 10 miles away, all on foot and by mule? No wonder he thought this was an easier way to make a few dollars.
Pop got caught. Aunt Pearl tells us that it took everything he had to avoid jail and he never did that again!
Ma told me that Pop worked as a mechanic (probably during the 1930's). At some point, Pop began selling farm implements for the Sullivan Company of McMinnville and apparently did this through the early 1950's as I remember travelling with out in the country to call on his propests and customers...
In 1941 Pop went to Detroit. He worked for Budd Wheel through the summer of 1945. On his return he bought the log house on North Warren and the family moved there from their residence on Towles Avenue.
Then Pop buys a taxi which he ran until late 1949 - early 1950. It is at this juncture that Uncle Pete began a felon. Uncle Pete borrows the taxi from Pop and drives to Manchester and picks-up a lady(ies) for an evening of dancing and driking. Pete is "higher than a Georgia pine", crashes the car and kills a passenger. He is convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison in 1949 when he returns home about three years later...Pop got out of the taxi business.
It is at this point that he works full-time for Sullivan. It was 1950 and I remember Pop bought a brand-new 1950 Plymouth, "Sea Mist Green" 4-door sedan as this was the car we travelled in when he called on his clients.
He retired in the mid-1950's and spent his life fishing, whittling and guarding his realm from an old wood chair propped-up against the garage in the backyard...
Photo taken circa 1960... |
 | Pop & Ma Byars
Photo provided by their grand-daughter, Christine Bess Cornett. Appears to be have taken in the late 1940's... |
 | Pop & Uncle Fred
Taken sometime during World War II while Uncle Fred was in the navy... |
 | Ma Byars' Granddaughters
Janet Wright Robbins
Kathy Bess Tugman
Karen Sue Mitchell
Photo taken Summer of 2006 on Aunt Pearl's porch in Rock Island, Tennessee |
 | Deux Grandes Dames
Two great ladies...
Aunt Bessie & Aunt Pearl
Photo taken the Summer of 2013 |
 | Grandmother & Grandson
Ma Byars (1894-1985)
Fred Hennessee (1950-1985)
Photo taken in 1977 |
 | Sisters...
Aunt Pearl and Aunt Bessie at the table in Rock Island, Tennessee
Photo provided by their niece, Karen Mitchell... |
 | Pop & Sons-in-Law
This photo was probably taken in Detroit after Aunt Margie's wedding to Jack DeCuennick, June 3, 1949. Shown from the left is:
Murlis Wright (1925-2004)
Pop Byars (1894-1968)
Bert Hennessee (1918-1986)
Jack DeCuennick (1928-2010)
Photo contributed by cousin Christine Cornett, July 1, 2014.
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 | Ma & Pop Byars' Family
This photo was taken in June, 1949, on Continental Avenue, Detroit, when Aunt Margie married Uncle Jack.
Top Row, Left-to-Right:
My Mom (1918-2008)
Aunt Bessie (1925-2013)
Aunt Margie (1930-1997)
Uncle Fred (1920-1950)
Aunt Marie (1922-2012)
Aunt Pearl (1928
Pop Byars (1894-1968)
Middle Row:
My Dad (1918-1986)
Uncle Murlis (1925-2004)
Uncle Jack (1928-2010)
Uncle Bob (1917-1990)
Bottom Row:
Me (1942-
Ma Byars (1894-1985)
Cousin Linda Gayle (1945-
Photo provided by cousin Christine, July 1, 2014...
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 | Pop & Ma Byars' Family
Back Row: Aunt Pearl, Aunt Margie, Mother, Uncle Bob, Cousin Linda Gail, Dad, Cousin Kathy, Aunt Bessie, me, Uncle Jack, brother Fred & Uncle Murlis
Middle Row: cousin Robert on Pop's lap, Ma Byars & cousin Janet
Bottom Row: cousin Kenny, cousin Debbie, cousin Christine, cousin Dawn & cousin Karen.
Photo was taken in front of Pop's house on Warren Street, McMinnville, Tennessee circa Summer of 1962...
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 | Ma & Karen
Ma and Karen on their birthday, June 1, 1981.
Ma was 87 and Karen was 27.
Photo provided by her loving granddaughter, Karen... |
 | The Three Younger Byars Daughters...
From the left:
Margie Sue (1930-1997)
Eva Pearl (1928-
Bessie Lee (1925-2013)
Photo provided by Christine Bess Cornett, November 8th, 2016 |
 | The Four Byars Girls
Photos supplied by Robert & Angelia Bratcher Bess, late December, 2016 |
 | Daughters & Grandchildren
Top Row: Margie Sue, Bessie Lee, Eva Pearl & Robert Lucile
Bottom: Janet, Gayle holding Karen, Fred, Ma holding Kenny and Kathy
Photo supplied by Robert & Angelia Bratcher Bess, late December, 2016 |
 | Uncle Fred, Ma & Uncle Pete
This photo was probably taken in the late forties at the homeplace on Warren Street.
Photo supplied by Robert & Angelia Bratcher Bess, late December, 2016 |
 | Family...
Pop, Dad, Uncle Bob, Linda Gayle & me.
Photo supplied by Robert & Angelia Bratcher Bess, late December, 2016
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 | Brothers-in-Law
Uncle Pete & Dad standing in front of Dad's 1947, maroon, Pontiac...
Photo supplied by Robert & Angelia Bratcher Bess, late December, 2016 |
 | "The P. G. (Perry Green) Potter Home"
Built in 1875-1876 in Dibrell, Warren County, Tennessee by Kitt Swingle for Perry Green Potter.
First, he built a large two story house, then a store, barn and a blacksmith shop.
Aunt Pearl provided this image and tells us that Ma & Pop lived in this house between 1935 to 1937. They then moved to the "Hennessee House" on Main Street (no longer there).
Note: Kitt Zwingle was a 2nd cousin to Ma. Pop was a grandnephew of P.G. Potter and both of whom were named after their antecedent, "Perry Green Magness".
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 | Aunt Margie & Ma
Marjorie Lois Griffith Byars (1914-2006) was wife of Pop's first cousin, Perry Green Byars. As a matter of fact, Perry & Margie were so well loved by Ma & Pop, they named their youngest daughter, "Margie Sue Byars".
Photo taken in August, 1973 at Perry & Margie's place in Warren County, Tennesseee and contributed by Joe Byars, February 5, 2017 |
 | The Sisters in Palm Beach
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 | Bessie, Marie, Lucile, Pearl & David
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 | Ma & Pop's House
located on 112 North Warren Street, McMinnville, Tennessee
(Pop bought this house in 1945) |
 | Cousins Kenny, David, Robert & Fred
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| Family ID |
F274 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Robert Ferman Bess, b. 26 Jun 1917, Liberty, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 2 Mar 1990, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 72 years) |
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| Photos
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 | Aunt Pearl's handsome family...
Picnic at Raccoon Mountain, Chattanooga, Kathy, Robert, Gayle, Christine, date unknown. Sent by Christine, October 30, 2015 |
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On Aunt Pearl's back porch:
David Tugman, son-in-law
David Hennessee, nephew
Mike Cornett, son-in-law
Johnny McBride, son-in-law
This photo was taken November 8, 2015, Rock Island, Tennessee, by cousin Janet Robbins, niece... |
 | Aunt Pearl's Place on the River...
This is a picture showing a partial view of her beautiful house on the Rocky River in rural Warren County, Tennessee. It was always thrilling to stand on the porch and view the vistas of the river below and the countryside lying before me...
Photo supplied by Robert & Angelia Bratcher Bess, late December, 2016 |
 | Siblings on a sandbar...
Christine, Kathy & Robert enjoying a late summer's day.
Photo taken by brother Fred, September, 1978 and submitted by Cousin Christine February 13th, 2017 |
| Family ID |
F316 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. |
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| Sources |
- [S7902] DeKalb Co.,TN Marriage Book:1901-1950, compiled by Jorene Washer Parsley, p. 78 (Reliability: 3).
- [S8770] "Hogg DNA Project - A List of Hogg Lines", line VA1657: descendants of John Hogg of New Kent Co. VA, http://hdhdata.org/.
- [S12220] "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGR-Y8P : acc.
- [S12219] "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7L-15Q : acc.
- [S12221] "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HF-9VX : acc.
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