BYFIELD, Horatio “Horace”, Jr.
Date of death: 8 Sep 1890 – Villa Grove or Alder, Saguache County, Colorado
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, September 12, 1890,
Volume XXXI Number 12, page 5 column 2
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Charles Byfield, of our city, received a dispatch Monday morning announcing the sad news that his brother, Horace, had just died at Villa Grove Colorado. He had a stroke of paralysis nearly a year ago and since that time his death has been expected at any hour.
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The Shelby Democrat, Friday, September 12, 1890
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Mrs. W. S. Reynolds [Henrietta Byfield] received a telegram last Monday announcing the death of her brother, Horace Byfield in Alder, Colorado. Mr. Byfield was well known in the City.
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Link to Horatio “Horace” Byfield, Jr.’s grave
Note: The 1850 US Federal Census for Lancaster, Jennings County, Indiana records fifty-four-year-old, Maryland-born Horatio Byfield, his forty-two-year-old, Virginia-born wife Janette Byfield and their Indiana-born children, twenty-seven-year-old Daniel, twenty-two-year-old Martha, twenty-one-year-old Margaretta, eighteen-year-old Cornelius, sixteen-year-old Horatio, thirteen-year-old Casebranca, ten-year-old Elvin, ten-year-old Emily, seven-year-old Witcomb, four-year-old Mary, two-year-old Willis and newborn Charles Byfield.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson