Leon County FlArchives Obituaries.....Byrd, Joshua H. October 10, 1848 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 February 6, 2025, 6:23 am The North-Carolina standard (Raleigh, N.C.) November 15, 1848 Page 3 DIED Died at his summer residence, on St. James' Island, on the night of the 10th October last, Captain Joshua H. Byrd, in the 56th year of his age. Capt. Byrd was a native of Lenoir County, North Carolina, and emigrated with his family to Florida in the year 1826, and has been a citizen of Leon County ever since till within the present year when he moved to Wakulla county. For some months previous to his death, he was in bad health, having had an attack of billious fever last fall, from which he never entirely recovered, though he was sometimes able to attend to his ordinary business. Kind and affectionate in his family, a generous friend, and a hospitable neighbor, he was respected and beloved by all who knew him. Tallahassee Floridian Additional Comments: submitter is not related and has no further information File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/leon/obits/b/byrd5uob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/flfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb