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Isabella Meade Saunders

Isabella Meade Saunders

Female 1829 - 1904  (75 years)


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  • Name Isabella Meade Saunders  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 1 Feb 1829  Maury County, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    FSID LH2G-QR2 
    Death 24 Jul 1904  Visalia, Tulare, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Person ID I365  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father Robert Meade Saunders,   b. Abt 1790, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1846 and 1850, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sophia Josephine Phillips,   b. 1803, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1865, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Feb 1822  Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Robert was ~ 32 years and 2 months - Sophia was ~ 19 years and 2 months. 
    Family ID F409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jesse Albert Byrd,   b. 4 Feb 1819, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1899, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1846  Maury County, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age at Marriage Isabella was 17 years and 6 months - Jesse was 27 years and 6 months. 
    Children 
    +1. William Henry Byrd, Jr.,   b. 4 Feb 1852, Harrison, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1911, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Percy Ira Leonidas Byrd,   b. 13 Jul 1867, Tulare County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1877, Tulare County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. George Albert Byrd,   b. 21 Sep 1865, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1950, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Oliver Perry Byrd,   b. 1848, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1904, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. James Robert Byrd,   b. 17 Dec 1853, Tarrant County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Martha W. Byrd,   b. 12 Jul 1850, Harrison, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1852, Harrison, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Louis Napoleon Byrd,   b. 4 Feb 1857, Amador County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >8. Francis M. Byrd,   b. 13 Apr 1869, Tulare County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1910, Cochise, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. Mary Jane Byrd,   b. 21 Jan 1859, Amador County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1944, Orange County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +10. Sophia Josephine Byrd, Doctor,   b. 13 Sep 1861, Visalia, Tulare, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1956, Los Banos, Merced, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • We know from her death certificate and her own Bible entries that her maiden name was Saunders. She was born in Maury Co. TN and that she married Jesse Albert Byrd in Maury Co. TN. The land which became Maury Co. was originally in Davidson Co. (Nashville).

      Isabelle also identified herself as being from Nashville. In 1805 Williamson Co. was carved out of Davidson Co. and Maury Co. out of Williamson in 1807. Her father was R.M. Saunders, (we now know Robert M. Saunders, Jr.) born in SC, or possibly NC territory later becoming Tennessee, and mother, Sophia Josephine Phillips was listed on most census records as born in Tennessee.

      One source, undocumented, states middle initial stands for MEADE. Another source state middle name is Marguerite. Isabella, herself, never wrote more than "M" in her Bible. Wallace Smith, in his book "Prodigal Sons" asserts that "Isabella was originally a McCullough (in fact her stepfather was McCullough) and her parents had come from the mountains of Tennessee."

  • Photos
    Isabella Byrd    		Isabella Byrd
    Isabella Saunders-Byrd    		Isabella Saunders-Byrd
    Saunders, Robert M. Descendants 14 Oct 21    		Saunders, Robert M. Descendants 14 Oct 21
    Isabella Meade Saunders    		Isabella Meade Saunders
    Obituary for Isabelle M. BYRD    		Obituary for Isabelle M. BYRD
    Isabella Saunders-Byrd    		Isabella Saunders-Byrd

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1612.049; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.

    2. [S95] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Tule River, Tulare, California; Roll: M593_92; Page: 268A; Image: 108690; Family History Library Film: 545591.

    3. [S22] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Priscilla Child

    4. [S583] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Name: Name: Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;;).

    5. [S12] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net).

    6. [S95] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Tule River, Tulare, California; Roll:M593_92; Page: 268A; Image: 534; Family History Library Film: 545591.


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