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R         Bird family.

170                  Papers, 1831-1959 (bulk 1844-1929).

                                    Five folders, photocopies.

 

 

 

This collection includes miscellaneous correspondence, estate papers, land papers, business records, and biographical material pertaining to the Bird, Byrd, Moore, and Hunter families of southeastern Missouri.  The papers concern business and estates in Mississippi, New Madrid, and Scott counties in Missouri, and the Bird estate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 

 

Folders 1-2:  Business and personal correspondence, and estate papers, 1831-1959.

 

                Folder 1: Estate papers, land contracts, and business records, 1831-1907.

 

                Folder 2: Correspondence, 1856-1959.

 

Folders 3-5:  Biographical material, n.d.

 

Folder 3: “Bird-Byrd” biographical sketches, n.d.  Includes material on the Jones family of Virginia.

 

Folder 4: “Biographical Sketch of Stephen B. Hunter of Cape Girardeau, Missouri,” n.d.

 

Folder 5: Miscellaneous biographical and genealogical material, n.d.

 

 

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