William Byars Ernest1
b. 29 April 1853, d. 15 July 1917
Birth | 29 Apr 1853 | William Byars Ernest was born on 29 Apr 1853 at Brook Hall in Washington County, Virginia.1 |
Marriage | 23 Oct 1878 | He married Fannie S. Mason on 23 Oct 1878 in Washington County. She was the daughter of William Bernard Mason and Mary Isabelle French.2 |
Residence | | The couple settled at Old Brook Hall, a log house across the road from William's much more elaborate childhood home. Later William built a home nearby and called it "Sunnyside." |
Cens-1900 | 1 Jun 1900 | In the mid to late 1890s the family moved to Arkansas. The 1900 census enumerated them living in Imboden; William's occupation was listed as "farmer". Fannie was stated to be the mother of 5 children, 4 of whom were living. They were enumerated as: Mary B. (18), Henry M. (16), Julie J. (11) and Helen (5).4 [the couple's first child, daughter Bessie, died in infancy] |
Widowed | | Fannie died in 1901.5 |
Cens-1910 | 16 Apr 1910 | By 1910 William had returned to Washington County. In April of that year he was renting a home by himself in Glade Spring and working as a "commercial traveler" in the grocery sales business.6 |
Residence | | He also spent time living in West Virginia and then in Richmond, Virginia.5 |
Death | 15 Jul 1917 | William died on 15 Jul 1917 in Richmond, Virginia, at age 64.5 |
Family | Fannie S. Mason b. 1857, d. 6 Oct 1901 |
Children | - Bessie Byars Ernest9 (12 Nov 1879 - 23 May 1880)
- Mary Belle Ernest4 (Mar 1882 - )
- Henry Mason Ernest4 (21 Oct 1883 or 21 Oct 1884 - 14 Feb 1949)
- Lulee J. Ernest4 (Sep 1888 - )
- Helen Amanda Ernest4 (10 Oct 1894 - )
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Citations
- [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p, 44. Transcription reads: Wm Byars Ernest, b. 29 Apr 1853 to John H. and Amanda Jane Ernest.
- [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 100. Transcription reads: William B. Earnest, 25y, sgl, b. & resid Washington Co., VA, farmer, son of John H. and Amanda J. Earnest and Fannie S. Mason, 21y, sgl, b. Pulaski Co., VA, resid WCV, d/o W.B. & Mary J. Mason; marr 23 Oct. 1878.
- [S852] William Byars will (1866), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 16: 406. The will was written 6 May 1858 with a codicil added March 31, 1862. It was recorded 26 March 1866.
- [S2635] William B. Ernest|Imboden household, 1900 U.S. cens., Lawrence Co., Arkansas, pop. sched., 68, ED 2A (p. 84 stamped), sheet 27, dwelling 28, family Apr 2011. Household includes: William B. Ernest, 47, b. Apr 1853, marr 21 years, b. VA/VA/VA, farmer; Fannie M., wife, 40, b. Aug. 1859, marr 21 yrs, mother of 5 children, 4 are living; Mary B., dau, 18, b. Mar 1882; Henry M., son, 16, b. Oct. 1883; Julie J., dau, 11, b. Sept. 1888; Helen, dau, 5, b. Oct. 1894; all children b. VA, viewed online at Ancestry.com.
- [S1282] Bob Cooke, "Portrait Gallery," e-mail to Diana Powell, 19 Apr 2010. Mr. Cooke cites the records of his mother Mary Virginia Ernest Cooke. She was William B. and Fannie (Mason) Ernest's granddaughter.
- [S237] William B. Ernest household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring, ED 116, sheet 4A, dwelling 68, family 74, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Household includes: William B. Ernest, 56, wid, b. VA/VA/VA, commercial trav, groc sales, rents home.
- [S1376] Photo courtesy of The Library of Virginia.
- [S1376] Photo courtesy of Carolyn Ryburn.
- [S12] D.E. Brown, Unfiled Death Records of Washington Co. VA, entry #712 reads: Bessie Byars Ernest, w/f, d. 23 May 1880, no age or cause given, child of Wm B. & __annie M.