tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905506070718158368.post587471335213674022..comments2024-03-23T02:44:06.889-05:00Comments on Quixotic Joust: As the Byrd Flies--Virginia to TexasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905506070718158368.post-4031482369103023052015-05-05T09:42:14.719-05:002015-05-05T09:42:14.719-05:00After D. H. Byrd became wealthy, he financed in pa...After D. H. Byrd became wealthy, he financed in part one or more of Admiral Byrd's polar expeditions, which is why the Harold Byrd mountains are so named in Antarctica. Alden Hatch writes that in 1943 Admiral Byrd wanted to convalesce in private from an accidental injury, so he turned to his "distant cousin" D.H. Byrd for help, and D.H. Byrd arranged for the Admiral to check into a Dallas hospital under an assumed name. "The Byrds of Virginia", p. 367. (Hatch mistakenly calls D.H. Byrd "Harold E. Byrd", but it is the same person by descriptions).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905506070718158368.post-78244987042989151792015-05-05T09:03:09.308-05:002015-05-05T09:03:09.308-05:00There seems to be no evidence the branch that went...There seems to be no evidence the branch that went to Missouri had any contact with their very distant "cousins".<br />Linda Minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12471408043285695958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905506070718158368.post-67269947271002153802015-05-05T08:47:13.184-05:002015-05-05T08:47:13.184-05:00There is information on D. Harold Byrd in the book...There is information on D. Harold Byrd in the book "The Byrds of Virginia" by Alden Hatch. Hatch includes D. Harold Byrd as part of the Byrd family, calling him a distant cousin of the Virginia Byrds, albeit of the Texas branch. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com