My grandfather had a cousin to visit him that had dogs that came from Dick Byrd's dogs he used in his adventures to the Arctic. Granddads grandmother was Sarah(Sallie) Bird/Byrd. She married Jack?( we have a n open debate on this gentleman's name) Coleman, they had 4 children John, William, a daughter and a son. John died in the war, I presume the Civil War, the daughter died in her teens from a spider bite and the other son drown. My great grandfather William S. Coleman b. 1848 so I think he was the youngest since Sallie died 1850. This family group livied in Flat Creek, Bedford CO, TN As for the two spellings of Byrd, I was always told it was Bird but changed as the family was more educated. This is an interesting family.--Alicia