Patrick Byron was born March 17, 1860 and he came to Birtsell Township in 1881. In 1883 he married Ellen McVey at Devils Lake. Both Mr. and Mrs. Byron filed on homesteads in Birtsell Township.
The couple had 8 children: John, Walter, Sadie, Marie, James, Nellie, Katherine and Charles.
Mrs. Byron died in 1921.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 1B