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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Clifton Ellis Byrd, Sr.
| office=5th president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], [[Louisiana]]
| term_start=1906
| term_end=1907
| preceded=W. E. Taylor
|succeeded=[[John Keeny]]
| birth_date=December 14, 1859
| birth_place=Williamsville, Bath County<br>
[[Virginia]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=February 26, 1926 (aged 66)
| death_place=[[Shreveport]], Caddo Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
|resting_place=Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport
|residence=(1) Front Royal, Warren County,<br>Virginia<br>
(2) [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Ouachita Parish, Louisiana<br>
(3) [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Lincoln Parish<br>
(4) Shreveport, Louisiana
|spouse=Martha Matilda Lockhart "Mattie" McFee Byrd<br>
(married 1894-1926, his death)
|children=Mary Byrd Redding<br>
C. E. Byrd, Jr.
|parents=John Thomas and Sarah Rebecca McClintic Byrd
|alma_mater=Augusta Military Academy (Fort Defiance, Virginia)<br>
[[University of Virginia]] (Charlottesville)
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|party=[[Democratic Party |Democrat]]}}
'''Clifton Ellis Byrd, Sr.''' known as '''C. E. Byrd''' and '''Clif Byrd''' (December 14, 1859 – February 26, 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12937117/clifton-ellis-byrd|title=Clifton Ellis "Clif" Byrd|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>, was a prominent educator in north [[Louisiana]] during the first quarter of the 20th century. The nationally recognized C. E. Byrd High School (founded 1925) in [[Shreveport]], the ''alma mater'' of many of that city's civic and political leaders, bears his name. C. E. Byrd remains Shreveport's oldest public high school.<ref name=bio/>
Byrd was born to John Thomas Byrd (1828-1912) and the former Sarah Rebecca McClintic (1833-1896) in Williamsville in Bath County in western [[Virginia]], near the [[West Virginia]] state line. He was unrelated to the Byrd family of Virginia. He attended local schools, the since defunct Augusta Military Academy at Fort Defiance near Staunton, Virginia, and the [[University of Virginia]] at Charlottesville from 1882 to 1883. He taught school in Front Royal in Warren County in northern Virginia from 1883 to 1889, when he accepted a school principalship in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-b/|title=Byrd, Clifton Ellis|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
In 1892, he left Monroe to become the principal of the first public high school in Shreveport, which then occupied two rented rooms in the [[YMCA]] building. His salary was $70 per month. One of his pupils was [[Thornton F. Bell]], later judge of the 1st Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129355774|title=Judge T. F. Bell Dies; Funeral Service Today – District Jurist and Son of Shreveport Pioneer Succumbs Friday|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' (through Findagrave.com)|date=October 29, 1938|page=1 and 3|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref> In 1899, Byrd became the school superintendent. In 1905, he accepted the presidency of [[Louisiana Tech University]] (then '''Louisiana Industrial Institute''') in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in Lincoln Parish, where he served for only one year. In 1907, at the age of forty-eight, he returned to Shreveport to become superintendent of the Caddo Parish public achools, a position which he filled until his death. A member of the Louisiana Teachers Association, Byrd In 1913 was a delegate to the Council of Education in Louisiana.<ref name=bio/>
Byrd was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] at a time when virtually every elected official and most appointed officials as well were members of the state's overwhelmingly majority party. He was a member of the [[Presbyterian]] Church, the Masonic lodge, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Rotary International, and Sigma Nu college fraternity.<ref name=bio/>
In 1894, Byrd married the former Martha Matilda Lockhart "Mattie" McFee of Monroe (1868-1940). They had had two children, Mary Byrd Redding (1895-1987) and Clifton Byrd, Jr. (1897-1958), a sergeant in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and later an interior designer in the [[Manhattan]] borough of [[New York City]]. The Byrds are interred, along with their children, at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37434673/clifton-ellis-byrd|title=Sgt. Clifton Ellis Byrd, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrd, Clifton Ellis}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Virginia]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:College Presidents]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
| name=Clifton Ellis Byrd, Sr.
| office=5th president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], [[Louisiana]]
| term_start=1906
| term_end=1907
| preceded=W. E. Taylor
|succeeded=[[John Keeny]]
| birth_date=December 14, 1859
| birth_place=Williamsville, Bath County<br>
[[Virginia]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=February 26, 1926 (aged 66)
| death_place=[[Shreveport]], Caddo Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
|resting_place=Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport
|residence=(1) Front Royal, Warren County,<br>Virginia<br>
(2) [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Ouachita Parish, Louisiana<br>
(3) [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Lincoln Parish<br>
(4) Shreveport, Louisiana
|spouse=Martha Matilda Lockhart "Mattie" McFee Byrd<br>
(married 1894-1926, his death)
|children=Mary Byrd Redding<br>
C. E. Byrd, Jr.
|parents=John Thomas and Sarah Rebecca McClintic Byrd
|alma_mater=Augusta Military Academy (Fort Defiance, Virginia)<br>
[[University of Virginia]] (Charlottesville)
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|party=[[Democratic Party |Democrat]]}}
'''Clifton Ellis Byrd, Sr.''' known as '''C. E. Byrd''' and '''Clif Byrd''' (December 14, 1859 – February 26, 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12937117/clifton-ellis-byrd|title=Clifton Ellis "Clif" Byrd|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>, was a prominent educator in north [[Louisiana]] during the first quarter of the 20th century. The nationally recognized C. E. Byrd High School (founded 1925) in [[Shreveport]], the ''alma mater'' of many of that city's civic and political leaders, bears his name. C. E. Byrd remains Shreveport's oldest public high school.<ref name=bio/>
Byrd was born to John Thomas Byrd (1828-1912) and the former Sarah Rebecca McClintic (1833-1896) in Williamsville in Bath County in western [[Virginia]], near the [[West Virginia]] state line. He was unrelated to the Byrd family of Virginia. He attended local schools, the since defunct Augusta Military Academy at Fort Defiance near Staunton, Virginia, and the [[University of Virginia]] at Charlottesville from 1882 to 1883. He taught school in Front Royal in Warren County in northern Virginia from 1883 to 1889, when he accepted a school principalship in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-b/|title=Byrd, Clifton Ellis|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
In 1892, he left Monroe to become the principal of the first public high school in Shreveport, which then occupied two rented rooms in the [[YMCA]] building. His salary was $70 per month. One of his pupils was [[Thornton F. Bell]], later judge of the 1st Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129355774|title=Judge T. F. Bell Dies; Funeral Service Today – District Jurist and Son of Shreveport Pioneer Succumbs Friday|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' (through Findagrave.com)|date=October 29, 1938|page=1 and 3|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref> In 1899, Byrd became the school superintendent. In 1905, he accepted the presidency of [[Louisiana Tech University]] (then '''Louisiana Industrial Institute''') in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in Lincoln Parish, where he served for only one year. In 1907, at the age of forty-eight, he returned to Shreveport to become superintendent of the Caddo Parish public achools, a position which he filled until his death. A member of the Louisiana Teachers Association, Byrd In 1913 was a delegate to the Council of Education in Louisiana.<ref name=bio/>
Byrd was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] at a time when virtually every elected official and most appointed officials as well were members of the state's overwhelmingly majority party. He was a member of the [[Presbyterian]] Church, the Masonic lodge, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Rotary International, and Sigma Nu college fraternity.<ref name=bio/>
In 1894, Byrd married the former Martha Matilda Lockhart "Mattie" McFee of Monroe (1868-1940). They had had two children, Mary Byrd Redding (1895-1987) and Clifton Byrd, Jr. (1897-1958), a sergeant in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and later an interior designer in the [[Manhattan]] borough of [[New York City]]. The Byrds are interred, along with their children, at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37434673/clifton-ellis-byrd|title=Sgt. Clifton Ellis Byrd, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrd, Clifton Ellis}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Virginia]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:College Presidents]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]