Robert Clifford Byington, Jr b. 10 Sep 1926 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 18 Nov 2004 Burlison, Tipton, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Robert Clifford Byington, Jr

1926 - 2004 (78 years)

Name	Robert Clifford Byington [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Suffix	Jr
Birth	10 Sep 1926	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12]
Gender	Male
Census	1930	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA [6]
Census	1940	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA [7]
Military Service	29 Aug 1944 [2, 3, 5, 11, 13, 14]
	US Navy - WWII; S1, USS Chukawan (AO-100)
		Ship-USS Chukawan (AO-100) USS Chukawan (AO-100) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler constructed for the U.S. Navy in the closing days of World War II.
Military Draft Registration	1946	Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA [9]
	Draft Registration - WWII
Census	1950	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA [12]
	Age: 23; Relation to Head: Lodger (Student at Ohio State University); Marital Status: Never Married
Education	1951	Ohio State University, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA [11]
Death	18 Nov 2004	Burlison, Tipton, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 5]
Burial	West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA [5, 14]
	(Section Z, Site 15323)
		West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee Find a Grave: #324614 Plot: State Veterans Cemetery
Person ID	I23791	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Robert Clifford Byington, Sr, b. 1 May 1897, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Oct 1968, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Anna Dorothy Basil, b. 10 Jul 1898, Ohio, USA d. 15 Nov 1989, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 91 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	12 Mar 1919	Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA [15, 16, 17]
Family ID	F10919	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Living

Children

	1. Robert Dorr Byington, b. 20 Oct 1965, Tennessee, USA d. 19 Mar 2001, Tennessee, USA (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Living

Family ID F9741 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Patricia Jane Clark, b. 24 Aug 1929, Mount Sterling, Madison, Ohio, USA d. 5 Dec 2010, Durango, La Plata, Colorado, USA (Age 81 years)

Marriage 2 Sep 1950 Amanda, Fairfield, Ohio, USA [10]

Wedding-BYINGTON Patricia and Robert
COUPLE WEDS IN AMANDA LUTHERAN CHURCH SEPTEMBER SECOND - Miss Patricia Jane Clark and Mr Robert C Byington are united in marriage by the Rev Andrew Schilling on September second in Amanda Lutheran Church • Lancaster Eagle-Gazette • Lancaster, Ohio • 13 Sep 1950, Wed • Page 3

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living
	3. Living

Family ID F9742 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 10 Sep 1926 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
	Census - 1930 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
	Census - 1940 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1946 - Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
	Census - Age: 23; Relation to Head: Lodger (Student at Ohio State University); Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
	Marriage - 2 Sep 1950 - Amanda, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
	Death - 18 Nov 2004 - Burlison, Tipton, Tennessee, USA

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News

News-BYINGTON Ratricia and Robert (Marriage)
Byington-Clark Wedding Solemnized In An Impressive Church Ceremony • Lancaster Eagle-Gazette • Lancaster, Ohio • 13 Sep 1950, Wed • Page 3

People » Slide Show		BYINGTON-Bob Robert Clifford Byington
		BYINGTON-Bob USN Robert Clifford Byington, US Navy
		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

Places

Ship-USS Chukawan (AO-100)
USS Chukawan (AO-100) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler constructed for the U.S. Navy in the closing days of World War II.

Weddings

Sources

[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: ; Issue State: Ohio; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Birth date: 10 Sep 1926 Birth place: Death date: 18 Nov 2004 Death place: Burlison, Tipton, Tennessee, United States of America
[S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Birth date: 10 Sep 1926 Birth place: Death date: 18 Nov 2004 Death place:
[S233] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;).
Birth date: 09/10/1926 Birth place: Death date: 11/18/2004 Death place: TN
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.
[S11285] Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-West Tennessee Veterans), (Location: Memphis TN;), BYINGTON Robert Clifford “Bob” Jr 1926-2004 (Veteran).
"S1 US Navy - World War II"
- West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106354049/robert-clifford-byington
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1782; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 816; Image: 255.0; FHL microfilm: 2341516.
Birth date: abt 1927 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1782; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 816; Image: 255.0; FHL microfilm: 2341516.
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T627_3236; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 92-828.
Birth date: abt 1927 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T627_3236; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 92-828.
[S1241] Ancestry.com, Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;).
Birth date: 10 Sep 1926 Birth place: Ohio, United States

[S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 202.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 202

[S132] Ancestry.com, Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;).
[S1351] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Patricia and Robert Byington • Lancaster Eagle-Gazette - Sep 1950, (Name: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette; Location: Lancaster OH; Date: 13 Sep 1950;), Byington-Clark Wedding Solemnized In An Impressive Church Ceremony.
On the afternoon of September second in the St Peter's Lutheran Church in Amanda, Miss Patricia Jane Clark of Amanda was united in marriage to Mr Robert C Byington of Cleveland. The Rev. Andrew Schilling of Lancaster read the ceremony before an altar adorned with arrangements of palms and vases of white gladioli, roses, and mums, illuminated by candles entwined. A half hour of nuptial music preceded the service with Mr Frank Hussey of Amanda as organist and Miss Lois Carpenter of Elyria as soloist. Miss Carpenter sang "Always," "At Dawning," and "Because."
Escorted to the altar by her father, the bride wore a floor length gown of white taffeta, fashioned in a strapless style, with a flared bolero jacket made with three-quarter length sleeves. Her fingertip veil of illusion fell from an imported lace cape edged in seed pearls. Her jewelry was an heirloom gold locket set with diamonds, and she carried a large white purple-throated orchid resting on a white Bible, from which fell satin ribbon streamers knotted with gypsophilia.
Miss Nancy Clark was the only attendant for her sister, and she was dressed in a gown of orchid taffeta, styled identically to that of the bride. She wore a sweet-heart bonnet of orchid taffeta and carried an arrangement of yellow rosebuds.
Best man for Mr Byington was his cousin, Mr Darwin Basil of Cleveland, and ushering were Mr Robert DeVolt and Mr Allen Morton, both of Columbus.
For her daughter's wedding, Mrs Clark wore a fall model of brown with forest green, accessories and a corsage of shattered bronze baby mums. The mother of the bridegroom was attired in navy blue, with navy blue accessories and a corsage of white roses and mums.
A reception, originally planned for the church lawn, was held in the church parlors, because of weather conditions. Reception hostesses included Miss May Caltell of Cleveland, Mrs Robert De Volt of Columbus, and Miss Cynthiana Williamson of Amanda. The knife which the couple used to cut the wedding cake was used by the bride's mother for her wedding cake.
Following the reception, the couple left for a month's motor trip through Colorado, Wyoming and points west. After October first they will be at home at Columbus. For her wedding trip, the bride changed to a gray suit, with which she wore dark green accessories and the orchid from her wedding bouquet.
The new Mrs. Byington, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Clark of Amanda, graduated from Amanda High School and will receive her BS and RN degrees from Ohio State this fall. She is affiliated with Theta Upsilon sorority and Torch honorary.
Mr Byington is a graduate qf Collingwood High School in Cleveland, spent two years with the Naval Air Corps in World War II, and will receive his degree in architecture from Ohio State University in the spring. He is affiliated with Alpha Rho Chi fraternity. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R C Byington of Cleveland. Out-of-town guests at the wedding and reception came from Cleveland, Madison, Columbus, Mt Sterling, Elyria and Mansfield.
• Lancaster Eagle-Gazette • Lancaster, Ohio • 13 Sep 1950, Wed • Page 3
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295885350/?article=e0f7bed8-20dd-4bd7-8a7d-4c0203e8d862&focus=0.3806725,0.05846979,0.84611577,0.7649836&xid=3398

News-BYINGTON Ratricia and Robert (Marriage)
Byington-Clark Wedding Solemnized In An Impressive Church Ceremony • Lancaster Eagle-Gazette • Lancaster, Ohio • 13 Sep 1950, Wed • Page 3

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Columbus, Franklin,.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Columbus, Franklin,

[S116] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2011;), National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID.

U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID

[S2541] Fold3: Robert Byington Jr, USN, S1 (Seaman 1st Class) Robert Clifford Byington, Jr, USS Chukawan (AO-100) USN, World War II.
Military Service World War II Branch: Navy Service Start Date: 08/29/1944 Service End Date: 06/01/1946 WWII: 29 Aug 1944-1 Jun 1946 WWII: US Navy
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/529579250/robert-clifford-byington-jr

[S1182] Ancestry.com, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Cuyahoga County Archive; Cleveland, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810-1973; Volume: Vol 110-111; Page: 391; Year Range: 1918 Aug - 1919 Apr.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
Cuyahoga County Archive; Cleveland, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810-1973; Volume: Vol 110-111; Page: 391; Year Range: 1918 Aug - 1919 Apr

[S1182] Ancestry.com, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;).
Birth date: abt 1899 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Marriage date: 12 Mar 1919 Marriage place: Cuyahoga County, Ohio Residence date: Residence place: Cuyahoga, Ohio

[S2760] Find a Grave: BAZIL Anna Byington 1898-1989, Anna Dorothy Bazil Byington.
BIRTH 9 Jul 1898 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
DEATH 1989 (aged 90–91)
BURIAL: Glen Rest Memorial Estate, Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio
PLOT Section A South
MEMORIAL ID 78537081
______________________________________________________
Parents: John Bazil & Elenora Pesta
Married: Robert Clifford Byington on 12 March 1919 in Cuyahoga Co, OH
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78537081

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