...ne Los Angeles, ne Houston, ne Seattle, and finally Native Arizonan (tm.).

My favorite Ken Byrd was a fellow outside Houston who ran a pest-control company. I still have one of his business cards that reads "Ken Byrd Pest Control. A good bug is a dead bug."

My immediate Byrd lineage: moi (Maricopa Co. AZ) <--- F (Harris Co. TX) <--- GF (Randolph Co. AR) <-- g-GF (Iron Co. MO) <--- gg-GF (Stewart Co. TN) <--- ggg-GF (Washington Co. GA) <--- gggg-GF (Bertie Co. NC.

Byrd is a fairly common Southern name; could well have some distant cuzzes in the Oklahoma area...???

I have not run across any of the names you describe in your posting during my research in Iron, Madison, and Wayne counties there in Mizzou....

Ken