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Betsy (Cromer) Byars (1928 - 2020)

Betsy Byars formerly Cromer
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Died at age 91 in Seneca, Oconee, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal.[1] She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980)[2] and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991).

Betsy Cromer was born in 1928. According to the 1940 United States Census, she was living in Charlotte, North Carolina. Under her married name of Betsy Byars, she was known for her 1971 novel "Summer of the Swans," for which she earned the Newbery Medal. She also earned the National Book Award for her 1980 book "The Night Swimmers" and the Edgar Award for her 1991 book "Wanted ... Mud Blossom." She died in 2020.

  • Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
  • Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 8, Charlotte, Township 1 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States


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  • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 June 2020, 06:14), entry for Betsy Cromer(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5BD-43L); contributed by various users.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3G-SLZ : 1 December 2019), Betsy Cromer in household of George Guy Cromer, Ward 8, Charlotte, Township 1 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-55B, sheet 4A, line 9, family 63, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2943.
  • "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBHM-222 : 18 January 2020), B C Byars, 2000.

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