George Thomas Byrd was born on April 16, 1871 in Haralson County, Georgia. He was a Methodist minister, and later a bishop in the Methodist Holston Conference, living in Dayton, Tennessee. He died on October 13, 1950. His works include:
Living Songs of Faith and Hope (Dayton, Tennessee: G. T. Byrd, 1940)
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