C. P. Byrd

Charles Pinckney Byrd (c. 1857 – November 1935)[1] was a printing company proprietor in Atlanta, Georgia.

[1] He married twice, first to Pearl Bryan in 1880 whom he divorced in 1894, then to Cora Lyon in 1896.

[10] Byrd published proceedings from encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Mary stayed with him and launched The Old Homestead publication until she became afflicted with typhoid and moved to Florida for relief.

[15] For $250,000, he acquired property at Peachtree and Kimball streets for a 10-story hotel.