John O'Byrne
G. H. Baird's A Brief History of Upshur County notes that John O'Byrne operated a large sawmill with many workers several miles east of Union Grove during the 1880s and 1890s. A Galveston newspaper reported that O'Byrne was cutting 30,000 feet daily at Gladewater, in Gregg County, in 1893.
The Saga of Cherokee County reports that John O'Byrne built a home in 1883 in what is now considered the Union Grove community. O'Byrne farmed, and operated a sawmill, a grist mill, and a commissary.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
UP
Owner Name
John O'Byrne
Location
O'Byrne's Switch: Spruce Road and Highway 155
County
Upshur
Years in Operation:
23
Start Year:
1885
End Year:
1907
Decades:
1880-1889,1900-1909
Period of Operation:
1893 to 1907
Town:
O'Byrne's Switch
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2