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Marriage: Children:
  1. William Valentine Bird: Birth: 22 Feb 1862 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 15 Dec 1946 in Pittsburgh, PA

  2. Sarah J. Bird: Birth: 5 Oct 1864 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 11 Mar 1865 in Kanawha Co., WV

  3. Rosella A. Bird: Birth: 17 Aug 1866 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 29 May 1867 in Kanawha Co., WV

  4. Samuel 'Oscar' Bird: Birth: 26 Feb 1868 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 31 Dec 1958 in So. Charleston, Kanawha, WV

  5. James Edward Bird: Birth: 3 Dec 1869 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV. Death: 25 Sep 1948 in Buckhannon, Upshur, WV

  6. Cora Belle Bird: Birth: 31 Mar 1872 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 19 Feb 1940 in Kanawha Two-Mile, Kanawha, WV

  7. Mary Margaret "Molly" Bird: Birth: 3 Sep 1874 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 30 Jun 1953 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV

  8. George Wesley Bird: Birth: 15 Sep 1876 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 13 Aug 1936 in Kanawha Co., WV

  9. Leona 'Ernestine' "Ernie" Bird: Birth: 24 Feb 1879 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 4 Aug 1954

  10. Clara 'Mabel' Bird: Birth: 2 Feb 1881 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 26 May 1949 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV

  11. Frederic Moses Bird: Birth: 29 Jun 1884 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 1918

  12. Thomas 'Adam' Bird: Birth: 24 Sep 1886 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 14 Oct 1941 in Kanawha Co., WV

  13. Julia Ann Bird: Birth: 3 Sep 1888 in Kanawha Co., WV. Death: 30 Mar 1969 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV


Sources
1. Title:   1860 United States Federal Census
Page:   Meadowdale P.O., Highland, VA, family 313/295
2. Title:   Charleston Daily Mail (WV)
Page:   28 Feb 1910
3. Title:   Pastoral reports.
Page:   marriage register, 1860: 23, line 145, Bird-McClanahan, 1860; accessed 11 Oct 2010.
Author:   Virginia. Kanawha.
Publication:   Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, \i West Virginia Vital Research Records\i0 . http://www.wvculture.org/vrr : 2010.

Notes
a. Note:   Farmer and school teacher; county examiner of teachers. Highly respected in the state as a teacher. Son William also became a teacher. Farm of 255 acres, raising both crops and livestock. Farm included a hot spring.
b. Note:   DI139
Note:   A copy of the Thurs., July 7, 1904 edition of the Charleston Daily Mail indicates that Moses Bird had died in that year. A certified copy of the death certificate provided by Kanawha County indicates he died in 1905. Each agrees that the date was 6 July.
c. Note:   d Co., VA ---, Hester (wife), 45, F, housekeeper, Highland Co., VA ---, Moses, 26, M, farmhand, Highland Co., VA ---, Rachael J., 25, F, house attendant, Highland Co., VA ---, Mahala, 18, F, house attendant, Highland Co., VA ---, Samuel C., 16, M, farmhand, Highland Co., VA ---, Louisa C., 14, F, Highland Co., VA ---, Nancy E., 12, F, Highland Co., VA ---, Mariah F., 10, F, Highland Co., VA ---, Sarah A., 6, F, Highland Co., VA ---, Frederick, 36, M, farmhand, Highland Co., VA 314/296 - Bird, Aaron, 29, M, Farmer, 0/872, Highland Co., VA ---, Mary J. (wife), 24, F, housekeeper, Highland Co., VA ---, Adam O, 2, M, Highland Co., VA ---, Ella R., 3/12, F, Highland Co., VA 315/297 - Bird, William, 59, M, Farmer, 3135/416, Highland Co., VA ---, Sarah (wife), 58, F, housekeeper, Highland Co., VA ---, Elizabeth, 28, F, house attendant, Highland Co., VA ---, Francis M., 23, M, house attendnat, Highland Co., VA ---, Charles W., 20, M, farmhand, Highland Co., VA ---, Sarah J., 16, F, house attendant, Highland Co., VA 316/298 - Bird, James, 33, M, Farmer, 0/307, Highland Co., VA ---, Mary (wife), 31, F, housekeeper, Highland Co., VA ---, Uriah, 10, M, Highland Co., VA ---, Bennet F., 7, M, Highland Co., VA ---, Martha E., 4, F, Highland Co., VA
Note:   313/295 - Bird, Valentine, 54, M, Farmer, 2894/368, Highlan
d. Note:   ow WV ---, Manerva, 25 F W, Keeping house, VA now WV ---, Henry F., 2 M W, WV ---, Mary E., 1 F W, WV ---, John P., 22 M W, Farm laborer, VA now WV 258/258 - Bird, Moses, 35 M W, Farmer, 300/200, VA now WV ---, Julian[sic], 25 F W, Keeping house, VA now WV ---, William V., 8 M W, VA now WV ---, Samuel O., 2 M W, WV ---, James E., 6/12 M W, WV, Dec
Note:   257/257 - Frame, Christopher, 26 M W, Farmer, 400/200, VA n
e. Note:   26/26 - Bird, Moses, W M 46 M, Farmer, VA VA VA ---, Julia A., W F 34 wife M, Keeping house, WV VA WV ---, William V., W M 18 son S, At home, WV VA WV ---, Samuel O., W M 12 son S, At home, WV VA WV ---, James E., W M 10 son S, At home, WV VA WV ---, Cora B., W F 7 daughter S, At home, WV VA WV ---, Mary M., W F 5 daughter S, At home, WV VA WV ---, George W., W M 3 son S, At home, WV VA WV ---, Leona E., W F 1 daughter S, At home, WV VA WV
f. Note:   , Farmer ---, Julia A., wife, W F Apr 1845 55 M 40, VA WV VA ---, Mary M., daughter, W F Sep 1874 25 S, WV VA WV ---, George W., son, W M Sep 1876 23 S, WV VA WV, Farm laborer ---, Frederic M., son, W M Jun 1884 15 S, WV VA WV, Farm laborer ---, Thomas A., son, W M Sep 1886 13 S, WV VA WV, Farm laborer ---, Julia A., daughter, W F Sep 1888 11 S, WV VA WV 35/35 - Bird, Samuel O., head, W M Feb 1868 32 M 9, WV VA WV, Farmer ---, Harriet B., wife, W F Nov 1871 28 M 9, 4 children/3 surviving, WV VA WV ---, Milton A., son, W M May 1892 8 S, WV WV WV ---, Alva G., daughter, W F Sep 1894 5 S, WV WV WV ---, David M., son, W M Feb 1897 3 S, WV WV WV
Note:   34/34 - Bird, Moses, head, W M Jan 1834 66 M 40, VA VA VA
g. Note:   NF55
Note:   Registry of Marriage Licenses, Kanawha County, Virginia, 1860, p. 23, line 145: Date of License: 8 Dec 1860; Date and place of marriage: 25 Dec 1860, Kanawha City, VA [WV]; by William Martin Man: Moses Bird, 26, single, b. Bath City, VA; residing in Kanawha City, VA Woman: Julia Ann McClanahan, 15, single, b. Kanawha City, VA; residing in Kanawha City, VA Husband's Parents: Val and Nancy M. Bird Wife's Parents: William R.[sic] and V. McClanahan Husband's Occupation: School teacher


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