Greetings, I am new to the list and am on again off again as I can't keep up with all my mail. It is nice to know that the archives can be searched at Rootsweb. This is the Bird line I am researching, and it is incomplete and may have some errors. If anyone else is researching this line, I would love to hear from them. To the best of my knowledge, no one has been able to find the parents of John Bird III in Virginia. FIRST GENERATION 1. John III BIRD was born on 4 Nov 1792 in Pendleton County, Virginia. Mother's notes. He died on 12 May 1869 in Trivoli, Peoria County, Illinois. He was Methodist. Tom Wilson, Boca Rato He was married to Margaret "Paggy" HAYS (daughter of Moses HAYS and Sarah? UNKNOWN) on 3 Mar 1814 in Pendleton County, Virginia. Search at Ancestry Hometown Margaret "Paggy" HAYS was born on 3 Apr 1793 in Augusta County, Virginia. She died on 19 Apr 1871 in Trivoli, Peoria County, Illinois. From Tom Wilson query on Peoria archived list. John III BIRD and Margaret "Paggy" HAYS had the following children: 2 i. Sally BIRD was born in 1814. 3 ii. Allen BIRD was born in 1816. +4 iii. Jacob BIRD. +5 iv. Nancy BIRD. 6 v. John BIRD was born in 1823. +7 vi. Ury BIRD. +8 vii. William BIRD. 9 viii. Harvey or Harry BIRD was born in 1828. +10 ix. Tabitha BIRD. +11 x. Jesse BIRD. SECOND GENERATION 4. Jacob BIRD was born about 1819 in Kentucky. Mother's notes. He died in 1881 in Chicago, Illinois. According to correspondence with Golda Lee Bird June 8, 1966 He was buried in Concord Church Cemetery, Trivoli, Peoria County, Illinis. He was a Farmer. Mary UNKNOWN was born in 1825 in Kentucky. Illinois 1850 census. My mother's data which appears to have been copied from the 1860 census for Peoria County Illinois shows Bird, Jacob b 1819 son of John and Pagy Bird (?) b Ky; Mary wife b 1825 b Ky; Sarah b 1841 b Ill; John b 1843 b Ill; and Mary (would be Mary Louise my gr grandmother) b 1845 (really 1844) b Ill. 1844 is no problem, but the discrepancy of Jacob's wife being Mary 'Polly' Lane, born 1825 in Kentucky (mother somehow thought Hardin County) rather than in 1812 (would make her 5 years older than Jacob) in Sumner County Tennessee is just too great. Some of this possibly misinformation may have been started by me in my eagerness to attach a surname to Jacob's wife Mary or my information may somehow be flawed, but it appears to have been picked up by different people and incorporated into their family trees. Jacob BIRD and Mary UNKNOWN had the following children: 12 i. Sarah BIRD was born about 1840. +13 ii. John BIRD. +14 iii. Mary Louise BIRD. 5. Nancy BIRD was born on 27 Jan 1821 in Hardin County, Kentucky. She was married to Johnson H. PROCTOR. Johnson H. PROCTOR was born in 1818 in White County, Illinois. He died on 17 Sep 1839 in Peoria County, Illinois. Nancy BIRD and Johnson H. PROCTOR had the following children: 15 i. Mary Jane PROCTOR was born on 17 Jan 1839 in Peoria County, Illinois. She was married to Lemuel LANE about 1820 in Illinois. She was married to William C. WILSON on 3 Jul 1857 in Peoria County, Illinois. William C. WILSON was born about 1836 in Illinois. Nancy BIRD and William C. WILSON had the following children: 16 i. Nancy E. WILSON. 17 ii. Charles A. WILSON. 18 iii. Andrew W. WILSON. 19 iv. Marion M. WILSON. 20 v. Frances WILSON. 7. Ury BIRD was born in 1825. He was married to Unknown PROCTOR. 8. William BIRD was born in 1827 in Kentucky. He was married to Elizabeth LONG. Elizabeth LONG was born in 1825 in Virginia. William BIRD and Elizabeth LONG had the following children: 21 i. John W. BIRD was born in 1847. 22 ii. Ginger H. BIRD was born in 1849. 23 iii. Charles BIRD was born in 1854. 24 iv. Ann BIRD was born in 1859/60. 10. Tabitha BIRD was born in 1833. She was married to Unknown WILSON. 11. Jesse BIRD was born in 1836. Possibly another child, James. He was married to Mary UNKNOWN. Mary UNKNOWN was born in 1839 in Illinois. Jesse BIRD and Mary UNKNOWN had the following children: 25 i. Rachel BIRD was born in 1857. 26 ii. Samuel BIRD was born in 1858. 27 iii. Clara BIRD was born in 1860. She died on 29 Nov 1871. THIRD GENERATION 13. John BIRD was born about 1842 in Illinois. He resided in 1906 in Quitman, Nodaway, Missouri. He died in Aug 1906. John BIRD had the following children: 28 i. Mary Luella BIRD was born in Illinois. Possibly married to a Victor O. Humphreys. Had nine children. All information on John's children comes from letter to my mother from Mrs. Daniel Bird, 10909 W. 53rd Street, shawnee, Kansas, dated June 8, 1966. 29 ii. Fanny Edith BIRD. had one girl. 30 iii. Daniel Edward BIRD. had no children 31 iv. Frederick Alexander BIRD. had three children 32 v. Sarah Olive BIRD. died next year after birth. +33 vi. Charles Jacob BIRD. 34 vii. Golda Lee BIRD. never married only sibling living in 1966. +35 viii. James Ray BIRD. 14. Mary Louise BIRD was born on 25 Jul 1844 in Bird's Corners, Peoria County, Illinois. Mother's notes say June 25, 1844. Typewritten notes collected by my mother indicate July 25, 1844. She died on 16 Apr 1925 in at home Yates City, Knox County, IL. Typewritten notes collected by my Lucile White Hurlbutt. Printed card from her funeral states that she died at home in Yates City, Illinois She was married to William Oliver EWING on 23 Jan 1862 in Peoria County, Illinois. Lucile White Hurlbutt notes, 1962 Married by John C. Folliott, County Judge (no parents listed) William Oliver EWING was born on 15 Jul 1841 in Perry County, PA. Lucile White Hurlbutt's research, 1962. He was a Butcher in 1876 in Chicago, Illinois. Robert H. Hurlbutt notes. He was an Engineer in 1880 in Yates City, Knox County, IL. He died on 20 Apr 1905 in Yates City, Knox County, IL. Typewritten notes collected by my mother. Source: Illinois 1880 Census, Knox County, Illinois, June 11, 1880 All the information on this family except for Nellie and birth date for Mary Louise Bird came from the above source. According to my mother's (Lucile White Hurlbutt) notes, William Oliver Ewing had a twin brother, Robert Oscar. The parents and siblings died in a smallpox epidemic enroute to Illinois from Pennsylvania. Mary Louise BIRD and William Oliver EWING had the following children: +36 i. Minnie Eva EWING. 37 ii. Alonzo Bird EWING was born on 13 Jun 1865 in Peoria County, Illinois. Typewritten notes collected by my mother. He resided in 1903 in Steel Cr., Alaska. Robert H. Hamilton notes. He died on 28 May 1948 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Robert H. Hurlbutt notes. He was buried in Birch Hill, Fairbanks, Alaska. Robert H. Hurlbutt notes. Pioneers of Alaska performed burial. He was a Mined Gold. Robert H. Hurlbutt notes. +38 iii. John Curtis EWING. 39 iv. David Emerson EWING was born on 5 Feb 1869. He died on 1 Jun 1869. 40 v. William Andrew EWING was born on 8 Oct 1871 in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri. Typewritten notes collected by my mother. Robert H. Hurlbutt notes. He died on 2 Jul 1946 in Knoxville, Knox County, IL. He was a Brickmason. He was cremated in Remains scattered. Robert H. Hurlbutt notes. Unmarried. Robert H. Hurlbutt notes. +41 vi. Charles Edward EWING. +42 vii. Helen Florence "Nellie" EWING. +43 viii. Lloyd Clinton EWING. FOURTH GENERATION 33. Charles Jacob BIRD. Charles Jacob BIRD had the following children: 44 i. Charles Daniel BIRD. 35. James Ray BIRD. James Ray BIRD had the following children: 45 i. Harold BIRD was a Teacher in 1966 in Kansas City, Missouri Alice Gless