<A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/conway/goodspeeds/bios- b.txt">ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/conway/goodspeeds/bios-b.txt</A> John Bird is one of the representative planters and fruit growers of that locality known as the Petit Jean Mountain. He has a large farm of 240 acres, on which there is one of the finest orchards in Cedar Falls Town-ship; he has over 400 trees of all varieties, of the following sorts of fruit: Apples, peaches, cherries, quinces, plums, besides a thrifty and well kept vineyard. Mr. Bird's success with fruit on the mountain has convinced him that it is one of the best locations for that branch of agriculture in Arkansas. Mr. Bird is a native of Walker County, Ga., where he was born October 7, 1852; is the son of Jacob and Nancy (Brickey) Bird. They were natives of Tennessee, father born in 1814 and mother in 1813; they were married in Tennessee and were the parents of thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters, of whom John, the subject of this sketch, was the tenth child in order of birth. Father and mother died in Walker County, Ga., the former in 1868, the latter in 1880; they were long time members of the Baptist church. Our subject was married in Yell County, Ark., July 11, 1880, to Miss Nancy A. Marcum, who was a native of Yell County, born April 8, 1862. They are the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, two of whom are dead: Nancy E. Maggie J., John A., Jacob W., Mary A. (deceased), and one died unnamed, and Mrs. Bird departed this life November 6. 1889. Mr. Bird is an intelligent and enterprising citizen, taking an active interest in the advancement of all things pertaining to Cedar Falls Township, and politically votes with the Democratic party. ------------------------------------------------------------------ William T. Bird, of the firm of D. J. Bird & Snyder, dealers in general merchandise at Springfield, is a native of Monroe County, Alabama, where he first saw the light of day in 1857. His parents were Georige Thomas and Malinda A. (Gilliand) Bird, who removed from Alabama to Conway County, Arkansas, just prior to the breaking out of the late war. Mr. Bird was a farmer by occupation, and a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity. He was killed near Batesville, Ark., in 1866, while in the service of his country in the Federal army, leaving a family of four children to be reared and cared for by a widowed mother. Mrs. Bird departed this life in 1886, a devout member of the Methodist Church. William T. Bird is the third of two sons and two daughters, all of whom are yet living. Mr. Bird grew to manhood on a farm in Conway County with nothing but the country schools for educational advantages. On the death of his father, the main support of the family devolved upon him, which deprived him of the advantages common to most boys. In 1878 he was married to Miss Sarah E. James, a native of Mississippi and a daughter of Samuel James, who died in that State. Mrs. Bird afterward came with an elder brother and sister to Conway County, and is the mother of six children. Mr. B. followed the occupation of farming till December, 1888, when he engaged in his present business. He owns a farm of 160 acres, nearly 100 acres of which is under cultivation; also owns business property in Springfield, all of which is his own accumulation. Politically, he is a Republican, and is a member of Mason Camp, Sons of Veterans, at Center Ridge.