Betty: Your interesting find of an "Isaac BIRDWELL, of Farmington" in 1754 would warrant a closer look. This Susquehannah Company, was apparently a land company based out of Hartford, Connecticut. Since there were dozens of families there descended from an early settler named BIDWELL, it is likely that this Isaac was also a BIDWELL rather than a BIRDWELL. However, that may not be the case. From the little bit of research I've done on New England we clearly have a John BIRDWELL living in Hartford from about 1740 onwards. He had some children with at least one son living to be an adult. If this Isaac was in fact a BIRDWELL he is probably too old to be a son, but he could be a brother to this John Birdwell. Yet an error for BIDWELL would be the most likely answer. The 1790 census for CT lists three BIRDWELL families. I've found evidence that two of those three were named BIDWELL, and their census entries were in error. So far, John Birdwell is the only one who has held up to research. The question is still wide open, but the origin of our George Birdwell of Virginia just might be found in New England. Thanks for sharing your find. Weldon J. Birdwell, in Montana

Is this name familiar to anyone? Betty The Susquehannah Company Papers, Volume 1, 1750-1755. Edited by Julian P. Boyd. Published 1930 by Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 1930 pg. 319 - List of persons added to the Susquehannah Company, November 20, 1754 The names following are of Persons Entered into ye Susquehannah Company pursuant to ye Vote of sd. Company at their meeting at Hartford on ye 20th of November 1754 at the rate of Nine Dollars for each whole Right acknowledged by D Edward; one of ye comtee. for each of which I gave a receipt. # 11 - Jonath Root & Isaac BIRDWELL, of Farmington each half right recd. 9 dollars

Sorry everyone. I had a senior moment! The website is http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2.html you put in an ancestors name and the date of birth and death and it creates a timeline just for that person. Enjoy, Linda > I've been playing again.... here is a historical timeline that might help us > figure out what was happening in the world during the different periods of > time... feel free to copy and insert your own family events. I would > encourage you to insert your own family info. > Linda > > > 1492 Columbus sailed to North America. > > 1539-1541 Hernando de Soto starts his expedition to explore the interior > of > North America (what is now the southeastern US) penetrating as far west > as > Oklahoma and discovering the Mississippi River. > > 1565 St. Augustine, first permanent European colony within the present > U.S. > boundaries, was established by Spain. > > 1607 Jamestown, Virginia founded. > > 1620 A group of "Separatists" left Plymouth, England on Sept 16th aboard > the > ship The Mayflower. > > 1670 South Carolina settled by English planters from the island of > Barbados. > > > 16 Dec 1773 Boston Tea Party > > 4 July 1776 British colonies issue the Declaration of Independence > > 1783 Revolutionary War ends. > > 1787 U. S. Constitution signed. > > 1789 George Washington becomes the first President of the United States. > > 1791 Bill of Rights ratified. > > 1797 John Adams, 2nd President of the United States. John Adams, a > shaper of > the revolution, saved his Nation from war with France. > > 1799 The French Revolution ends. > > 1800 US Capital moved to Washington D.C. > > 1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd President. "We hold these truths > to be > self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by > their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are > life, > liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." > > 1803 US negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 million thus > doubling its domain, increasing its territory by 827,000 square miles, > from > the Mississippi River to the Rockies and from the Gulf of Mexico to > British > North America. > > 1804 Orleans Territory and Louisiana Territory > > 1805 New Madrid Territory > > 1807 Robert Fulton makes the first successful steamboat trip on Clermont > between New York City and Albany top speed 5 miles per hour. > > 1809 James Madison, 4th President, "Father of the Constitution," led the > inconclusive War of 1812. > > 1812 War of 1812. Fought between US and Britain over freedom of the seas > for > US vessels. > > 1812 Cape Girardeau Territory formed > > 30 April 1812 Louisiana becomes the 18th State. > > 1813 MO Territory formed > > 8 Jan 1814 Battle of New Orleans > > 1815 Lawrence County (in MO Territory) formed. > > 1817 James Monroe, 5th President, declared the Americas no longer > subject to > European colonization. > > 1818 Wayne County (in MO Territory) formed. > > 1819 Arkansas Territory formed. > > 1819 Missouri applys for statehood. > > 14 Dec 1819 Alabama became the 22nd State. > > Aug. 1821 Missouri became a state. > > 1825 John Quincy Adams, the only son of a President to serve as > President > himself. > > 1829 Andrew Jackson, first frontier President, came to office with great > popular support. Known as "Old Hickory". > > 1830 First Steam railroad to carry passengers and freight was the > Baltimore > & Ohio. > > 1831 First telegraph invented. > > 1833 Ripley County, MO formed. > > 1834 Charles Babbage invents "analytical engine" forerunner of > computers. > McCormick patents the reaper. > > 1835 Randolph County (in AR Territory) formed > > 20 Dec 1835 Mexican War Begins > > 1836 Arkansas becomes a State. > > 1836 The Battle of the Alamo. > > 1837 Martin Van Buren, President, was the first Chief Executive born > under > the United States flag. > > 1839 Charles Goodyear of Connecticut developed "rubber" . > > 1841 William Henry Harrison, Ninth President and dies in office. John > Tyler > becomes the next President. At the end of John Tyler's administration, > the > United States annexed Texas. > > 1841 Shannon County, MO created from Ripley County, MO > > 1845 James K. Polk, President, extended the Nation's boundaries to the > shores of the Pacific. > > 1845 Oregon County, MO is formed from Ripley County, MO. > > 29 Dec 1845 Texas becomes the 28th State. > > 1846 Failure of potato crop causes famine in Ireland. > > 5 Dec 1848 Gold discovered in California. > > 1849 Zachary Taylor, President, spent July 4, 1850, eating cherries and > milk > at a ceremony at the Washington Monument. He got sick from the heat and > died > five days later, the second president to die in office. > > 1850 Millard Fillmore, President, conciliatory politics helped postpone > the > Civil War. > > > 1853 Franklin Pierce, President, guerrilla raids in Kansas heralded the > approach of civil war. > > 1857 James Buchannan, President > > 1859 First commercial oil well began pumping in Pennsylvania > > 1860 - 1861 Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the > 1860 > American West, the Pony Express was in service from April 1860 to > November > 1861. It provided the fastest mail delivery between St. Joseph, > Missouri, > and Sacramento, California. > > 1861 Abraham Lincoln becomes President. On January 1, 1863, he issued > the > Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within > the > Confederacy. Lincoln never let the world forget that the Civil War > involved > an even larger issue. This he stated most movingly in dedicating the > military cemetery at Gettysburg: "that we here highly resolve that these > dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall > have a > new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, > for > the people, shall not perish from the earth." > > 1861-1865 CIVIL WAR > > 15 April 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated. > > 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes President. He faced impeachment for > steadfastly > opposing Radicals in Congress. > > 1869 Ulysses S. Grant, Eighteenth President 1869-1877, > > 10 May 1869 "Golden Spike" links transcontinental rail service across US > > 25 June 1876 Custer loses at Battle of the Little Big Horn > > 1876 Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates telephone. > > 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes, Nineteenth President 1877-1881.In 1879, the > first > telephone was installed in the White House. At first it was hardly used, > because there weren't many other phones in Washington to call. > > 1879 Founding of the first "Five & Dime" store. Founded by Frank > Woolworth > in Utica NY and then moved to Lancaster PA the same year. Thomas Edison > patents the "modern" light bulb, safe, long-lasting and inexpensive. > > 1881 James A. Garfield, Twentieth President 1881. Died of an assassins > bullet. Doctors tried to find the bullet with a metal detector invented > by > Alexander Graham Bell. But the device failed because Garfield was placed > on > a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him. He died on > September 19, 1881. > > 1881 Chester A. Arthur, Twenty-First President 1881-1885. > > 1885 Grover Cleveland, 22nd President 1885-1889.Grover Cleveland was the > only president to be married in the White House to Frances Folsom in > 1886--and the first to have a child born in the White House, in 1893. > > > 1889 Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-Third President 1889-1893. > > 1893 Businesses and banks failed and by 1894 almost 20 percent of the > work > force was jobless - without the benefit of unemployment compensation. > The > depression would last 4 years. > > 1893 Grover Cleveland, 24th President, 1893-1897. Grover Cleveland was > the > only President elected to two nonconsecutive terms. > > 1897 William McKinley, Twenty-Fifth President 1897-1901. His second > term, > which had begun auspiciously, came to a tragic end in September 1901. He > was > standing in a receiving line at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition when > a > deranged anarchist shot him twice. He died eight days later. > > 1898 Spanish American War > > 1901 Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909. Some of > Theodore > Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added > enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for > public > use, and fostered great irrigation projects. > > 1903 Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, fly first powered, controlled, > heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk NC. Henry Ford sells first Model > "A" > for $850.00 > > 1907 Plastic is invented by Leo Baekeland of Belgian. > > 1909 William Howard Taft, Twenty-Seventh President 1909-1913. William > Taft > gave the White House its first set of "wheels." He had the stables > converted > into a garage for four cars, all ordered in 1909. > > 1912 The Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage from England to New York > City. > > 1913 Woodrow Wilson, Twenty-Eighth President 1913-1921. A flock of sheep > grazed during Woodrow Wilson's term. Their wool was sold to raise money > for > the Red Cross during World War I. > > 6 April 1917 US enters WW I > > 1921 Warren G. Harding, Twenty-Ninth President 1921-1923. > > 1923 Calvin Coolidge, Thirtieth President 1923-1929. > > 1929 Herbert Hoover, Thirty-First President 1929-1933. > > 1929 Great Depression begins. > > 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thirty-Second President 1933-1945. Led the > Nation through the Great Depression and World War II. > > 7 Dec 1941 US enters WW II after Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese. > > 1945 Harry S Truman, Thirty-Third President 1945-1953. For Harry S > Truman, > war and cold war posed challenges unprecedented in history. > > 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower, Thirty-Fourth President 1953-1961.President > Eisenhower, an avid golfer, had a putting green installed on the White > House > lawn. He also banished squirrels from the grounds because they were > ruining > the green. > > 1961 John F. Kennedy, Thirty-Fifth President 1961-1963.On November 22, > 1963, > when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John > Fitzgerald > Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound > through > Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was > the > youngest to die. > > 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson, Thirty-Sixth President 1963-1969. > > 1968 Robert Kennedy, brother to the former president, was shot while > campaigning for the Presidency. > > 1968 Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis, TN. > > 1969 Man walks on the Moon. > > 1969 Richard M. Nixon, Thirty-Seventh President 1969-1974.The Watergate > scandal forced Richard M. Nixon to resign the Presidency. > > 1974 Gerald R. Ford, Thirty-Eighth President 1974-1977. > > 1977 Jimmy Carter, Thirty-Ninth President 1977-1981.Jimmy Carter > championed > human rights throughout the world. > > 1981 Ronald Reagan, Fortieth President 1981-1989. > > 1989 George Bush, Forty-First President 1989-1993. > > 1993 William J. Clinton, Forty-Second President 1993-2000; elected to 2 > terms. > > 2000 George W. Bush, son of the former president, takes office of the > Presidency. > > > >

I've been playing again.... here is a historical timeline that might help us figure out what was happening in the world during the different periods of time... feel free to copy and insert your own family events. I would encourage you to insert your own family info. Linda 1492 Columbus sailed to North America. 1539-1541 Hernando de Soto starts his expedition to explore the interior of North America (what is now the southeastern US) penetrating as far west as Oklahoma and discovering the Mississippi River. 1565 St. Augustine, first permanent European colony within the present U.S. boundaries, was established by Spain. 1607 Jamestown, Virginia founded. 1620 A group of "Separatists" left Plymouth, England on Sept 16th aboard the ship The Mayflower. 1670 South Carolina settled by English planters from the island of Barbados. 16 Dec 1773 Boston Tea Party 4 July 1776 British colonies issue the Declaration of Independence 1783 Revolutionary War ends. 1787 U. S. Constitution signed. 1789 George Washington becomes the first President of the United States. 1791 Bill of Rights ratified. 1797 John Adams, 2nd President of the United States. John Adams, a shaper of the revolution, saved his Nation from war with France. 1799 The French Revolution ends. 1800 US Capital moved to Washington D.C. 1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd President. "We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." 1803 US negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 million thus doubling its domain, increasing its territory by 827,000 square miles, from the Mississippi River to the Rockies and from the Gulf of Mexico to British North America. 1804 Orleans Territory and Louisiana Territory 1805 New Madrid Territory 1807 Robert Fulton makes the first successful steamboat trip on Clermont between New York City and Albany top speed 5 miles per hour. 1809 James Madison, 4th President, "Father of the Constitution," led the inconclusive War of 1812. 1812 War of 1812. Fought between US and Britain over freedom of the seas for US vessels. 1812 Cape Girardeau Territory formed 30 April 1812 Louisiana becomes the 18th State. 1813 MO Territory formed 8 Jan 1814 Battle of New Orleans 1815 Lawrence County (in MO Territory) formed. 1817 James Monroe, 5th President, declared the Americas no longer subject to European colonization. 1818 Wayne County (in MO Territory) formed. 1819 Arkansas Territory formed. 1819 Missouri applys for statehood. 14 Dec 1819 Alabama became the 22nd State. Aug. 1821 Missouri became a state. 1825 John Quincy Adams, the only son of a President to serve as President himself. 1829 Andrew Jackson, first frontier President, came to office with great popular support. Known as "Old Hickory". 1830 First Steam railroad to carry passengers and freight was the Baltimore & Ohio. 1831 First telegraph invented. 1833 Ripley County, MO formed. 1834 Charles Babbage invents "analytical engine" forerunner of computers. McCormick patents the reaper. 1835 Randolph County (in AR Territory) formed 20 Dec 1835 Mexican War Begins 1836 Arkansas becomes a State. 1836 The Battle of the Alamo. 1837 Martin Van Buren, President, was the first Chief Executive born under the United States flag. 1839 Charles Goodyear of Connecticut developed "rubber" . 1841 William Henry Harrison, Ninth President and dies in office. John Tyler becomes the next President. At the end of John Tyler's administration, the United States annexed Texas. 1841 Shannon County, MO created from Ripley County, MO 1845 James K. Polk, President, extended the Nation's boundaries to the shores of the Pacific. 1845 Oregon County, MO is formed from Ripley County, MO. 29 Dec 1845 Texas becomes the 28th State. 1846 Failure of potato crop causes famine in Ireland. 5 Dec 1848 Gold discovered in California. 1849 Zachary Taylor, President, spent July 4, 1850, eating cherries and milk at a ceremony at the Washington Monument. He got sick from the heat and died five days later, the second president to die in office. 1850 Millard Fillmore, President, conciliatory politics helped postpone the Civil War. 1853 Franklin Pierce, President, guerrilla raids in Kansas heralded the approach of civil war. 1857 James Buchannan, President 1859 First commercial oil well began pumping in Pennsylvania 1860 - 1861 Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West, the Pony Express was in service from April 1860 to November 1861. It provided the fastest mail delivery between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. 1861 Abraham Lincoln becomes President. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy. Lincoln never let the world forget that the Civil War involved an even larger issue. This he stated most movingly in dedicating the military cemetery at Gettysburg: "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." 1861-1865 CIVIL WAR 15 April 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated. 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes President. He faced impeachment for steadfastly opposing Radicals in Congress. 1869 Ulysses S. Grant, Eighteenth President 1869-1877, 10 May 1869 "Golden Spike" links transcontinental rail service across US 25 June 1876 Custer loses at Battle of the Little Big Horn 1876 Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates telephone. 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes, Nineteenth President 1877-1881.In 1879, the first telephone was installed in the White House. At first it was hardly used, because there weren't many other phones in Washington to call. 1879 Founding of the first "Five & Dime" store. Founded by Frank Woolworth in Utica NY and then moved to Lancaster PA the same year. Thomas Edison patents the "modern" light bulb, safe, long-lasting and inexpensive. 1881 James A. Garfield, Twentieth President 1881. Died of an assassins bullet. Doctors tried to find the bullet with a metal detector invented by Alexander Graham Bell. But the device failed because Garfield was placed on a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him. He died on September 19, 1881. 1881 Chester A. Arthur, Twenty-First President 1881-1885. 1885 Grover Cleveland, 22nd President 1885-1889.Grover Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House to Frances Folsom in 1886--and the first to have a child born in the White House, in 1893. 1889 Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-Third President 1889-1893. 1893 Businesses and banks failed and by 1894 almost 20 percent of the work force was jobless - without the benefit of unemployment compensation. The depression would last 4 years. 1893 Grover Cleveland, 24th President, 1893-1897. Grover Cleveland was the only President elected to two nonconsecutive terms. 1897 William McKinley, Twenty-Fifth President 1897-1901. His second term, which had begun auspiciously, came to a tragic end in September 1901. He was standing in a receiving line at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition when a deranged anarchist shot him twice. He died eight days later. 1898 Spanish American War 1901 Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909. Some of Theodore Roosevelt's most effective achievements were in conservation. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects. 1903 Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, fly first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk NC. Henry Ford sells first Model "A" for $850.00 1907 Plastic is invented by Leo Baekeland of Belgian. 1909 William Howard Taft, Twenty-Seventh President 1909-1913. William Taft gave the White House its first set of "wheels." He had the stables converted into a garage for four cars, all ordered in 1909. 1912 The Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage from England to New York City. 1913 Woodrow Wilson, Twenty-Eighth President 1913-1921. A flock of sheep grazed during Woodrow Wilson's term. Their wool was sold to raise money for the Red Cross during World War I. 6 April 1917 US enters WW I 1921 Warren G. Harding, Twenty-Ninth President 1921-1923. 1923 Calvin Coolidge, Thirtieth President 1923-1929. 1929 Herbert Hoover, Thirty-First President 1929-1933. 1929 Great Depression begins. 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thirty-Second President 1933-1945. Led the Nation through the Great Depression and World War II. 7 Dec 1941 US enters WW II after Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese. 1945 Harry S Truman, Thirty-Third President 1945-1953. For Harry S Truman, war and cold war posed challenges unprecedented in history. 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower, Thirty-Fourth President 1953-1961.President Eisenhower, an avid golfer, had a putting green installed on the White House lawn. He also banished squirrels from the grounds because they were ruining the green. 1961 John F. Kennedy, Thirty-Fifth President 1961-1963.On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson, Thirty-Sixth President 1963-1969. 1968 Robert Kennedy, brother to the former president, was shot while campaigning for the Presidency. 1968 Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis, TN. 1969 Man walks on the Moon. 1969 Richard M. Nixon, Thirty-Seventh President 1969-1974.The Watergate scandal forced Richard M. Nixon to resign the Presidency. 1974 Gerald R. Ford, Thirty-Eighth President 1974-1977. 1977 Jimmy Carter, Thirty-Ninth President 1977-1981.Jimmy Carter championed human rights throughout the world. 1981 Ronald Reagan, Fortieth President 1981-1989. 1989 George Bush, Forty-First President 1989-1993. 1993 William J. Clinton, Forty-Second President 1993-2000; elected to 2 terms. 2000 George W. Bush, son of the former president, takes office of the Presidency.

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DAVID BIRDWELL, 47, of Red Boiling Springs, died June 1, 2001; born in Clay Co. to Willie Herbert and Vina Olene CHERRY BIRDWELL; married July 31, 1998, to the former Brenda ETHERIDGE who survives; interment in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Red Boiling Springs.

FYI This is from the San Angelo Standard Times 6-12-2001 SAN ANGELO - Hattie Birdwell, 87, died Monday, June 11, 2001, in a local hospital. Services are pending at Starks Funeral Home.

William's wife is listed as Betsy on the 1850 Jackson County census. She is also called Betsy on a life insurance application of her grandson, Marshall Franklin Spurlock. I don't have anything giving her maiden name, but if this is the same Joseph who was a brother to Mary "Polly" Ann Birdwell Spurlock, then her mother's name was Betsy and his father's name was William Birdwell. Would love to find out how the LeFevre name got started in all this. Does anyone know? Best wishes, Pat Elder "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it." Abraham Lincoln http://ContinuityPress.com - Specializing in Melungeon, Appalachian/Cumberland, Jackson County Tennessee, and Civil War Genealogy-and-History Books -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Anderson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Joseph Marion Birdwell ... Best candidate for parents of Joseph Birdwell (born 1809) is William Birdwell, son of old George - and Wm's wife who we believe to be Betsy LeFever ...

Jerry, or anybody out there! Go back one more generation, I think I am really mixed up. We have Joseph Marion, whose father is Joseph Birdwell b. 1809 married to Elizabeth Chaffin. Who were Joseph's (1809) parents?? Thanks! Barbara Mann

>Go back one more generation, I think I am really mixed up. > >We have Joseph Marion, whose father is Joseph Birdwell b. 1809 married to >Elizabeth Chaffin. Who were Joseph's (1809) parents?? > >Thanks! > >Barbara Mann Best candidate for parents of Joseph Birdwell (born 1809) is William Birdwell, son of old George - and Wm's wife who we believe to be Betsy LeFever ... I still question her as Wm's wife. I still question William as Joseph's father ... I still question my existance sometimes, so I guess that makes it even. Jerry

David BIRDWELL Red Boiling Springs, TN Age 47 June 1, 2001 June 1, 2001. Services 1 p.m. Monday, Chapel. Visitation Sunday 11 a.m. PHILLIP ANDERSON & SON, 615/699-2191

1.Oak Hill Cemetery - This cemetery lies in Fannin county , most of the town is in Grayson County It is on highway 898 just on the north east corner of town. BIRDWELL, BILL T. 16 MAY 1901-16 SEPT.1972 HUSB. OF EMMA BIRDWELL, EMMA L. 27 MAY 1902-17 FEB.1967 WIFE OF WILLIAM (BILL)NEXT TO EVELYNE FAGAN 2. Lindsey Cemetery at Randolph is actually a combination of two tiny ones grown together. The Randolph Ceme. and the Lindsey family & Slave graves. Birdwell, Claud 19 Dec.1905-5 July 1982 Birdwell, Pearl 27 Nov.1910-1 July 1993 wed to Claud 30 Mar.1929 3. Brown Cemetery North of Bonham off hwy 898 On the map look at where Cr2525 intersects hwy 898 and turn north instead of south on Cr2525. Birdwell, Lucetta E. "Babe" 9 June 1913-24 July 1986 4. Fannin County TxGenWeb I.O.O.F. at Ravenna BIRDWELL, Dorothy Lee Feb.11,1927 - Sep.10,1970 Mother

>From http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/pensions/search.php3 Claimant Name Application Number County Husband Husband's Application Number 11 record/s found Birdwell, Adaline B. 23296 Nacogdoches Birdwell, John C. Birdwell, George Preston 22848 Cherokee Birdwell, J. A. 17154 Sabine Birdwell, J. F. 10873 Collin Birdwell, Laura F. 17152 Rusk Birdwell, Benjamin Franklin Birdwell, M. M. (Mrs) 45530 Cooke Birdwell, Andrew Russell Birdwell, Malinda 37639 Nacogdoches Birdwell, Robert Randolph Birdwell, May rej Cooke Birdwell, Andrew Russell Birdwell, Samuel Lafayette 21397 Henderson Birdwell, Sarah Ellen 46178 Smith Birdwell, Samuel Lafayette 21397 Birdwell, Texana E. 28010 Nacogdoches Birdwell, William

Hey Gang, finally have a new modem, so am again..hopefully for good...up and running. I've added new pictures to Articles, in both pictures and tombstones, contributed by Vera Luce and Angela Birdwell Marberry. Vera also sent a couple of pics of an unknown family, she thinks that they are Birdwell's. I have put them in "pictures". Please take a look and see if you can identify them. I am thinking that they are Benjamin Franklin "Frank" & Adlissey Wheeler Birdwell. He is the only Birdwell that I know of that lost his limbs in the war, but...from reports, it was only 1 arm, and this man looks like he has both arms gone. So....if anyone has any clues, could you please let us know. I'm sure looking forward to meeting a lot of you at the reunion. Rose Rose Birdwell To subscribe or unsubscribe: <[email protected]> To send queries or answers: <[email protected]> Problems or opinions: <[email protected]> Birdtracks website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~birdtracks/

Regarding the Billingsley-Birdwell connections: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mccausland&id=I2960 I don't see how William Polk Billingsley was related to James Billingsley, but since they both married Birdwell sisters, they must be somehow related. Maybe I need to study it more carefully. Also, there was an Elizabeth Billingsley (b.1776) who married a Birdwell and also came to Jackson Co, TN: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=I09345 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=davemcc&id=I640 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dougwmc&id=I0174 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dlvc&id=I3530 >From: Jerry Anderson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: A new cousin >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 10:54:44 -0500 Velma - there is no doubt about the parents of Joseph Marion Birdwell. They were Joseph (born 1809, not the one born 1803) ... Joseph Marion went by "Marion" ... I have a picture of him at an advanced age at a family reunion (taken around 1903) and the reunion is at his brothers' place - John J. Birdwell, my great great grandfather ... Let me sepearate the two Josephs for you: Joseph Birdwell (b. 1809and died after 1870 but before 1880) married to Elizabeth Chaffin (b 11 Apr 1811 died 7 Sep 1901) Their Children: Lucinda (b abt 1832 -believed to md John Petty) Louverna (b abt 1834 - md to James Billingsley)************ William C. (b 1836 - married ****Feraby Jackson) Serena (b abt 1838 - I think she md Joseph Jones) Melvina (b abt 1839 - nothing else known about her) John J. (1840-1915 ... married Mariah Kirby) Joseph Marion (1842-1911 ... married twice) Sarah (b abt 1843 - married Wm H. Flatt) Amanda Ruth (b abt 1848 - married Wm Ragland) Johnson (1849 - 1860) George W. (1849 - ?? married Samantha E. Jackson Mary J. (b abt 1852 - married Wm Polk Billingsley)************ Joseph Birdwell born 13 Mar 1803 and died in Clay County Tenn on 12 Aug 1870 ... he married Elizabeth Jane (Thaxton?) born 12 Mar 1809 and died Clay County on 14 Nov 1884 Their Children: Temple (b 12 Dec 1827 in ALABAMA ...) Elizabeth (b 9 Oct 1829 in ALABAMA) Margaret Joanna (b 9 Jan 1832 in TENNESSEE) Phoebe Jane (b 9 Sep 1833 in TN) Mariah (b 5 May 1835 in TN) George W. (b 20 Feb 1836in TN) Joseph, Jr. (b18 Mar 1839 in TN) Willima (b 5 Apr 1844 in TN) Benjamin Franklin (b 18 May 1846 in TN) Blake Thaxton (b 4 Jan 1849 in TN) Walter Birdwell and I both belive the above Joseph Birdwll (born 1803) was the son of this mysterious Birdwell who was married to Margaret McKaughan (she ended up in Clarksville in the 1830s). We also think the "mysterious" Birdwell was the William that was hanged in Alabama. But, family tradition of Margaret McKaughan say her husband was - ready for this - Joseph Birdwell !! but, we have found no other Joseph Birdwells in the area at that time. One thing that always made the "two Josephs" confusing, both lived in Smith County 1840s to early 1850s, then both moved to Jackson County for the next 15 - 20 years ... Hope This Helps ... Jerry www.members.home.net\j.r.anderson\personal.html ------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Ray ... >I don't see how William Polk Billingsley was related to James Billingsley, >but since they both married Birdwell sisters, they must be somehow related. >Maybe I need to study it more carefully. James was Polk's uncle ... William Polk Billingsley was the son of William H. and Sarah Ann (FOX) Billingsley ... > >Also, there was an Elizabeth Billingsley (b.1776) who married a Birdwell and >also came to Jackson Co, TN: > Now, that *IS* interesting ... Very interesting. I need to study that. Jerry

Velma - there is no doubt about the parents of Joseph Marion Birdwell. They were Joseph (born 1809, not the one born 1803) ... Joseph Marion went by "Marion" ... I have a picture of him at an advanced age at a family reunion (taken around 1903) and the reunion is at his brothers' place - John J. Birdwell, my great great grandfather ... Let me sepearate the two Josephs for you: Joseph Birdwell (b. 1809and died after 1870 but before 1880) married to Elizabeth Chaffin (b 11 Apr 1811 died 7 Sep 1901) Their Children: Lucinda (b abt 1832 -believed to md John Petty) Louverna (b abt 1834 - md to James Billingsley) William C. (b 1836 - married Feraby Jackson) Serena (b abt 1838 - I think she md Joseph Jones) Melvina (b abt 1839 - nothing else known about her) John J. (1840-1915 ... married Mariah Kirby) Joseph Marion (1842-1911 ... married twice) Sarah (b abt 1843 - married Wm H. Flatt) Amanda Ruth (b abt 1848 - married Wm Ragland) Johnson (1849 - 1860) George W. (1849 - ?? married Samantha E. Jackson Mary J. (b abt 1852 - married Wm Polk Billingsley) Joseph Birdwll born 13 Mar 1803 and died in Clay County Tenn on 12 Aug 1870 ... he married Elizabeth Jane (Thaxton?) born 12 Mar 1809 and died Clay County on 14 Nov 1884 Their Children: Temple (b 12 Dec 1827 in ALABAMA ...) Elizabeth (b 9 Oct 1829 in ALABAMA) Margaret Joanna (b 9 Jan 1832 in TENNESSEE) Phoebe Jane (b 9 Sep 1833 in TN) Mariah (b 5 May 1835 in TN) George W. (b 20 Feb 1836in TN) Joseph, Jr. (b18 Mar 1839 in TN) Willima (b 5 Apr 1844 in TN) Benjamin Franklin (b 18 May 1846 in TN) Blake Thaxton (b 4 Jan 1849 in TN) Walter Birdwell and I both belive the above Joseph Birdwll (born 1803) was the son of this mysterious Birdwell who was married to Margaret McKaughan (she ended up in Clarksville in the 1830s). We also think the "mysterious" Birdwell was the William that was hanged in Alabama. But, family tradition of Margaret McKaughan say her husband was - ready for this - Joseph Birdwell !! but, we have found no other Joseph Birdwells in the area at that time. One thing that always made the "two Josephs" confusing, both lived in Smith County 1840s to early 1850s, then both moved to Jackson County for the next 15 - 20 years ... Hope This Helps ... Jerry www.members.home.net\j.r.anderson\personal.html

Hello Family! Just a reminder about the Birdwell reunion in July!! July 19, 20, 21 Kingsport, Tennessee Ramada Inn 1-423-245-0271 $62.00 plus tax 1-4 people per room Deadline for reservations is June 19, 2001 Tell the Inn that you are with the Birdwell Reunion. The details were posted in March. If anyone would like me to repost, please let me know. Floyd Birdwell

Norvelle Birdwell DIMMITT - Norvelle "Red" Birdwell, 77, died Thursday, May 17, 2001, in Lubbock. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rusty Dickerson, pastor, officiating and Jerry Birdwell assisting. Burial will be in Castro Memorial Gardens by Foskey-Lilley-McGill Funeral Directors. Mr. Birdwell graduated from Dimmitt High School in 1941. He was employed by Killingsworth Construction for 30 years. Survivors include his wife, Judy Birdwell of Dimmitt; a daughter, Judy Carole Gill of Plainview; two sons, Larry Norvelle Birdwell of Lorenzo and Jerry Bill Birdwell of Dayton, Ohio; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Plainview Christian Academy. Amarillo Globe-News May 20, 2001

I am copying this to Phyllis, my new found cousin :) Parents of Lillie Mae, James, Viola, Roscoe and Eva (all born between 1899 - 1914) were Elmer and Mary Elizabeth (SPURLOCK) Birdwell .... Parents of Elmer Birdwell: Joseph Marion Birdwell (24 Dec 1842 - 4 Apr 1911) ( son of Joseph and Elizabeth Chaffin BIRDWELL) Joseph Marion Birdwell about 1870 married: Cansada Brown (11 Sep 1853 - 4 Jun 1934) (dau of Thomas Cowan and Martha J Malone BROWN) Parents of Martha Elizabeth Spurlock: Joseph A Spurlock (1848 - still living in 1880) (son of Johnson and Mary Ann -Polly- Birdwell SPURLOCK) Joseph A Spurlock about 1872 married: Eliza Brown (24 Sep 1851 - still living in 1880) (dau of Thomas Cowan and Martha J Malone BROWN) note: .. Candada Brown was sister to Eliza and the second wife of Joseph Marion Birdwell - his first wife was Emily Chaffin and they had two sons (Joab and William) before Emily died about 1869. Another note, Joab Birdwell is Howell Birdwell's line) Hope this helps. Jerry Anderson