I found Richard Ward Birkhead's bio in the "Facts and Folks of Jefferson County, IL" - 1978 - Jefferson County Historical Society, but there are some problems with the facts. He could not have been married in 1822 when he was born in 1818. His gravestone at Sugar Camp Cemetery, JCI clearly shows his birth date of 12 Jun 1818: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/iljeffe2/sugar_camp/south/MVC-175S.JPG Richard and 1st wife Mary are in 1850 JCI census with oldest child born about 1842 so I'm guessing they must have married about 1842 rather than 1822. Mary states she was born in Virginia about 1823 according to her age. That means when Richard married his 2nd wife Barbara Peavler, he was marry someone younger than his three oldest children. Bio: Richard Ward Birkhead came to Jefferson County from West Virginia in 1818. He was a direct descendant of Christopher Birkhead of Cheshire, England. He purchased land in Moore's Prairie Township; deeds show four acres for 25 cents, which was farmed and cleared for awhile with oxen. Later he owned 400 acres. On April 6, 1822 he married Mary Harshbarger. To this union, seven children were born. After her death he married Barbara Peavler. This marriage resulted in eight children: Elsie, m. James Riley Neal; Richard L.; Cora, m. James Neal; they moved to Benton where he worked in house moving and contracting; Nellie, m. William Blackwell; James farmed in Viola; Harry, farmed in Illinois and Colorado; William, farmed in Viola; Curtis, farmed in Prairie Twp. When Harry died, his brother James and wife, raised his two sons, Richard and Donald, who are still living. The children of Curtis Burkhead were: Franklin of Bonnie; Judson, of Springfield; Cona (deceased); Velma, in Mt. Vernon: Oral, in Steager, IL. Richard Birkhead donated two acres of land for the first school in the community, named Birkhead School, District 130. A great many Birkhead children from several generations attended this school. - Franklin G. Birkhead Sandy (Whalen) Bauer On 4/14/2013 11:40 AM, Sheldon Jones wrote: > Dad was 77 - but mom was almost 46 - yikes! > > Curtis & Grace May GIFFORD married 04 June 1914 at Mt Vernon, JCI > (record lists Richard & "Miss PEAVLER" as his parents) > > 1900 Moores Prairie Twp., JCI census lists him as a son... > > :-), > SRJ > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ilfrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ilfrankl- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Bauer >> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:05 PM >> To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Grace (GIFFORD) BIRKHEAD (1897 - 1972) OBIT >> >> Jo Ann >> >> Are you sure about the parents of Curtis Ray Birkhead? His father >> would have been 79 when he was born. Looks like you might have skipped >> a generation but anything is possible I guess. >> >> Sandy (Whalen) Bauer >> >> On 4/14/2013 10:06 AM, jmcghee6 wrote: >>> Register-News, Mt Vernon IL, Fri 25 Aug 1972 >>> GRACE BIRKHEAD >>> MT. VERNON >>> Grace BIRKHEAD, 75, of 804 Conger Ave., died at 11:50 a.m. yesterday at >> Good >>> Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at >> Casey >>> Avenue Baptist church, where Mrs. BIRKHEAD was a member with Rev. >> Buss HART >>> officiating. Burial will be in New Hope cemetery. Friends may call at > Myers >>> Chapel after 5 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the church at noon >>> tomorrow. Mrs. BIRKHEAD was born April 1, 1897, in Jefferson county, the >>> daughter of Judson and Delia (NEWTON) GIFFORD. On June 4, 1914, she >> married >>> Curtis BIRKHEAD. He preceded her in death in 1968. She is survived by >> three >>> sons, Franklin BIRKHEAD, Elgin, Oral BIRKHEAD, Park Forest, and Judson >> BIRKHEAD, >>> Springfield; a daughter, Mrs. Velma DAVENPORT, Mt. Vernon; two >> brothers, Amos >>> GIFFORD, Bethalto, and Earl GIFFORD, Belle Rive; 17 grandchildren and 12 >>> great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and a >> daughter, >>> Cona HILLIARD. >>> >>> >>> Grace d/o William Judson GIFFORD (1870-1944) >>> and Mary Delia NEWTON (1872-1946) >>> who m. 24 Dec 1891 FCI >>> >>> Curtis Ray BIRKHEAD (1897-1968) s/o >>> Richard Ward BIRKHEAD (1818-1904) >>> and Barbara E. PEAVLER (1849-1927) >>> who m. 1 Oct 1875 JCI >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >

I have Richard Ward BIRKHEAD born 6-4-1818 in Virginia and died in Jefferson Co Il on July 30, 1904 and he married Barbara PEAVLER (9-18-1849 Sullivan County, Tn--1-12-1927 JCI) on 7-16-1874 JCI. He was the son of Nehemiah BIRKHEAD and Mary JAMERSON and Baarbara was the daughter of Jacob PEAVLER and Frances NELLUMS -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Bauer Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 4:40 PM To: Sheldon Jones Cc: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Grace (GIFFORD) BIRKHEAD (1897 - 1972) OBIT I found Richard Ward Birkhead's bio in the "Facts and Folks of Jefferson County, IL" - 1978 - Jefferson County Historical Society, but there are some problems with the facts. He could not have been married in 1822 when he was born in 1818. His gravestone at Sugar Camp Cemetery, JCI clearly shows his birth date of 12 Jun 1818: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/iljeffe2/sugar_camp/south/MVC-175S.JPG Richard and 1st wife Mary are in 1850 JCI census with oldest child born about 1842 so I'm guessing they must have married about 1842 rather than 1822. Mary states she was born in Virginia about 1823 according to her age. That means when Richard married his 2nd wife Barbara Peavler, he was marry someone younger than his three oldest children. Bio: Richard Ward Birkhead came to Jefferson County from West Virginia in 1818. He was a direct descendant of Christopher Birkhead of Cheshire, England. He purchased land in Moore's Prairie Township; deeds show four acres for 25 cents, which was farmed and cleared for awhile with oxen. Later he owned 400 acres. On April 6, 1822 he married Mary Harshbarger. To this union, seven children were born. After her death he married Barbara Peavler. This marriage resulted in eight children: Elsie, m. James Riley Neal; Richard L.; Cora, m. James Neal; they moved to Benton where he worked in house moving and contracting; Nellie, m. William Blackwell; James farmed in Viola; Harry, farmed in Illinois and Colorado; William, farmed in Viola; Curtis, farmed in Prairie Twp. When Harry died, his brother James and wife, raised his two sons, Richard and Donald, who are still living. The children of Curtis Burkhead were: Franklin of Bonnie; Judson, of Springfield; Cona (deceased); Velma, in Mt. Vernon: Oral, in Steager, IL. Richard Birkhead donated two acres of land for the first school in the community, named Birkhead School, District 130. A great many Birkhead children from several generations attended this school. - Franklin G. Birkhead Sandy (Whalen) Bauer On 4/14/2013 11:40 AM, Sheldon Jones wrote: > Dad was 77 - but mom was almost 46 - yikes! > > Curtis & Grace May GIFFORD married 04 June 1914 at Mt Vernon, JCI > (record lists Richard & "Miss PEAVLER" as his parents) > > 1900 Moores Prairie Twp., JCI census lists him as a son... > > :-), > SRJ > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ilfrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ilfrankl- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Bauer >> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:05 PM >> To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Grace (GIFFORD) BIRKHEAD (1897 - 1972) OBIT >> >> Jo Ann >> >> Are you sure about the parents of Curtis Ray Birkhead? His father >> would have been 79 when he was born. Looks like you might have skipped >> a generation but anything is possible I guess. >> >> Sandy (Whalen) Bauer >> >> On 4/14/2013 10:06 AM, jmcghee6 wrote: >>> Register-News, Mt Vernon IL, Fri 25 Aug 1972 >>> GRACE BIRKHEAD >>> MT. VERNON >>> Grace BIRKHEAD, 75, of 804 Conger Ave., died at 11:50 a.m. yesterday at >> Good >>> Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at >> Casey >>> Avenue Baptist church, where Mrs. BIRKHEAD was a member with Rev. >> Buss HART >>> officiating. Burial will be in New Hope cemetery. Friends may call at > Myers >>> Chapel after 5 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the church at noon >>> tomorrow. Mrs. BIRKHEAD was born April 1, 1897, in Jefferson county, the >>> daughter of Judson and Delia (NEWTON) GIFFORD. On June 4, 1914, she >> married >>> Curtis BIRKHEAD. He preceded her in death in 1968. She is survived by >> three >>> sons, Franklin BIRKHEAD, Elgin, Oral BIRKHEAD, Park Forest, and Judson >> BIRKHEAD, >>> Springfield; a daughter, Mrs. Velma DAVENPORT, Mt. Vernon; two >> brothers, Amos >>> GIFFORD, Bethalto, and Earl GIFFORD, Belle Rive; 17 grandchildren and 12 >>> great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and a >> daughter, >>> Cona HILLIARD. >>> >>> >>> Grace d/o William Judson GIFFORD (1870-1944) >>> and Mary Delia NEWTON (1872-1946) >>> who m. 24 Dec 1891 FCI >>> >>> Curtis Ray BIRKHEAD (1897-1968) s/o >>> Richard Ward BIRKHEAD (1818-1904) >>> and Barbara E. PEAVLER (1849-1927) >>> who m. 1 Oct 1875 JCI >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Betty. Barbara's gravestone at Hope Cemetery JCI just shows the year she died so I appreciate the actual date. The 1900 census just shows she was born in Sep 1849 so you completed the date for her birth too! http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/iljeffe2/hope/MVC-236S.JPG Sandy (Whalen) Bauer On 4/14/2013 3:27 PM, BLS wrote: > I have Richard Ward BIRKHEAD born 6-4-1818 in Virginia and died in > Jefferson Co Il on July 30, 1904 and he married Barbara PEAVLER > (9-18-1849 Sullivan County, Tn--1-12-1927 JCI) on 7-16-1874 JCI. He > was the son of Nehemiah BIRKHEAD and Mary JAMERSON and Baarbara was > the daughter of Jacob PEAVLER and Frances NELLUMS > > -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Bauer > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 4:40 PM > To: Sheldon Jones > Cc: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Grace (GIFFORD) BIRKHEAD (1897 - 1972) OBIT > > I found Richard Ward Birkhead's bio in the "Facts and Folks of Jefferson > County, IL" - 1978 - Jefferson County Historical Society, but there are > some problems with the facts. He could not have been married in 1822 > when he was born in 1818. His gravestone at Sugar Camp Cemetery, JCI > clearly shows his birth date of 12 Jun 1818: > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/iljeffe2/sugar_camp/south/MVC-175S.JPG > > > Richard and 1st wife Mary are in 1850 JCI census with oldest child born > about 1842 so I'm guessing they must have married about 1842 rather than > 1822. Mary states she was born in Virginia about 1823 according to her > age. That means when Richard married his 2nd wife Barbara Peavler, he > was marry someone younger than his three oldest children. > > Bio: > > Richard Ward Birkhead came to Jefferson County from West Virginia in > 1818. He was a direct descendant of Christopher > Birkhead of Cheshire, England. He purchased land in Moore's Prairie > Township; deeds show four acres for 25 cents, which was farmed and > cleared for awhile with oxen. Later he owned 400 acres. > > On April 6, 1822 he married Mary Harshbarger. To this union, seven > children were born. > > After her death he married Barbara Peavler. This marriage resulted in > eight children: > Elsie, m. James Riley Neal; > Richard L.; > Cora, m. James Neal; they moved to Benton where he worked in house > moving and contracting; > Nellie, m. William Blackwell; > James farmed in Viola; > Harry, farmed in Illinois and Colorado; > William, farmed in Viola; > Curtis, farmed in Prairie Twp. > > When Harry died, his brother James and wife, raised his two sons, > Richard and Donald, who are still living. > > The children of Curtis Burkhead were: > Franklin of Bonnie; > Judson, of Springfield; > Cona (deceased); > Velma, in Mt. Vernon: > Oral, in Steager, IL. > > Richard Birkhead donated two acres of land for the first school in the > community, named Birkhead School, District > 130. A great many Birkhead children from several generations attended > this school. > - Franklin G. Birkhead > > Sandy (Whalen) Bauer > > On 4/14/2013 11:40 AM, Sheldon Jones wrote: >> Dad was 77 - but mom was almost 46 - yikes! >> >> Curtis & Grace May GIFFORD married 04 June 1914 at Mt Vernon, JCI >> (record lists Richard & "Miss PEAVLER" as his parents) >> >> 1900 Moores Prairie Twp., JCI census lists him as a son... >> >> :-), >> SRJ >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ilfrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ilfrankl- >>> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Bauer >>> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:05 PM >>> To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Grace (GIFFORD) BIRKHEAD (1897 - 1972) OBIT >>> >>> Jo Ann >>> >>> Are you sure about the parents of Curtis Ray Birkhead? His father >>> would have been 79 when he was born. Looks like you might have >>> skipped >>> a generation but anything is possible I guess. >>> >>> Sandy (Whalen) Bauer >>> >>> On 4/14/2013 10:06 AM, jmcghee6 wrote: >>>> Register-News, Mt Vernon IL, Fri 25 Aug 1972 >>>> GRACE BIRKHEAD >>>> MT. VERNON >>>> Grace BIRKHEAD, 75, of 804 Conger Ave., died at 11:50 a.m. >>>> yesterday at >>> Good >>>> Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 >>>> p.m. at >>> Casey >>>> Avenue Baptist church, where Mrs. BIRKHEAD was a member with Rev. >>> Buss HART >>>> officiating. Burial will be in New Hope cemetery. Friends may call at >> Myers >>>> Chapel after 5 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the church at >>>> noon >>>> tomorrow. Mrs. BIRKHEAD was born April 1, 1897, in Jefferson >>>> county, the >>>> daughter of Judson and Delia (NEWTON) GIFFORD. On June 4, 1914, she >>> married >>>> Curtis BIRKHEAD. He preceded her in death in 1968. She is survived by >>> three >>>> sons, Franklin BIRKHEAD, Elgin, Oral BIRKHEAD, Park Forest, and Judson >>> BIRKHEAD, >>>> Springfield; a daughter, Mrs. Velma DAVENPORT, Mt. Vernon; two >>> brothers, Amos >>>> GIFFORD, Bethalto, and Earl GIFFORD, Belle Rive; 17 grandchildren >>>> and 12 >>>> great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and a >>> daughter, >>>> Cona HILLIARD. >>>> >>>> >>>> Grace d/o William Judson GIFFORD (1870-1944) >>>> and Mary Delia NEWTON (1872-1946) >>>> who m. 24 Dec 1891 FCI >>>> >>>> Curtis Ray BIRKHEAD (1897-1968) s/o >>>> Richard Ward BIRKHEAD (1818-1904) >>>> and Barbara E. PEAVLER (1849-1927) >>>> who m. 1 Oct 1875 JCI >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >>> the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >>> the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >