Individual 175: Elam Bird

Individual Record 175

Name} Bird, Elam

Family History} Hancock

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Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Fam 6 Mar 1834

Place} DeCoursey Creek, Independence M.D., Kenton, Kentucky

Marr.: Date} Exa 4 Sep 1859

Place} DeCoursey, Independence, Kenton, Kentucky (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 1 Jan 1914

Place} Eight Mile, Hamilton, Ohio

Burial: Date} Cir 3 Jan 1914

Place} Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Clermont, Ohio

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	1255 = 1850 USA cen
Source 2}	201 = Marriage rec
Source 3}	1247 = 1860 USA cen
Source 4}	1251 = Probate rec
Source 5}	1286 = Probate rec
Source 6}	707 = 1870 USA cen
Source 7}	28 = 1880 USA cen
Source 8}	202 = Map/Atlas
Source 9}	204 = Land deed
Source 10}	92 = Pension rec
Source 11}	203 = Town directy
Source 12}	91 = 1900 USA cen
Source 13}	594 = 1910 USA cen
Source 14}	712 = Death certif
Source 15}	1248 = Cemetery rec
Source 16}	1588 = Cemetery rec
Source 17}	1246 = Letters
Source 18}	1250 = Family history

Parents: } Francis (Frank) Bird Jr. & Sarah Grizzel
Relationship No.} 782

1st Household No.} 191 = M.D.3, Kenton, Kentucky

Occupation 1} Farmer
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Spouses: Prime} Patterson, Martha
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Elam was about eight years old when he lost his father. Elam's mother then had to find work to support herself. Beginning two years later in 1844 Elam had to adapt to the arrival of a new and strange step-father, the quick arrival of an infant step-brother, and soon his mother's divorce — and then his mother's marriage to husband #3 in 1853.

Six years later at age 25 Elam found his own love and married Martha in 1859.

In 1862 Elam and his brother Elisha split 10¼ acres of Kenton County land that they inherited from their grandfather Francis (Frank) Bird senior's estate. In addition, in 1864 they split $24.90 as the final settlement of their grandfather's estate.

In the 1860 US census, Elam Bird, 25, and his wife Martha Bird, 19, were living in District 1, Independence P.O., Kenton, Kentucky. Elam was a farmer. His real estate was valued at $300. and personal estate at $75.

At the age of 30½ Elam enrolled as a Private in Company E, 53rd Regt. of the Kentucky Mounted Infantry Union Volunteers for a period of one year. Elam was mustered in on 4 Oct 1864 at Covington, and was mustered out on 15 Sep 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. He was a farmer before and after his tour of duty.

In the 1870 US census, Elam Bird, 36, was still farming in Kenton. Martha, 30, was keeping house. Their real estate was valued at $5,000. and personal estate at $500. Their children were Theodore L., 10, Alice, 7, Myrtle, 7, Margaret, 5, Mary E., 2, and Nathan. Also listed in the household was Adolphus Deglow, 13.

In the 1880 US census, Elam Bird, 46, was living in District 3, Independence P.O., Kenton, Kentucky. He was a farmer. His wife Martha, 40, was keeping house. Their children were Theodore, 19, a farm laborer, Alice, 19, Myrtle, 16, Margaret, 14, Mary, 12, Crinton, 4, Jane, 2, and Sheridan, 6 months. Also in the household was Elizabeth Patterson, 68, widowed, his mother-in-law. In 1886 Elam applied for a Civil War veteran's pension claiming "severe and permanent disability" from being kicked by a horse on or about 11 May 1865 at Mount Sterling, Kentucky. His claim stated that he was 5' 6' tall, had a light complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair, and resided at 13 Patton street, in Covington, Kentucky.

Elam's name shows up in Covington city directories from 1890 to 1900 with him living at 1418 Bank Lick and listed as having the following occupations: expressman, paver, bricklayer, shoemaker, and stone mason. Several of his children also lived at that same address.

Elam moved his family by 1900 to Eight Mile, Anderson Township, Ohio. That is where he died.

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Immigr'n Date} N/A

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Education: Grade} or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} Army - Infantry for the State of} Kentucky

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