The son of George & Magdalena (Rickert) Bird, in 1860 he was a miner presumably living in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, although he seems to have had Dauphin County roots. He stood 6' 1" tall and had brown hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service there November 4 as a private with Co. A, 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), but deserted November 15 before the regiment left Harrisburg. Arrested a year later, a military commission ordered him to make good the lost time. Thus , on October 19, 1863, in Schuylkill County, he joined the Co. I, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry, to make good his time (eight months). He honorably discharged at term's end August 29, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, after serving "faithfully" in a series of battles.
He married Amanda Zerbe February 10, 1877, and fathered Flora A. (b. 1870) and Emma M. (b. 1875), although it is not certain those were John's children. Cause of death was "chronic cystitis with atrophy of liver."
The family surname is often seen spelled "Burd."
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service there November 4 as a private with Co. A, 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), but deserted November 15 before the regiment left Harrisburg. Arrested a year later, a military commission ordered him to make good the lost time. Thus , on October 19, 1863, in Schuylkill County, he joined the Co. I, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry, to make good his time (eight months). He honorably discharged at term's end August 29, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, after serving "faithfully" in a series of battles.
He married Amanda Zerbe February 10, 1877, and fathered Flora A. (b. 1870) and Emma M. (b. 1875), although it is not certain those were John's children. Cause of death was "chronic cystitis with atrophy of liver."
The family surname is often seen spelled "Burd."
The son of George & Magdalena (Rickert) Bird, in 1860 he was a miner presumably living in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, although he seems to have had Dauphin County roots. He stood 6' 1" tall and had brown hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service there November 4 as a private with Co. A, 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), but deserted November 15 before the regiment left Harrisburg. Arrested a year later, a military commission ordered him to make good the lost time. Thus , on October 19, 1863, in Schuylkill County, he joined the Co. I, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry, to make good his time (eight months). He honorably discharged at term's end August 29, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, after serving "faithfully" in a series of battles.
He married Amanda Zerbe February 10, 1877, and fathered Flora A. (b. 1870) and Emma M. (b. 1875), although it is not certain those were John's children. Cause of death was "chronic cystitis with atrophy of liver."
The family surname is often seen spelled "Burd."
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service there November 4 as a private with Co. A, 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), but deserted November 15 before the regiment left Harrisburg. Arrested a year later, a military commission ordered him to make good the lost time. Thus , on October 19, 1863, in Schuylkill County, he joined the Co. I, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry, to make good his time (eight months). He honorably discharged at term's end August 29, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, after serving "faithfully" in a series of battles.
He married Amanda Zerbe February 10, 1877, and fathered Flora A. (b. 1870) and Emma M. (b. 1875), although it is not certain those were John's children. Cause of death was "chronic cystitis with atrophy of liver."
The family surname is often seen spelled "Burd."
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