Highland Recorder July 26, 1895
Mr. John Bird, familiarly known as "one armed John, the walker," passed through town yesterday, on foot of course, to his old home near Hightown. For sometime he lived in Central America, where he engaged in raising bananas. Fortune failed to smile on him there and he came to the Soldier's Home at Richmond. Va., a few weeks ago, and now he is back to the home of his youth, where his many warm friends will give him a hearty reception.
Highland Recorder July 20, 1900
Died at Soldier's Home
We learn through a letter from F. R. Davis to a friend at this place (Monterey), that John Bird, late of this county. Died at the Soldiers Home in Richmond, Va. last. Sunday, the 15th. Most of the survivors of the 31st Virginia Regiment will remember John as soldier who exemplified unflinching devotion to the cause of the Confederacy, by standing to his colors. He was shot through a lung a the battle of Allegheny, afterward he lost an arm in battle. He leave one sister, Mrs. Eliza Cook of Lewi County, W. Va., being the only member of his immediate family now living.
Private, Company E, 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment.
Mr. John Bird, familiarly known as "one armed John, the walker," passed through town yesterday, on foot of course, to his old home near Hightown. For sometime he lived in Central America, where he engaged in raising bananas. Fortune failed to smile on him there and he came to the Soldier's Home at Richmond. Va., a few weeks ago, and now he is back to the home of his youth, where his many warm friends will give him a hearty reception.
Highland Recorder July 20, 1900
Died at Soldier's Home
We learn through a letter from F. R. Davis to a friend at this place (Monterey), that John Bird, late of this county. Died at the Soldiers Home in Richmond, Va. last. Sunday, the 15th. Most of the survivors of the 31st Virginia Regiment will remember John as soldier who exemplified unflinching devotion to the cause of the Confederacy, by standing to his colors. He was shot through a lung a the battle of Allegheny, afterward he lost an arm in battle. He leave one sister, Mrs. Eliza Cook of Lewi County, W. Va., being the only member of his immediate family now living.
Private, Company E, 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment.
Highland Recorder July 26, 1895
Mr. John Bird, familiarly known as "one armed John, the walker," passed through town yesterday, on foot of course, to his old home near Hightown. For sometime he lived in Central America, where he engaged in raising bananas. Fortune failed to smile on him there and he came to the Soldier's Home at Richmond. Va., a few weeks ago, and now he is back to the home of his youth, where his many warm friends will give him a hearty reception.
Highland Recorder July 20, 1900
Died at Soldier's Home
We learn through a letter from F. R. Davis to a friend at this place (Monterey), that John Bird, late of this county. Died at the Soldiers Home in Richmond, Va. last. Sunday, the 15th. Most of the survivors of the 31st Virginia Regiment will remember John as soldier who exemplified unflinching devotion to the cause of the Confederacy, by standing to his colors. He was shot through a lung a the battle of Allegheny, afterward he lost an arm in battle. He leave one sister, Mrs. Eliza Cook of Lewi County, W. Va., being the only member of his immediate family now living.
Private, Company E, 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment.
Mr. John Bird, familiarly known as "one armed John, the walker," passed through town yesterday, on foot of course, to his old home near Hightown. For sometime he lived in Central America, where he engaged in raising bananas. Fortune failed to smile on him there and he came to the Soldier's Home at Richmond. Va., a few weeks ago, and now he is back to the home of his youth, where his many warm friends will give him a hearty reception.
Highland Recorder July 20, 1900
Died at Soldier's Home
We learn through a letter from F. R. Davis to a friend at this place (Monterey), that John Bird, late of this county. Died at the Soldiers Home in Richmond, Va. last. Sunday, the 15th. Most of the survivors of the 31st Virginia Regiment will remember John as soldier who exemplified unflinching devotion to the cause of the Confederacy, by standing to his colors. He was shot through a lung a the battle of Allegheny, afterward he lost an arm in battle. He leave one sister, Mrs. Eliza Cook of Lewi County, W. Va., being the only member of his immediate family now living.
Private, Company E, 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment.
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