Married Ellen Orrelia Fifield, 13 May 1876, Mendon. Son of John Pratt Kennedy Bird and Sarah Ann Hoopes.
Lewis Richard Bird, Sr.
Aged Resident of Mendon Dies, Mendon, Utah— Lewis Bird, 82 died Thursday at his home here following a paralytic stroke suffered ten days before. Another stroke was suffered several years ago from which Mr. Bird never fully recovered. Funeral services will be held in the Mendon chapel Sunday at two p.m. Burial will be in Mendon cemetery. Mr. Bird was born November 3rd, 1850, in Little Cottonwood canyon as his parents neared Salt Lake on the overland journey from the east. After living in Salt Lake and Provo for a short time, they moved to Mendon. At first living in the fort of the pioneer settlement, they later moved out onto farming land. Mr. Bird had since been an efficient farmer of this district. He was noted as a wheat threshing expert, particularly in the early days of the hand fed thresher. He married Arelia Fifield of Logan in the old endowment house in 1876 and she, together with eleven of thirteen children who were born to the couple, survive. The children are: Mrs. Ella Jensen, Mrs. Sadie Hansen, and Mrs. Amy Thompson, Ogden; Mrs. Nettie Benson, Weiser, Idaho; Mrs. Ruby Van Hoesen, Chicago; Mathew S. and Henry Elliot Bird, Buist, Idaho; James Roy Bird, Sugar City, Idaho; Albert Bird, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Loren and Charlie Bird, Mendon. Twenty-nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and the following sisters also survive: Mrs. Reba Furniss and Mrs. Eliza F. Gardner, Teton; Mrs. Mary Ann English and Mrs. Mariana Riggs, Logan. ~The Herald Journal, June 24th, 1932, page 1.
Married Ellen Orrelia Fifield, 13 May 1876, Mendon. Son of John Pratt Kennedy Bird and Sarah Ann Hoopes.
Lewis Richard Bird, Sr.
Aged Resident of Mendon Dies, Mendon, Utah— Lewis Bird, 82 died Thursday at his home here following a paralytic stroke suffered ten days before. Another stroke was suffered several years ago from which Mr. Bird never fully recovered. Funeral services will be held in the Mendon chapel Sunday at two p.m. Burial will be in Mendon cemetery. Mr. Bird was born November 3rd, 1850, in Little Cottonwood canyon as his parents neared Salt Lake on the overland journey from the east. After living in Salt Lake and Provo for a short time, they moved to Mendon. At first living in the fort of the pioneer settlement, they later moved out onto farming land. Mr. Bird had since been an efficient farmer of this district. He was noted as a wheat threshing expert, particularly in the early days of the hand fed thresher. He married Arelia Fifield of Logan in the old endowment house in 1876 and she, together with eleven of thirteen children who were born to the couple, survive. The children are: Mrs. Ella Jensen, Mrs. Sadie Hansen, and Mrs. Amy Thompson, Ogden; Mrs. Nettie Benson, Weiser, Idaho; Mrs. Ruby Van Hoesen, Chicago; Mathew S. and Henry Elliot Bird, Buist, Idaho; James Roy Bird, Sugar City, Idaho; Albert Bird, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Loren and Charlie Bird, Mendon. Twenty-nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and the following sisters also survive: Mrs. Reba Furniss and Mrs. Eliza F. Gardner, Teton; Mrs. Mary Ann English and Mrs. Mariana Riggs, Logan. ~The Herald Journal, June 24th, 1932, page 1.
Family Members
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Elizabeth Jane Bird Kidman
1852–1914
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John William Bird
1854–1926
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Johnathan Freeman Bird
1855–1926
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Charles Warner Bird
1857–1918
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Alzada Rebecca Bird Furness
1859–1935
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Mary Ann Bird English
1861–1937
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Eliza Sedilla "Liza" Bird Gardner
1863–1940
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Heneretta Bird
1865–1875
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Sarah Mariah Bird Riggs
1867–1949
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Louisa Bird Butt
1869–1905
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Hyrum H Bird
1870–1920
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James Hoopes Bird
1872–1925
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