By 1838, Charles and Mary Ann had moved to Kirtland, Ohio. This was a very troubled time there with apostates of the Mormon Church along with other local citizens threatening the lives and property of the members. In early July of that year, a camp was formed for the migration out of Kirkland for a movement to Missouri. The caravan leaving Kirkland was a mile long. Mary Ann had six young children at this time with the youngest barely a year and a half old. A total of 529 were on the move with this relocation and they had but 59 wagons and 33 tents so each family took very few of their possessions from Kirkland and had to jointly use the available tents. This caravan arrived at a camp called Adam-ondi-Ahman in 2 October 1838. They only stayed at this location for a couple of months and were again forced to move. Charles and Mary Ann moved to nearby Far West. While at this location, Charles and Mary Ann and their children were subjected to the atrocities and persecutions inflicted upon them by local Missouri residents. A number of the residents of Far West were killed, some of the women raped and homes and possessions looted.
When the main body of Saints prepared to move on to Utah and the Great Basin, Charles was asked to stay behind and help others who would be bound for Utah but who needed help as they had few or no clothes. Charles and some of his other family members were weavers so they established a simple woolen mill to manufacture clothing for the emigrating Saints. George Albert Smith Bird was born 26 January 1849 at Council Bluff, Nebraska. Council Bluff and Winter Quarters were located just across the river from each other. Mary Ann and Charles son, Benjamin, died on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1849, at Council Bluff.
By 1850, the Bird family was released from their calling to move on to Utah and they emigrated in a wagon train with the Milo Andrus Company. They left the Missouri River on 3 June 1850 in a company of 206 people. They entered the Salt Lake valley on 3 August 1850. Charles and Mary Ann moved to the Cottonwood area of the valley. Mary Ann Bird, the last of the children of Charles and Mary Ann was born in 1851 in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah.
Mary Ann died in Mendon, Cache, Utah on 10 October 1867, and is buried in the Mendon Cemetery there.
She was truly one of the strong pioneers in every sense of the word. She had endured having to leave behind numerous homes and watch them burn to the ground, being harassed by mobs and threatened with death, being frozen and losing some of her toes, enduring the death of several of her children, and still she maintained her faith in her religion to the end. She is truly one of our ancestors to be honored.
By 1838, Charles and Mary Ann had moved to Kirtland, Ohio. This was a very troubled time there with apostates of the Mormon Church along with other local citizens threatening the lives and property of the members. In early July of that year, a camp was formed for the migration out of Kirkland for a movement to Missouri. The caravan leaving Kirkland was a mile long. Mary Ann had six young children at this time with the youngest barely a year and a half old. A total of 529 were on the move with this relocation and they had but 59 wagons and 33 tents so each family took very few of their possessions from Kirkland and had to jointly use the available tents. This caravan arrived at a camp called Adam-ondi-Ahman in 2 October 1838. They only stayed at this location for a couple of months and were again forced to move. Charles and Mary Ann moved to nearby Far West. While at this location, Charles and Mary Ann and their children were subjected to the atrocities and persecutions inflicted upon them by local Missouri residents. A number of the residents of Far West were killed, some of the women raped and homes and possessions looted.
When the main body of Saints prepared to move on to Utah and the Great Basin, Charles was asked to stay behind and help others who would be bound for Utah but who needed help as they had few or no clothes. Charles and some of his other family members were weavers so they established a simple woolen mill to manufacture clothing for the emigrating Saints. George Albert Smith Bird was born 26 January 1849 at Council Bluff, Nebraska. Council Bluff and Winter Quarters were located just across the river from each other. Mary Ann and Charles son, Benjamin, died on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1849, at Council Bluff.
By 1850, the Bird family was released from their calling to move on to Utah and they emigrated in a wagon train with the Milo Andrus Company. They left the Missouri River on 3 June 1850 in a company of 206 people. They entered the Salt Lake valley on 3 August 1850. Charles and Mary Ann moved to the Cottonwood area of the valley. Mary Ann Bird, the last of the children of Charles and Mary Ann was born in 1851 in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah.
Mary Ann died in Mendon, Cache, Utah on 10 October 1867, and is buried in the Mendon Cemetery there.
She was truly one of the strong pioneers in every sense of the word. She had endured having to leave behind numerous homes and watch them burn to the ground, being harassed by mobs and threatened with death, being frozen and losing some of her toes, enduring the death of several of her children, and still she maintained her faith in her religion to the end. She is truly one of our ancestors to be honored.
Family Members
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John Pratt Kennedy Bird
1827–1886
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Elizabeth Ann "Betsey" Bird Hardy
1829–1887
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Benjamin Freeman Bird Jr
1831–1849
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Henrietta Bird Shumway
1831–1908
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Amanda Sedilla Bird
1835–1840
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Kelsey Bird
1837–1909
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Charles Bird Jr
1839–1839
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Bradford Kennedy Bird
1840–1918
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Eliza Jane Bird Merrill
1841–1916
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Charles Henry Bird
1843–1907
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William Bird
1845–1913
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Martin Lewis Dainy Bird
1847–1920
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George Albert Bird
1849–1926
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Mary Ann Bird
1851–1851
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