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JOSEPH E. BIRD
FUNERAL TODAY
NAMPA—Joseph Elmer Bird, 77, prominent business man and agriculturist of southwestern Idaho for the past 34 years, died Monday morning at his home in the Lone Star community following an illness of several months.
The body is at the Robinson chapel. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Christian church, with the Rev. Lester Jones officiating. Interment will be in Kohlerlawn cemetery.
He was born in Patriot, Ohio, June 21, 1861, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bird. The family moved to Hammond, Ill., in 1865, and a short time later to Tuscola, Ill.
He married Miss Annie Dudley Bedford February 25, 1885. In December, I888; Mr. and Mrs. Bird moved to Billings, Mont., where Mr. Bird farmed and operated a hardware store.
In the spring of 1905 Mr. Bird made a trip west and filed on a homestead in the Gem district and moved his family here in September of the same year. This homestead was the inspiration of the poem, "The Homesteader's Christmas," by his daughter, Miss Annie Laurie Bird, which appeared in the Christmas issue of The Statesman last December.
During the 10 months they lived on the homestead, Mr. Bird helped to organize a spring term of school in the Gem district and a Sunday school.
In the summer of 1906, the family moved to Caldwell, where Mr. Bird was in the hardware business for several years. Later, after disposing of the business, he was a road supervisor for the county.
He purchased the family home in Lone Star community in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Bird celebrated their golden wedding anniversary there in 1935.
Mr. Bird, who joined the Christian church in early manhood, was an active worker and officer in the church throughout his life, and for many years was chairman of the board of the Nampa First Christian church, also an elder and a trustee, and last year was made an honorary elder for life.
Prominent in agriculture, he was a leader in the Nampa Countrymen's club and served as its president two terms. He was also one of the organizers of the Nampa Rural Fire Protection association, and, until his last illness, served as its treasurer. Flowers, livestock, civic betterment and progress, education of young people, and good roads were among his hobbies and interests.
The Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho · Wednesday, May 31, 1939
The following was contributed by Amanda Fox (#47429422)
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Joseph E. Bird, residing at Nampa, where he is carrying on dairying and general farming, was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, June 21, 1861, his parents being George and Mary Brown (Briggs) Bird, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. In 1838 they removed to Ohio and the father homesteaded land, for the state was then largely an undeveloped wilderness, the forests being still the haunt of many wild animals and Indians as well. On several occasions Mr. Bird was attacked by panthers. He went all through the cholera epidemic of 1845 in Ohio and on one occasion, going into a home to do what he could to help the afflicted, he found all the family dead save the baby, who was crying and crawling about the floor all alone. His son John was one of the victims of that disease, but Mr. Bird and the others of his family escaped. In 1865 Mr. Bird took his family to Illinois, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and there he followed farming until the death of his wife in 1877, after which he returned to Ohio, where his remaining days were passed, he being called to his final rest in 1889.
Joseph E. Bird acquired a common school education and was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops at that period. After arriving at years of maturity he was married on the 25th of February, 1885, at Mansfield, Illinois, to Miss Annie Dudley Bedford, a native of Paris, Kentucky, coming from the blue grass section of that state. She is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Governor James Garrard, who was a soldier of the Revolution, entering the army from Virginia. Following the close of the war and the attainment of American independence in 1783 he removed to Kentucky, served as a member of the legislature of that state and in 1796 was elected governor, remaining the chief executive of Kentucky for eight years or until 1804. Mrs. Bird is a granddaughter of A. V. Bedford, an authority on horticulture in the state of Kentucky. Her grandmother in the maternal line was prior to her marriage a Miss Bryan, of Bryan Springs, Kentucky, and her eldest sister became the wife of Daniel Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bird began their domestic life in Illinois, where their son, Elmer, was born. In 1888 they removed to Billings, Missouri, where Mr. Bird established a hardware and implement business, which he conducted until 1903 and then on account of ill health sold his interests there, removing to Caldwell, Idaho, in 1905. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the Gem district but recently sold that place. After living for fourteen months on the homestead he removed with his family to Caldwell and purchased a residence one mile south of the college, so that the children could have the advantage of the best education the state afforded. They remained in Caldwell until May 1, 1918, when Mr. Bird purchased their present place of forty acres within the corporate limits of Nampa. Here they carry on dairying and general farming and enjoy country life, occupying a fine home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bird have become parents of two children. Elmer, now thirty-one years of age, is a graduate of the College of Idaho. He served as construction engineer in the ordnance department at Camp Picron, Arkansas, and was associated with the plant that made the deadly gas. He has been discharged and is at present doing engineering work at Little Rock, Arkansas. The daughter, Annie Laurie, is a graduate of the College of Idaho of the class of 1915 and has since taught in the schools of Canyon and Ada counties. The son Elmer married Verdie Steiner, who was a teacher in the schools of Idaho, and they have a daughter, Barbara.
Mrs. Bird has been prominently identified with the work of the Daughters of the Revolution in Idaho and is the historian for the state. She was regent at Caldwell for over two years and also served as registrar there. Patriotism is one of the marked characteristics of the family and their genuine worth in matters of citizenship is widely acknowledged.
JOSEPH E. BIRD
FUNERAL TODAY
NAMPA—Joseph Elmer Bird, 77, prominent business man and agriculturist of southwestern Idaho for the past 34 years, died Monday morning at his home in the Lone Star community following an illness of several months.
The body is at the Robinson chapel. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Christian church, with the Rev. Lester Jones officiating. Interment will be in Kohlerlawn cemetery.
He was born in Patriot, Ohio, June 21, 1861, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bird. The family moved to Hammond, Ill., in 1865, and a short time later to Tuscola, Ill.
He married Miss Annie Dudley Bedford February 25, 1885. In December, I888; Mr. and Mrs. Bird moved to Billings, Mont., where Mr. Bird farmed and operated a hardware store.
In the spring of 1905 Mr. Bird made a trip west and filed on a homestead in the Gem district and moved his family here in September of the same year. This homestead was the inspiration of the poem, "The Homesteader's Christmas," by his daughter, Miss Annie Laurie Bird, which appeared in the Christmas issue of The Statesman last December.
During the 10 months they lived on the homestead, Mr. Bird helped to organize a spring term of school in the Gem district and a Sunday school.
In the summer of 1906, the family moved to Caldwell, where Mr. Bird was in the hardware business for several years. Later, after disposing of the business, he was a road supervisor for the county.
He purchased the family home in Lone Star community in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Bird celebrated their golden wedding anniversary there in 1935.
Mr. Bird, who joined the Christian church in early manhood, was an active worker and officer in the church throughout his life, and for many years was chairman of the board of the Nampa First Christian church, also an elder and a trustee, and last year was made an honorary elder for life.
Prominent in agriculture, he was a leader in the Nampa Countrymen's club and served as its president two terms. He was also one of the organizers of the Nampa Rural Fire Protection association, and, until his last illness, served as its treasurer. Flowers, livestock, civic betterment and progress, education of young people, and good roads were among his hobbies and interests.
The Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho · Wednesday, May 31, 1939
The following was contributed by Amanda Fox (#47429422)
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Joseph E. Bird, residing at Nampa, where he is carrying on dairying and general farming, was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, June 21, 1861, his parents being George and Mary Brown (Briggs) Bird, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. In 1838 they removed to Ohio and the father homesteaded land, for the state was then largely an undeveloped wilderness, the forests being still the haunt of many wild animals and Indians as well. On several occasions Mr. Bird was attacked by panthers. He went all through the cholera epidemic of 1845 in Ohio and on one occasion, going into a home to do what he could to help the afflicted, he found all the family dead save the baby, who was crying and crawling about the floor all alone. His son John was one of the victims of that disease, but Mr. Bird and the others of his family escaped. In 1865 Mr. Bird took his family to Illinois, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and there he followed farming until the death of his wife in 1877, after which he returned to Ohio, where his remaining days were passed, he being called to his final rest in 1889.
Joseph E. Bird acquired a common school education and was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops at that period. After arriving at years of maturity he was married on the 25th of February, 1885, at Mansfield, Illinois, to Miss Annie Dudley Bedford, a native of Paris, Kentucky, coming from the blue grass section of that state. She is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Governor James Garrard, who was a soldier of the Revolution, entering the army from Virginia. Following the close of the war and the attainment of American independence in 1783 he removed to Kentucky, served as a member of the legislature of that state and in 1796 was elected governor, remaining the chief executive of Kentucky for eight years or until 1804. Mrs. Bird is a granddaughter of A. V. Bedford, an authority on horticulture in the state of Kentucky. Her grandmother in the maternal line was prior to her marriage a Miss Bryan, of Bryan Springs, Kentucky, and her eldest sister became the wife of Daniel Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bird began their domestic life in Illinois, where their son, Elmer, was born. In 1888 they removed to Billings, Missouri, where Mr. Bird established a hardware and implement business, which he conducted until 1903 and then on account of ill health sold his interests there, removing to Caldwell, Idaho, in 1905. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the Gem district but recently sold that place. After living for fourteen months on the homestead he removed with his family to Caldwell and purchased a residence one mile south of the college, so that the children could have the advantage of the best education the state afforded. They remained in Caldwell until May 1, 1918, when Mr. Bird purchased their present place of forty acres within the corporate limits of Nampa. Here they carry on dairying and general farming and enjoy country life, occupying a fine home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bird have become parents of two children. Elmer, now thirty-one years of age, is a graduate of the College of Idaho. He served as construction engineer in the ordnance department at Camp Picron, Arkansas, and was associated with the plant that made the deadly gas. He has been discharged and is at present doing engineering work at Little Rock, Arkansas. The daughter, Annie Laurie, is a graduate of the College of Idaho of the class of 1915 and has since taught in the schools of Canyon and Ada counties. The son Elmer married Verdie Steiner, who was a teacher in the schools of Idaho, and they have a daughter, Barbara.
Mrs. Bird has been prominently identified with the work of the Daughters of the Revolution in Idaho and is the historian for the state. She was regent at Caldwell for over two years and also served as registrar there. Patriotism is one of the marked characteristics of the family and their genuine worth in matters of citizenship is widely acknowledged.
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JOSEPH E. BIRD
FUNERAL TODAY
NAMPA—Joseph Elmer Bird, 77, prominent business man and agriculturist of southwestern Idaho for the past 34 years, died Monday morning at his home in the Lone Star community following an illness of several months.
The body is at the Robinson chapel. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Christian church, with the Rev. Lester Jones officiating. Interment will be in Kohlerlawn cemetery.
He was born in Patriot, Ohio, June 21, 1861, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bird. The family moved to Hammond, Ill., in 1865, and a short time later to Tuscola, Ill.
He married Miss Annie Dudley Bedford February 25, 1885. In December, I888; Mr. and Mrs. Bird moved to Billings, Mont., where Mr. Bird farmed and operated a hardware store.
In the spring of 1905 Mr. Bird made a trip west and filed on a homestead in the Gem district and moved his family here in September of the same year. This homestead was the inspiration of the poem, "The Homesteader's Christmas," by his daughter, Miss Annie Laurie Bird, which appeared in the Christmas issue of The Statesman last December.
During the 10 months they lived on the homestead, Mr. Bird helped to organize a spring term of school in the Gem district and a Sunday school.
In the summer of 1906, the family moved to Caldwell, where Mr. Bird was in the hardware business for several years. Later, after disposing of the business, he was a road supervisor for the county.
He purchased the family home in Lone Star community in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Bird celebrated their golden wedding anniversary there in 1935.
Mr. Bird, who joined the Christian church in early manhood, was an active worker and officer in the church throughout his life, and for many years was chairman of the board of the Nampa First Christian church, also an elder and a trustee, and last year was made an honorary elder for life.
Prominent in agriculture, he was a leader in the Nampa Countrymen's club and served as its president two terms. He was also one of the organizers of the Nampa Rural Fire Protection association, and, until his last illness, served as its treasurer. Flowers, livestock, civic betterment and progress, education of young people, and good roads were among his hobbies and interests.
The Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho · Wednesday, May 31, 1939
The following was contributed by Amanda Fox (#47429422)
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Joseph E. Bird, residing at Nampa, where he is carrying on dairying and general farming, was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, June 21, 1861, his parents being George and Mary Brown (Briggs) Bird, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. In 1838 they removed to Ohio and the father homesteaded land, for the state was then largely an undeveloped wilderness, the forests being still the haunt of many wild animals and Indians as well. On several occasions Mr. Bird was attacked by panthers. He went all through the cholera epidemic of 1845 in Ohio and on one occasion, going into a home to do what he could to help the afflicted, he found all the family dead save the baby, who was crying and crawling about the floor all alone. His son John was one of the victims of that disease, but Mr. Bird and the others of his family escaped. In 1865 Mr. Bird took his family to Illinois, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and there he followed farming until the death of his wife in 1877, after which he returned to Ohio, where his remaining days were passed, he being called to his final rest in 1889.
Joseph E. Bird acquired a common school education and was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops at that period. After arriving at years of maturity he was married on the 25th of February, 1885, at Mansfield, Illinois, to Miss Annie Dudley Bedford, a native of Paris, Kentucky, coming from the blue grass section of that state. She is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Governor James Garrard, who was a soldier of the Revolution, entering the army from Virginia. Following the close of the war and the attainment of American independence in 1783 he removed to Kentucky, served as a member of the legislature of that state and in 1796 was elected governor, remaining the chief executive of Kentucky for eight years or until 1804. Mrs. Bird is a granddaughter of A. V. Bedford, an authority on horticulture in the state of Kentucky. Her grandmother in the maternal line was prior to her marriage a Miss Bryan, of Bryan Springs, Kentucky, and her eldest sister became the wife of Daniel Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bird began their domestic life in Illinois, where their son, Elmer, was born. In 1888 they removed to Billings, Missouri, where Mr. Bird established a hardware and implement business, which he conducted until 1903 and then on account of ill health sold his interests there, removing to Caldwell, Idaho, in 1905. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the Gem district but recently sold that place. After living for fourteen months on the homestead he removed with his family to Caldwell and purchased a residence one mile south of the college, so that the children could have the advantage of the best education the state afforded. They remained in Caldwell until May 1, 1918, when Mr. Bird purchased their present place of forty acres within the corporate limits of Nampa. Here they carry on dairying and general farming and enjoy country life, occupying a fine home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bird have become parents of two children. Elmer, now thirty-one years of age, is a graduate of the College of Idaho. He served as construction engineer in the ordnance department at Camp Picron, Arkansas, and was associated with the plant that made the deadly gas. He has been discharged and is at present doing engineering work at Little Rock, Arkansas. The daughter, Annie Laurie, is a graduate of the College of Idaho of the class of 1915 and has since taught in the schools of Canyon and Ada counties. The son Elmer married Verdie Steiner, who was a teacher in the schools of Idaho, and they have a daughter, Barbara.
Mrs. Bird has been prominently identified with the work of the Daughters of the Revolution in Idaho and is the historian for the state. She was regent at Caldwell for over two years and also served as registrar there. Patriotism is one of the marked characteristics of the family and their genuine worth in matters of citizenship is widely acknowledged.
JOSEPH E. BIRD
FUNERAL TODAY
NAMPA—Joseph Elmer Bird, 77, prominent business man and agriculturist of southwestern Idaho for the past 34 years, died Monday morning at his home in the Lone Star community following an illness of several months.
The body is at the Robinson chapel. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Christian church, with the Rev. Lester Jones officiating. Interment will be in Kohlerlawn cemetery.
He was born in Patriot, Ohio, June 21, 1861, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bird. The family moved to Hammond, Ill., in 1865, and a short time later to Tuscola, Ill.
He married Miss Annie Dudley Bedford February 25, 1885. In December, I888; Mr. and Mrs. Bird moved to Billings, Mont., where Mr. Bird farmed and operated a hardware store.
In the spring of 1905 Mr. Bird made a trip west and filed on a homestead in the Gem district and moved his family here in September of the same year. This homestead was the inspiration of the poem, "The Homesteader's Christmas," by his daughter, Miss Annie Laurie Bird, which appeared in the Christmas issue of The Statesman last December.
During the 10 months they lived on the homestead, Mr. Bird helped to organize a spring term of school in the Gem district and a Sunday school.
In the summer of 1906, the family moved to Caldwell, where Mr. Bird was in the hardware business for several years. Later, after disposing of the business, he was a road supervisor for the county.
He purchased the family home in Lone Star community in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Bird celebrated their golden wedding anniversary there in 1935.
Mr. Bird, who joined the Christian church in early manhood, was an active worker and officer in the church throughout his life, and for many years was chairman of the board of the Nampa First Christian church, also an elder and a trustee, and last year was made an honorary elder for life.
Prominent in agriculture, he was a leader in the Nampa Countrymen's club and served as its president two terms. He was also one of the organizers of the Nampa Rural Fire Protection association, and, until his last illness, served as its treasurer. Flowers, livestock, civic betterment and progress, education of young people, and good roads were among his hobbies and interests.
The Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho · Wednesday, May 31, 1939
The following was contributed by Amanda Fox (#47429422)
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Joseph E. Bird, residing at Nampa, where he is carrying on dairying and general farming, was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, June 21, 1861, his parents being George and Mary Brown (Briggs) Bird, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. In 1838 they removed to Ohio and the father homesteaded land, for the state was then largely an undeveloped wilderness, the forests being still the haunt of many wild animals and Indians as well. On several occasions Mr. Bird was attacked by panthers. He went all through the cholera epidemic of 1845 in Ohio and on one occasion, going into a home to do what he could to help the afflicted, he found all the family dead save the baby, who was crying and crawling about the floor all alone. His son John was one of the victims of that disease, but Mr. Bird and the others of his family escaped. In 1865 Mr. Bird took his family to Illinois, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and there he followed farming until the death of his wife in 1877, after which he returned to Ohio, where his remaining days were passed, he being called to his final rest in 1889.
Joseph E. Bird acquired a common school education and was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops at that period. After arriving at years of maturity he was married on the 25th of February, 1885, at Mansfield, Illinois, to Miss Annie Dudley Bedford, a native of Paris, Kentucky, coming from the blue grass section of that state. She is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Governor James Garrard, who was a soldier of the Revolution, entering the army from Virginia. Following the close of the war and the attainment of American independence in 1783 he removed to Kentucky, served as a member of the legislature of that state and in 1796 was elected governor, remaining the chief executive of Kentucky for eight years or until 1804. Mrs. Bird is a granddaughter of A. V. Bedford, an authority on horticulture in the state of Kentucky. Her grandmother in the maternal line was prior to her marriage a Miss Bryan, of Bryan Springs, Kentucky, and her eldest sister became the wife of Daniel Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bird began their domestic life in Illinois, where their son, Elmer, was born. In 1888 they removed to Billings, Missouri, where Mr. Bird established a hardware and implement business, which he conducted until 1903 and then on account of ill health sold his interests there, removing to Caldwell, Idaho, in 1905. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in the Gem district but recently sold that place. After living for fourteen months on the homestead he removed with his family to Caldwell and purchased a residence one mile south of the college, so that the children could have the advantage of the best education the state afforded. They remained in Caldwell until May 1, 1918, when Mr. Bird purchased their present place of forty acres within the corporate limits of Nampa. Here they carry on dairying and general farming and enjoy country life, occupying a fine home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bird have become parents of two children. Elmer, now thirty-one years of age, is a graduate of the College of Idaho. He served as construction engineer in the ordnance department at Camp Picron, Arkansas, and was associated with the plant that made the deadly gas. He has been discharged and is at present doing engineering work at Little Rock, Arkansas. The daughter, Annie Laurie, is a graduate of the College of Idaho of the class of 1915 and has since taught in the schools of Canyon and Ada counties. The son Elmer married Verdie Steiner, who was a teacher in the schools of Idaho, and they have a daughter, Barbara.
Mrs. Bird has been prominently identified with the work of the Daughters of the Revolution in Idaho and is the historian for the state. She was regent at Caldwell for over two years and also served as registrar there. Patriotism is one of the marked characteristics of the family and their genuine worth in matters of citizenship is widely acknowledged.
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