Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Oklahoma’s Roots
Are Deep:
Jesse Bird, M.D.
From Oklahoma Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol. 16
No. 1, January 1971
Transcribed to Electronic form by Jo White
(Compiled by Mrs. Jesse Dale Bird, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.)
Jesse Bird was born 4 March 1875 in Gainesville, Cook Co.,
Texas. He was the son of George and
Elizabeth (Gossett) Bird. He graduated
from Louisville, Kentucky Medical School in 1896. In Ada, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), on 30 September 1906, he
married Grace Dell Leibert (1888-1956), daughter of Benjamin Franklin Leibert
and Louisiana Finley. They established
a home in Tupelo, Indian Territory, moving to Cement, Oklahoma in 1907, to
Oklahoma City in 1924, to Calumet, Oklahoma, in 1926, to Eldorado, Oklahoma in
1929, then back to Oklahoma City in 1936.
He died 9th December 1941 in Oklahoma City.
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Children
1.
Jesse Dale Bird, b. 12 Dec. 1907, Tupelo, Okla., m. 25 Jan. 1930,
Velma Eudean Dial; d. 7 July 1965, Tulsa, Okla.
2.
Mary Lou Bird, b. 7 June 1910, Cement, Okla. m. 1st
Harry Weston; 2nd Ralph Douglas
3.
Anna Grace Bird, b. 3 March 1912, Cement m. Frank Kellogg
4.
Margaret Caroline Bird, b. 7 July 1914, Cement, Okla., m. 1st
Francis Lee Fulton; m. 2nd Ordoff Clark
George Yell Bird, father of Jesse Bird, was born 15 November 1829,
Henderson Co., Tennessee. He was the
son of David Bird and Catherine (Priddy) Bird.
He married 1st 28 November 1851, Lucetla McCall, who died 25
February 1855; 2nd 5 November 1857 Elizabeth M. Gossett (1 Feb.
1840-1887), daughter of Tillman R. and Caroline M. (Pleasants) Gossett; 3rd
widow, (Deitz) Parson. He died 4th
November 1906 in Gainesville, Cook Co., Texas.
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Children by 1st wife:
1.
Catherine L. Bird, d. 9 Nov. 1852, in inf.
2.
Daniel J. Bird, b. 22 Feb. 1855; d. unwed
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Children by 2nd wife:
3.
William L. Bird, b. 14 July 1859; m. Delia Blackburn; d. 24 Dec.
1922
4.
Mary Caroline Bird, b. 3 Dec. 1961; m. S.J. Kennerly; d. 4 Nov.
1935
5.
Thomas A. Bird, b. 19 Feb. 1866; m. Minnie
6.
George Bird, b. 17 May 1869; m. 1st Pearl Smith, 2nd
Nobbie Ross
7.
Edgar Bird, b. 11 Mar. 1872; m. Louise Stratton
8.
Jesse Bird, b. 4 Mar. 1875; m. 30 Sept. 1906 Grace Dell Leibert; d.
9 Dec. 1941
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Children by 3rd wife:
9.
Florence Bird, m. Hardy Young
10.
Cora Bird
David Bird, father of George Yell Bird, was born 7th
October 1788 in Orange Co., North Carolina.
He was the son of Thomas Bird and Anna _____ Bird. He married 1st 3 June 1813, in
Halifax Co., Virginia, Catherine Priddy, daughter of Thomas Priddy and Mary
(Snead) Priddy; 2nd Rebecca.
He moved to Henderson Co., Tennessee in 1825 and established a home five
miles east of Lexington, Tennessee. He
died 29th January 1859.
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Children by 1st wife:
1.
Mary Bird, b. 14 Mar. 1814 in Va.; m. John S. Read; d. 1883
2.
Thomas Priddy Bird, b. 21 Oct. 1815 in Va.; m. Elizabeth A. _____;
d. 8th Feb. 1910
3.
Catherine Bird, b. 20 Jan. 1817; m. Joel Mills; d. Dec. 1876
4.
David Logan Bird, b. 29 Dec. 1819; d. 20 Oct. 1893
5.
John S. Bird, 30 June 1822, in Va.; d. 30 June 1824
6.
William Russell Bird, b. 25 Jan. 1825, in Tenn.; d. Dec. 1864
7.
Bannister A. Bird, b. 12 June 1827 in Tenn.; d. 1841
8.
George Yell Bird, b. 16 Nov. 1829; m. 5 Nov. 1857 Elizabeth M.
Gossett; d. 4 Nov. 1906
9.
James Walker Bird, b. 27 Jan. 1832 in Tenn.; d. 12 Apr. 1862 in
battle of Shiloh near Corinth, Miss.
10.
Lafayette Bird, b. 5 Apr. 1834; killed in battle of Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Children by 2nd wife:
11.
Empson W. Bird, b. 1849
12.
David F. Bird
13.
Milton Y. Bird
Thomas Bird, father of David Bird, was born 19th October
1755 in Pennsylvania. He was the son of
James and Mary (Ashford) Bird. He
married 1st on 14 Oct. 1784, Anna _____ (b. ca. 1765, d. 21 Mar.
1824) in Orange Co., North Carolina, and 2nd Nancy Hamilton on 23
December 1824 (no issue from this marriage).
He died 13 May 1835 in Orange Co., North Carolina.
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Children by 1st wife:
All born in Orange Co., North Carolina
1.
John Bird, b. 21 July 1785
2.
Catherine Bird, b. 29 Jan. 1787
3.
David Bird, b. 7 Oct. 1788; m. 3 June 1813, Catherine Priddy; d. 29
Jan. 1859
4.
Elizabeth Bird, b. 28 May 1790; m. 13th June 1809, James
Faucette
5.
Phoeby Bird, b. 17 Jan. 1792; m. 13 July 1811, Ashford Walker.
6.
Joseph Bird, b. 25 Dec. 1793; fought in the War of 1812
7.
Mary Bird, b. 20 Oct. 1797
8.
(There is no entry in OGS Quarterly on this line. Ed.)
9.
William Bird, b. 25 Feb. 1800
10.
Empson Bird, b. 10 Jan. 1802; m. 1st Sarah Wyatt; 2nd
Ellen Hart
11.
Thomas Bird, b. 9 Dec. 1803; m. 1st Elizabeth _____; 2nd
Clara Crawford
James Bird, father of Thomas Bird, was born about 1717 in Delaware. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Empson) Bird. He married Mary Ashford in Wilmington, Delaware in 1745. He lived in Pennsylvania before moving to Orange Co., North Carolina between 1755 and 1758. He died in 1805.
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Children:
1.
James Bird, d. 1781/82
2.
Richard Bird, m. Rachel Dickie; d. 1824-1829
3.
Empson Bird, b. 1749; m. Mary Whitted; d. 1802
4.
Thomas Bird, b. 19 Oct. 1755; m. 14 Oct. 1784, Anna _____; d. 13
May 1835
5.
Mary Bird, b. 1758; m. 1782, John Graham of Penn.; d, 1841
6.
Catherine Bird, b. 1763; m. Jonathan Harvey
7.
Susanna Bird
8.
Sarah Bird
Thomas Bird, father of James Bird, was born between 1679 and 1685. He married Sarah Empson, daughter of Cornelius and Mary Empson. He died November or December 1726 in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Children:
1.
Robert Bird
2.
John Bird
3.
Joseph Bird
4.
Francis Bird
5.
Rebecca Bird
6.
Richard Bird
7.
James Bird, b. ca. 1717; m. 1745 in Wilmington, Delaware, Mary Ashford;
d. 1805 in Orange Co., N.C.
8.
Empson Bird, b. 1719
9.
Mary Bird, b. 1721
10.
Elizabeth Bird, b. 1723; m. Charles Brownfield
11.
Susannah Bird, b. 1725
12.
Another child, b. 1727 (perhaps William)
SOURCES:
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Calendar of Delaware Wills (New Castle Co., Del.)
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Will of Thomas Bird, 1726
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Will of James Bird, filed in Archives of North Carolina
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Bible Records of Thomas Bird, Orange Co., North Carolina, now in
the possession of Mr. J.W. Van Hook, Roxboro, North Carolina
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U.S. Census, Orange Co., N.C. 1810, 1820, 1830, and 1840
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U.S. Census, Henderson Co., Tennessee, 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860
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U.S. Census, Cook Co., Texas, 1870 and 1880
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Correspondence with Mrs. Stephen Martin, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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