Son Of: Thomas & Dorothy (Long) Bird/Byrd
Husband Of: Catharine Byrd
Married: September 21, 1868 in Tazwell, TN.
Number of Children: 12
Died: February 15, 1895 in Clay County Kentucky
Cause: At Age 52, Stories On Cause Of Death Vary
Buried: Corinth Baptist Church Cemetary,
According to a deposition given by James in his
JAMES BIRD / BYRD
Born: 1843 in Grainger County Tennessee
His Pension claim was for Hernia and Chronic Bronchitis.
on Saddler in Clay County Kentucky
Volunteer Infantry Company D - Union
pension files, he stated that his last name had
been spelled Byrd all of his life and that the Bird
spelling was a mistake by the war department.