Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Bird    
                Born: Oct- 8-1820           1
                Died: Apr- 3-1898           1
              Buried:                      in Reeves Cemetery, near Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Luticia ___   3,4  
                Born: ca 1815               5
                Died: Mar- 1-1885           1
              Buried:                      in Reeves Cemetery, near Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Davis Byrd      
       Also known as: David Bird 6
                Born: Mar-15-1841          in Pocahontas Co, (W)VA  1,6
                Died: Sep-12-1909           1
              Buried:                      in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1859                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  6
            Military:                      Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  2
                Wife: Hannah Roana Goff  b. Jul- 3-1834  d. Dec-24-1912  
       Also known as: Roana 1
             Married: Dec- 1-1859          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  7
           M Child 2: Christian C. Bird      
                Born: Jan-28-1844           5
                Died: Oct-20-1861          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  8,2 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Reeves Cemetery, near Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV  2
      Cause of death:                      typhoid fever  8
            Military:                      Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  8,2
           F Child 3: Mary M. Bird      
                Born: ca 1847              in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  9
             Resided: 1865                 in Ritchie Co, WV  9
             Husband: James N. "Jasper" Pritchard  b. ca 1843  
             Married: Nov-23-1865          in Ritchie Co, WV  10

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(3) Marriage record of daughter. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as David Bird, 19, b. Pocahontas Co, res. Ritchie Co, son 
of John & Luticia; and Hannah R. Goff, 23, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Benj. & Edith.  Married Dec 1 1859. MR p. 
6. 
(8) Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of West Virginia for the Year Ending December 31 1865 (Google 
Books), p. 135. 
(9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
James N. Pritchard, 22, of Ritchie Co, son of John M. & Sarah; and Mary M. Bird, 18, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau 
of John & Lutecia.  Married Nov 23 1865. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death date on headstone:  Oct 2 1861.







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