William Bird
Birth Date
On 1823 July 18 (Born)
Death Date
On 1894 April 18 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
1
Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
1
Born in Southport, Chemung, New York, United States
1823 July 18
Mother
Marabah Reeves
Father
Benjamin Freeman Bird (1779 - 1862)
Date Details
Occurred On 1823 July 18
Baptized
1839 September 13 (Age 16)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1843 April 10 (Age 19)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Location Served
Connecticut
Date Details
Started On 1843 April 10
Called
End Date Not Found
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 22)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 23)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Married
Ann Roylance
1851 September 28 (Age 28)
Served in
Australasian Mission
1856 February 24 – 1857 (Age 32)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Residence When Called
Springville, Utah, Utah Territory
Date Details
Started On 1856 February 24
Called
Ended Circa 1857
Released
Died in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
1894 April 18 (Age 70)
Media
Willaim Bird (1823 - 1894) Profile
Sources
Person
1851 Utah Census
1851 Utah Census, Item 28, Page 18.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 24 February 1856, Page 4.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 10 April 1843.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
"Pay record", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 1.
"Descriptive roll", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 11.
Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 7.
"Mormon Battalion return lists", Mormon Battalion returns lists, 1846 July, (July), Page 8.
Mormon Battalion W.W. Willis Detached Company descriptive list, 1846
Mormon Battalion W.W. Willis Detached Company descriptive list, 1846, Page 1.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.