FamilySearch ID: KWVM-X3V
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James Bird

Birth	22 December 1806	Roxbury, Morris, New Jersey, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for James Bird (1806-1879), memorial #117621. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Bird, ID: KWVM-X3V. Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 298, n. 3; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for James Bird, folder "Edward Hunter's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#17), image 2, line 13; and entry for James Bird, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 5, line 25.
Death	16 June 1879	St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for James Bird (1806-1879), memorial #117621. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Bird, ID: KWVM-X3V.
Burial	16 June 1879	St. George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for James Bird (1806-1879), memorial #117621. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Bird, ID: KWVM-X3V.

Father	Benjamin Freeman Bird
Mother	Meribah Reeves

Marriages Label

• Jane Mott Carpenter

Married

1831

Roxbury Twp., Morris, New Jersey, United States Roxbury, Morris Flanders, New Jersey

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Bird and Jane Mott Carpenter, ID: KWVM-X3V and ID: LTJK-69W.

          Children:
               Oscar Orison Emmet Bird
               Taylor Reeves Bird
               Sarah Jane Bird
               Maribah Ann Bird
               James Bird
               Harrison Bird
               Amanda Ann Bird
               Jasper Thomas Bird

Residences Label

• 1840	Quincy Twp, Adams, Illinois, United States
• 1844	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860	Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1840 Population Census	Quincy Township, Adams, Illinois	Extract	Image
• 1850 Population Census	the District No 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	Provo, Utah, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	St. George, Washington, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Company Unknown (1851)		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	1851
Arrival	1851

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

James Bird

Crossing the Plains