Brief Life History of Bradford Kennedy
When Bradford Kennedy Bird was born on 26 January 1840, in Clayton, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Charles Bird, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann Kennedy, was 32. He married Sarah Brice Hill on 30 November 1868, in Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 21 May 1918, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Bradford Bird, "United States Census, 1880"
- Bradford K. Bird, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
- Bradford Bird in entry for John Albert Bird, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname for a young or a small and slender person, from Middle English brid, bird, burd (Old English bird, brid, perhaps also byrd) ‘bird, young bird’, also ‘young man, young woman, child’.
Irish: Anglicized form of a number of Irish names erroneously thought to contain the element éan ‘bird’, in particular Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney ), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney ), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan ), and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘bird’, as for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Vogel , French Loiseau , Czech Ptáček (see Ptacek ) and Pták, Polish Ptak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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