Rush David Birdwell

Notes:

His World War I draft registration card showed him as Rush David Birdwell. He stated that he was born on December 19, 1877 in Milam. He was listed as a Farming, and showed his nearest relatives as "children" in Milam. He was shows as tall, medium build, with blue eyes and dark hair. The card was completed on September 12, 1918, some 10 days after his wife had died.

Name: Rush D. Birdwell
Death Date: 14 May 1966
Death Place: Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 87 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1878
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jim Birdwell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Cogburn
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer/Agriculture
Place of Residence: Precinct #1, Hidalgo, Texas
Cemetery: Highland Memorial Park
Burial Place: Weslaco, Texas
Burial Date: 16 May 1966
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117978
Digital Film Number: 4178279
Image Number: 2768
Reference Number: cn 32622
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):
Census Information:

1900 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine, Precinct 6
Enumerated 11 Jun 1900 By Fred Berryman Jr
SD 8, ED 70, Sheet 74B
122-122
Birdwell, Ru?? H Dec 1877 23 M3 Tx Miss Ga
Birdwell, Alice Wife Jun 1881 19 M3 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Chalmers Son Jan 1898 2 S Tx Tx Tx

Not able to locate on the 1910 through 1930 census enumerations

Rush married Alice A. Fullen on 7 Mar 1898 in Sabine County, Texas. Alice (daughter of John W. Fullen and Jane Allen) was born on 20 May 1881 in Texas; died on 2 Sep 1918 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Birdwell, R.D. to A.A. Fullen 7 Mar 1898 by W.T. Harvil, M.G.

1. James Chalmas Birdwell was born on 15 Jan 1899 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Jun 1982 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

David Pike writes that James Birdwell arrived in Texas in 1854, and that he enlisted in Company "H", 13th Texas Regiment on the 18 Feb, 1862. Served in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Was captured by Union Forces at Pleasant Hill, LA 9 Apr 1864, released in a prisoner exchange at Blair's Landing on the Red River, 20 Apr 1864. Discharged ca 5 May of 1865 at Hempstead, TX.

Henry, second child of J. A. and Mary's, was born 11 Nov 1864. This would indicate that James was home on leave in march of that year, just prior to the Battle of Pleasant Hill.

25 Jan 1906-made application (1st) for CSA pension. It was disapproved.
11 Aug 1909- made second application for pension. It was also disapproved.
He may have still owned land in Newton County. This may have been reason for these disapprovals. On his application he listed real and personal property as:
100 acres - $200.00
1 Pony - 45.00
2 Cows - 20.00
3 Shoats - 3.00
Wife's estate listed as her interest of the 100 acres.

David Pike also notes that "Family Search has James born in (Newton) Alabama. I do not believe this is correct. Also, some accounts have him and his bro. John as children of John and Mary Allen Birdwell. I believe this is also incorrect. "






(Research):

Census Information:

1870 Census
Texas, Newton County, P. O. Newton
Enumerated 4 Aug 1870
Page 20
152-154
Birdwell, James 35 M W Farmer $600 $250 Alabama
Birdwell, Mary A. 27 F W Keeping House Ark
Birdwell, Emelia I [Ophelia]11 F W Tx
Birdwell, Henry W. 6 M W Tx
Birdwell, Addie E 4 F W Tx
Birdwell, Henry G 1 M W Tx


1880 Sabine County Census:
124-125
Birdwell, James A. w m 44 farmer Ala Ala Ala
Birdwell, Mary A. w f 37 wife Ala SC Ga
Birdwell, Henry W. w m 15 son TX
Birdwell, Addie E w f 13 dau TX
Birdwell, Charley L. w m 9 son TX
Birdwell, Florence E w f 7 dau TX
Birdwell, Lemeul J w m 5 son TX
Birdwell, David R w m 2 son TX


1900 Census
Sabine County, Texas
Birdwell, James Head M W 64 M AL AL AL Farmer
Birdwell, Mary A Wife F W 57 N AL AL AL
Birdwell, Norman Son M W 18 S TX AL AL
Birdwell, Elbert Son M W 15 S TX AL AL
Birdwell, Willie Minnie Dau F W 12 S TX AL AL
Cogburn, Martha M-in-Law F W 78 Wd GA GA GA

James married Mary Alice Cogburn about 1859 in Newton County, Texas. Mary was born on 10 Oct 1842 in Alabama; died on 3 Nov 1909 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Was she also called Nancy? According to an email from Dolores Burton, she was named Nancy Cogburn. However, on the 1880 and on the 1900 Sabine County Census, the wife of James Birdwell is listed as Mary. In fact, in the 1900 census, she is shown as Mary A. (Cogburn).

David Pike, a Cogburn researcher, also shows her as Mary Alice. He indicates that she was probably born in Georgia, though census records report Alabama, and on one occasion Arkansas.