Monnie Birdwell

Notes:

Name: Charles L. Birdwell
Death Date: 04 Jan 1950
Death Place: Silsbee, Hardin, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 78 years 9 months 15 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Mar 1871
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jim Birdwell
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Name: Mattie Corgburn
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Farming
Place of Residence: Silsbee, Hardin, Texas
Cemetery: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 06 Jan 1950
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2074223
Digital Film Number: 4030079
Image Number: 2275
Reference Number: cn 2062
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, Pr. 4
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 77 Sheet 7A Stamped 243
105-105
Birdwell, Charlie L Hd W M Mar 1871 29 M 7 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Birdwell, Lula Wf W F Apr 1877 23 M 7 4/4 Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Burton Son W M Dec 1892 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Corlis Son W M Aug 1895 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Ora Dtr W F Dec 1896 S S Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Obe Son W M May 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 16 May 1910
SD 2 ED 101 Sheet 1B
14-15
Samuel Henley Household
15-16
Birdwell, Charley L Hd M W 39 M1 14 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Birdwell, Lula A Wf F W 33 m 14 8/6 Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Bertin A Son m W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Labor
Birdwell, Carlis C Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Labor
Birdwell, Ora M Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Labor
Birdwell, Obye L Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Wallis H Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Minnie A Dtr F W 4 S Tx Tx Tx




1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated 3 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 174 Sheet 11B
201-204
Birdwell, Charles Head M W 49 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Birdwell, Lula Wf F W 49 M Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Wallace Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Minnie Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx


1930 Census
Texas, Cameron County, JP No. 3
April 15, 1930 ED 31-24 SD 29 Sheet 11A Sheet 158
198-212
Birdwell, C. L. Head M W 59 M 22 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Birdwell, Lula Wf F W 53 M 16 Tx Tx Tx





(Medical):See attached sources.

Charles married Lula Alice Henley on 27 Dec 1892 in Texas. Lula was born on 8 Apr 1877 in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 27 Feb 1943 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas; was buried in Chinquapin Cemetery (Loggins Family Burial Ground), Macune, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David Pike shows her as a daughter of Cornelius Henley and Martha Voshay.

Name: Lula Alice Birdwell
Death Date: 27 Feb 1943
Death Place: Conroe, Montgomery, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 65 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 08 Apr 1877
Birthplace: San Augustine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Neal Henley
Father's Birthplace: San Augustine Co., Tex.
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Conroe, Montgomery, Texas
Cemetery: Redland Cem.
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 01 Mar 1943
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137250
Digital Film Number: 4030120
Image Number: 85
Reference Number: cn 8981
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

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.