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:

His draft registration card for World War I showed him as James Chalmis Birdwell of Milam, Texas. He listed his date of birth as Jan 15, 1899, and his employer as R. D. Birdwell of Milam, his father. He was shown as being medium height, slender build, and that he had the significant previous injury of a "bullet in right hip."

Family/Spouse: Emma Gene Pratt. Emma (daughter of Hampton Lee Pratt and Mary E. Cooper) was born on 11 Sep 1906 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 20 Sep 1978 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]