Bethel Mae Birdwell

Notes:

David Pike writes that he worked in sawmills most of his adult life until his family moved to Panola County circa 1923, after which time he and his family worked as sharecroppers. His registration for the draft during World War I showed his as a carpenter for Kirby Lumber Co of Bronson. He was also shown as a resident of Bronson, with his nearest relative being Mrs. Eva Birdwell. He was shown as of medium heighth, medium build, with blue eyes and black hair.

Name: Elbert C. Birdwell
Death Date: 04 May 1963
Death Place: Marshall, Harrison, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 79 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1883
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James Birdwell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Cogburn
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Ret. Saw Mill Worker
Place of Residence: Carthage, Panola, Texas
Cemetery: Mt. Bethel
Burial Place: Panola Co., Texas
Burial Date: 05 May 1963
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117274
Digital Film Number: 4028587
Image Number: 991
Reference Number: 32016
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Panola County, Precinct 7
Enumerated 1 April 1930
ED 183-16 SD 12 Sheet 6A Stamped 205
100-112
Birdwell, Elbert C Head M W 43 M 22 Tx Ala Tx Farmer General Farm
Birdwell, Evie Wife F W 41 M 20 Tx Ala La Laborer Farm
Birdwell, Bertice Son m W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm
Birdwell, Artie B. Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm
Birdwell, Beatrice Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Farm
Birdwell, Roy Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Birdwell, Troy Son M W 3 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Elbert married Eva "Evie" Roberts on 19 Jan 1910 in Sabine County, Texas. Eva was born on 7 Jun 1888 in Texas; died on 14 Mar 1942 in Panola County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David Pike shows her as a daughter of Meriday Roberts and Elizabeth Simmons.

Name: Evie Roberts Birdwell
Death Date: 14 Mar 1942
Death Place: Center, Shelby, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 53 years 9 months 7 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1889
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: M.C. Roberts
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lizzie Roberts
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Mt. Bethel (Gary)
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2137024
Digital Film Number: 4168348
Image Number: 83
Reference Number: 14369
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

Married:
E.C. Birdwell married Evie Roberts on 19 Jan 1910 in Sabine County.

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.