Bird S. Newman, 18331919 (aged 86 years)

Name
Bird S. /Newman/
Given names
Bird S.
Surname
Newman
Birth
Citation details: Digital Folder# 4183645, Image# 1979, Film# 1299700, Vol 14, Certificate# 111
Citation details: Memorial# 14998009. Added 21 Jul 2006 by Lin Canamore Quigley.
Note: death records says birth was 1833 but supposed brother John was also born in 1833. The 1850 McMinn, TN census has his birth as 1831
Birth of a brother
Birth of a sister
Citation details: Digital Folder# 4183260, Image# 154, Film# 1299672, Vol 33, Certificate# 654
British King
William IV
from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
Birth of a sister
8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837
Birth of a sister
Death of a father
Citation details: "Pedigree Resource File" database. Submiiter: mwitt1077762
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
9th President of the United States
William Henry Harrison
March 4, 1841
10th President of the United States
John Tyler
April 4, 1841
11th President of the United States
James K Polk
March 4, 1845
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849
Death of a brother
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850
Census
Address: North 23 Subdivision East (?), McMinn, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA.
Text:

Enumerator: HM (?) Eiott

Note: In hh 1535-1051 as Rebecca Newman, Age: 55, Female, $1000, VA, Citizen; in hh 1536-1051 as Garret, Age: 25, Male, Farmer, TN, Citizen; Henry, Age: 20, Male, Farmer, TN; Bird, Age: 19, Male, Farmer, TN; John, Age: 17, Male, Farmer, TN, At school; Rebecca, Age: 15, Female, TN, At school; Sarah, Age: 13, Female, TN, At school; Emaline, Age: 11, Female, TN, At school; James, Age: 32, Married, Farmer, TN, At school.
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Tennessee-EASy, Film# 830182. Reference# vDp130n202
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
Military
Confederate States of America
between 1862 and 1865
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Citation details: Memorial# 16049956. Added 08 Oct 2006 by Teresa Jarosek Elmore.
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Birth of a son
Quality of data: death certificate image
Citation details: Certificate# 16574
Citation details: Memorial# 15491276, Added 24 Aug 2006 by pansy_ewell.
Family census
Address: Decaturville, District 1, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
Quality of data: census image
Citation details: Sheet 7, Page 4
Text:

Enumerator: J. W. Morgan

Note: in hh 46-46 as Bird S. Newman, Age: 37, Male, White, Farmer, $2000/$1500, Citizen; Lucy A., Age: 36, Female, White, Keeping house, Cannot write; Meary J., Age: 2, Female, White, At home; William R. L., Age: 1, Male, White, At home; Nancy E. Walker, Age: 15, Female, White, Attending school; Robert Montgomery, Age: 26, Male, White, Work on flat boats, Attended school, Citizen; Lorga Mc'm, Age: 11, Female, White, Domestic servant. All individuals born TN. In household 43, 44, & 45 were Montgomery families - most likely relatives of Lucy A. Montgomery Newman. Nextdoor in hh 47 lived Lucy's father, William W. Montgomery.
Birth of a daughter
Note: a twin
Birth of a son
Citation details: Memorial# 14997998. Added 21 Jul 2006 as Lin Canamore Quigley.
Note: a twin
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Birth of a daughter
Citation details: Memorial# 76820051. Added 20 Sep 2011 by Lynnette McClure Howell.
Note: Per death certificate, daughter of Bird Newman and Lucy Ann Montgomery
Family census
Address: District 1, Decatur, Tennessee, USA
Citation details: Page 14D Film# 1255252
Quality of data: transcription
Note: Entry# 1237 as Bird S. Newman, Head, White, Male, Born: 1834, Age: 46, Married, Farmer, VA VA VA; Lucy A., Wife, White, Female, Born: 1836, Age: 44, Married, Keeping house, TN NC NC; Mary J., Daughter, White, Female, Born: 1868, Age: 12, Single, TN VA TN; Robert L., Son, White, Male, Born: 1869, Age: 11, Single, At Home, TN VA TN; Mally S., Daughter, White, Female, Born: 1871, Age: 9, Single, At home, TN VA TN; Madison F., Son, White, Male, Born: 1871, Age: 9, Single, At home, TN VA TN; Minnie E., Daughter, White, Female, Born: 1879, Age: 1, Single, At home, TN VA TN; Joseph Davis, Other, Male, White, Born: 1854, Age: 26, Unk, Works on farm, TN NC NC.
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: Page 376
Note: listed as MJ Newman and CC Austin
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Tennessee-VR, Film 979650
Note: 1st wife
Death of a grandson
Burial of a grandson
Cemetery: Red Walnut Church of Christ
Address: Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
Note: Newman, Infant, d. Sept. 18, 1897, "Infant son of M. F. & Anna Newman"
Marriage of a son
Citation details: Memorial# 15491311. Added 24 Aug 20076 by pansy_ewell
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: Page 8B
Family census
Address: Civil Districts 1, Decatur, Tennessee, USA
Citation details: Page 8B,
Text:

Enumerator: Henry J. Martin
Supervisor's District: 8
Enumeration District: 19

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 138-139 as Bi[rd] Newman, Head, White, Male, Born: Sept 1833, Age: 66, Married: 34 yrs, VA VA VA, Farmer, Home: free, farm# 127; Lucy A., Wife, White, Female, Born: Dec 1836, Age: 63, Married: 34 yrs, Children born: 6, Children living: 6, TN NC NC; Mallie, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Mar 1875, Age: 25, Single, TN TN TN; Minnie, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Oct 1879, Age 21, Single, TN TN TN; Rubin Blackburn, Boarder, White, Male, Born: Dec 1883, Age: 16, Single, TN TN TN, Farm Laborer, Unemployed: 4 mo, Cannot read or write; Joseph Davis, Boarder, White, Male, Born: Jan 1852, Age: 48, Single, TN TN TN, Farm Laborer, Unemployed: 3 mo., Cannot read or write; Elvirey E. Lancaster, Boarder, White, Male, Born: Jan 1835, Age 65, Single, TN TN TN, Cannot read or write.
Death of a sister
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Memorial# 15491250. Added 24 Aug 2006 by pansy_ewell.
Birth of a grandson
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Marriage of a daughter
Citation details: pages 4 aqnd 5
Birth of a grandson
Death of a grandson
Burial of a grandson
Cemetery: Red Walnut Church of Christ
Address: Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
Note: Newman, Infant, d. 1904, "Infant son of M. F. & Anna Newman"
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Memorial# 15731949. Added 14 Sep 2006 by pansy_ewell.
Citation details: 408-30-5773
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: page 4 & 5
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: Death Certificate# 9578
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Family census
Address: Civil District 1, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
Quality of data: transcription
Citation details: Page 4 & 5
Note: family# 96 as Bird S. Newman, Head, White, Male, Age: 76, Married, VA VA VA; Lucy A., Wife, White, Female, Age: 74, Married, TN NC NC; Philip Everette, Son–in-law, White, Male, Age: 32, Married, TN IL TN; Minnie, Daughter, White, Female, Age: 31, Married, TN VA TN; Bird, Grandson, White, Male, Age: 7, Single, TN TN TN; Grandy, Grandson, White, Male, Age: 3, Single, TN TN TN; Joe Davis, Unk, White, Male, Age: 60, Single, TN TN NC.
Birth of a granddaughter
Death of a sister
Citation details: Digital Folder# 4183260, Image# 154, Film# 1299672, Vol 33, Certificate# 654
Burial of a sister
Cemetery: Foster Cemetery
Address: Niota, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 35.58330, Longitude: -84.60000.
Citation details: Memorial# 27266543. Added 02 Jun 2008 by Marvin & Samme Templin.
Citation details: Digital Folder# 4183260, Image# 154, Film# 1299672, Vol 33, Certificate# 654
Note: tombstone inscription: tombstone inscription: Rebecca; Jane; Kennedy; July 12, 1835; July 30, 1916.
Birth of a granddaughter
Death of a grandson
Burial of a grandson
Cemetery: Red Walnut Church of Christ
Address: Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
Note: Newman, Dewey, Apr. 22, 1901-Jan. 7, 1919, "Son of M. F. & T. A. Newman"
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Death of a mother
Citation details: "Pedigree Resource File" database. submitter: mwitt1077762
Burial of a mother
Citation details: "Pedigree Resource File" database. Submitter: mwitt1077762
Death
Citation details: Digital Folder# 4183645, Image# 1979, Film# 1299700, Vol 14, Certificate# 111
Citation details: Memorial# 14998009. Added 21 Jul 2006 by Lin Canamore Quigley.
Note: Occupation: Farmer
Burial
Cemetery: Red Walnut Church of Christ
Address: 144 Red Walnut Rd., Bath Springs, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 14998009. Added 21 Jul 2006 by Lin Canamore Quigley.
Note: Newman, B. S., Sept. 7, 1833-Nov. 29, 1919, "Capt." "Cheatham's Div 51 Tenn Co E C.S.A." "Father"; military marker as footstone "Capt Co I 52 Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army"
Family with parents
father
17861839
Birth: about 1786 47 36 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: September 5, 1839McMinn, Tennessee, USA
mother
1795
Birth: about 1795Virginia, USA
Death: McMinn, Tennessee, USA
Marriage MarriageSeptember 28, 1815Grayson, Virginia, USA
15 months
elder brother
18161850
Birth: 1816 30 21 McMinn, Tennessee, USA
Death: before 1850McMinn, Tennessee, USA
2 years
elder sister
1817
Birth: about 1817 31 22
Death:
2 years
elder brother
1818
Birth: about 1818 32 23 Tennessee, USA
Death:
3 years
elder sister
6 years
elder brother
1825
Birth: about 1825 39 30 Tennessee, USA
Death:
6 years
elder brother
1830
Birth: about 1830 44 35 Tennessee, USA
Death:
4 years
brother
1833
Birth: about 1833 47 38 Tennessee, USA
Death:
8 months
himself
18331919
Birth: September 7, 1833 47 38 Virginia, USA
Death: November 28, 1919Scott's Hill, Decatur, Tennessee, USA
22 months
younger sister
18351917
Birth: July 12, 1835 49 40 McMinn, Tennessee, USA
Death: July 30, 1917McMinn, Tennessee, USA
3 years
younger sister
1837
Birth: about 1837 51 42 Tennessee, USA
Death:
17 months
younger sister
18381900
Birth: May 12, 1838 52 43 Tennessee, USA
Death: December 25, 1900McMinn, Tennessee, USA
Family with Lucy Ann Montgomery
himself
18331919
Birth: September 7, 1833 47 38 Virginia, USA
Death: November 28, 1919Scott's Hill, Decatur, Tennessee, USA
wife
18351921
Birth: December 20, 1835
Death: December 3, 1921Decatur, Tennessee, USA
Marriage Marriageafter 1865Red Walnut, Decatur, Tennessee, USA
2 years
daughter
18671951
Birth: May 26, 1867 33 31 Decatur, Tennessee, USA
Death: December 21, 1951Carter, Oklahoma, USA
3 years
son
18691946
Birth: December 11, 1869 36 33 Hardin, Tennessee, USA
Death: August 4, 1946Dyer, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
2 years
daughter
18711955
Birth: 1871 37 35 Decatur, Tennessee, USA
Death: August 22, 1955Decatur, Tennessee, USA
1 year
son
18711957
Birth: about 1871 37 35 Decatur, Tennessee, USA
Death: October 4, 1957Decatur, Tennessee, USA
8 years
daughter
18781955
Birth: 1878 44 42 Decatur, Tennessee, USA
Death: August 22, 1955Decatur, Tennessee, USA
Birth
Citation details: Digital Folder# 4183645, Image# 1979, Film# 1299700, Vol 14, Certificate# 111
Citation details: Memorial# 14998009. Added 21 Jul 2006 by Lin Canamore Quigley.
Census
Text:

Enumerator: HM (?) Eiott

Military
Marriage
Family census
Quality of data: census image
Citation details: Sheet 7, Page 4
Text:

Enumerator: J. W. Morgan

Family census
Citation details: Page 14D Film# 1255252
Quality of data: transcription
Family census
Citation details: Page 8B,
Text:

Enumerator: Henry J. Martin
Supervisor's District: 8
Enumeration District: 19

Quality of data: census image
Family census
Quality of data: transcription
Citation details: Page 4 & 5
Death
Citation details: Digital Folder# 4183645, Image# 1979, Film# 1299700, Vol 14, Certificate# 111
Citation details: Memorial# 14998009. Added 21 Jul 2006 by Lin Canamore Quigley.
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 14998009. Added 21 Jul 2006 by Lin Canamore Quigley.
Note
Note
Birth

death records says birth was 1833 but supposed brother John was also born in 1833. The 1850 McMinn, TN census has his birth as 1831

Census

In hh 1535-1051 as Rebecca Newman, Age: 55, Female, $1000, VA, Citizen; in hh 1536-1051 as Garret, Age: 25, Male, Farmer, TN, Citizen; Henry, Age: 20, Male, Farmer, TN; Bird, Age: 19, Male, Farmer, TN; John, Age: 17, Male, Farmer, TN, At school; Rebecca, Age: 15, Female, TN, At school; Sarah, Age: 13, Female, TN, At school; Emaline, Age: 11, Female, TN, At school; James, Age: 32, Married, Farmer, TN, At school.

Family census

in hh 46-46 as Bird S. Newman, Age: 37, Male, White, Farmer, $2000/$1500, Citizen; Lucy A., Age: 36, Female, White, Keeping house, Cannot write; Meary J., Age: 2, Female, White, At home; William R. L., Age: 1, Male, White, At home; Nancy E. Walker, Age: 15, Female, White, Attending school; Robert Montgomery, Age: 26, Male, White, Work on flat boats, Attended school, Citizen; Lorga Mc'm, Age: 11, Female, White, Domestic servant. All individuals born TN. In household 43, 44, & 45 were Montgomery families - most likely relatives of Lucy A. Montgomery Newman. Nextdoor in hh 47 lived Lucy's father, William W. Montgomery.

Family census

Entry# 1237 as Bird S. Newman, Head, White, Male, Born: 1834, Age: 46, Married, Farmer, VA VA VA; Lucy A., Wife, White, Female, Born: 1836, Age: 44, Married, Keeping house, TN NC NC; Mary J., Daughter, White, Female, Born: 1868, Age: 12, Single, TN VA TN; Robert L., Son, White, Male, Born: 1869, Age: 11, Single, At Home, TN VA TN; Mally S., Daughter, White, Female, Born: 1871, Age: 9, Single, At home, TN VA TN; Madison F., Son, White, Male, Born: 1871, Age: 9, Single, At home, TN VA TN; Minnie E., Daughter, White, Female, Born: 1879, Age: 1, Single, At home, TN VA TN; Joseph Davis, Other, Male, White, Born: 1854, Age: 26, Unk, Works on farm, TN NC NC.

Family census

in hh 138-139 as Bi[rd] Newman, Head, White, Male, Born: Sept 1833, Age: 66, Married: 34 yrs, VA VA VA, Farmer, Home: free, farm# 127; Lucy A., Wife, White, Female, Born: Dec 1836, Age: 63, Married: 34 yrs, Children born: 6, Children living: 6, TN NC NC; Mallie, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Mar 1875, Age: 25, Single, TN TN TN; Minnie, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Oct 1879, Age 21, Single, TN TN TN; Rubin Blackburn, Boarder, White, Male, Born: Dec 1883, Age: 16, Single, TN TN TN, Farm Laborer, Unemployed: 4 mo, Cannot read or write; Joseph Davis, Boarder, White, Male, Born: Jan 1852, Age: 48, Single, TN TN TN, Farm Laborer, Unemployed: 3 mo., Cannot read or write; Elvirey E. Lancaster, Boarder, White, Male, Born: Jan 1835, Age 65, Single, TN TN TN, Cannot read or write.

Family census

family# 96 as Bird S. Newman, Head, White, Male, Age: 76, Married, VA VA VA; Lucy A., Wife, White, Female, Age: 74, Married, TN NC NC; Philip Everette, Son–in-law, White, Male, Age: 32, Married, TN IL TN; Minnie, Daughter, White, Female, Age: 31, Married, TN VA TN; Bird, Grandson, White, Male, Age: 7, Single, TN TN TN; Grandy, Grandson, White, Male, Age: 3, Single, TN TN TN; Joe Davis, Unk, White, Male, Age: 60, Single, TN TN NC.

Death

Occupation: Farmer

Burial

Newman, B. S., Sept. 7, 1833-Nov. 29, 1919, "Capt." "Cheatham's Div 51 Tenn Co E C.S.A." "Father"; military marker as footstone "Capt Co I 52 Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army"

Note

Captain in Company G, 57th Infantry, C.S.A., a leader of the Rebel skirmish line at Shiloh. Wounded twice in the same leg and hopped through the battle. He kept the retrieved bullet in his pocket all his life and proudly showed it as long as he lived. It was his wish to carry the second bullet to his grave, which he did. Captain Newman was captured at a later battle and taken to prison at Sandusky, Ohio. B. S. Newman received a pension #S1313 for his service.

Note

"He came back home [from the Civil War] to marry Lucy Ann Montgomery, daughter of the Billy Montgomerys, and do farming for many years in the Red Walnut community and in which cemetery they are buried. Among living descendants here now [1977] are, Mrs. Birdie (Walt) Johnson (named for him "Birdie) and Birdie and Grady Averett."

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