Bird & Mary A. (Townsend) Fields
Clark Co., Wisconsin
Contributed by Crystal Wendt and the Clark Co., WI History Buffs
Bird Fields [Original Photo]
The monument for Bird Fields indicates he died Aug. 30, 1904 @ 65 years, 1 mo., 21 days which would produce a birth date of July 9, 1839. The Register of Deeds Death Record shows he died Aug. 31, 1904 and was born in June of 1835 which would say he was 69 years old. The reverse side of his VGR says, "It is a fair assumption Mr. Fields would have claimed to be older to receive a larger pension.....the conclusion is that the record of the monument is more accurate than the County Records which were originated by a local undertaker."
Bird Fields was the son of Dempsey (b.1810) and Lydia (Tucker) Fields. His wife was Mary Townsend. This couple had at least one daughter, Ellen who married Charles Austin.
He fought as a private with Co. A, 33rd WI along side his younger brother, Alfred.
Bird died Aug. 30 or 31st, 1904 and is buried in the Levis Township Cemetery.
Family Notes
The birth date that I have for Bird is 9 June,1835. I went back and looked on the 1840 census of Randolph County IN, and there are two males under the age of 5 years. Also I have the birth date of their sister Talitha, who is next in line and her birth date is 23 March, 1840. Not humanly impossible if Aunt Tal was a premature birth if Uncle Bird was born in July of 1839 but I would say quite unlikely.
1st Marriage
Bird's first marriage was to Lucinda Taylor B. ca 1845 and died ca. 4th or 5th of May,1870. No records to prove or disprove this. Just family word of mouth. She is not on the 1870 census.
Married 24th September,1865, Township of Clifton, Grant County, Wisconsin.
One child of this marriage.-James Harrison Fields
2nd Marriage
Mary M. Townsend B.1854-1922. Buried Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN.
Married 22 July, 1873 at Sylvan-Religious ceremony-Richland County WI
Richland County WI Records, Volume 1 Page 149.
Parents of nine children
Bird Fields Enlisted at Washburn-(Now Arthur) Lima Township, Grant County, WI on 14 August,1862.Private Co. A-33rd Regiment, WI Volunteers. Discharged at Vicksburg, Mississippi 9 August, 1865. Listed as a teamster. Was made Division Teamster 10 December, 1864. Served as Div. Teamster till the end of the war. Served at Vicksburg, Mississippi and New Orleans, LA. Date of Death: 3 August,1904 Neillsville, WI Buried: Town of Levis Cemetery, Neillsville, WI.
Source: Kay E. Sarris
Census Records
| 1850 Federal Census - Pleasant, Grant County, Indiana | ||||
| Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | Birth place |
| Fields, Dempsy [Dempsey] | 40 | m | farmer | Tennessee |
| Fields, Lydia | 42 | f | Tennessee | |
| Fields, Susannah | 16 | f | Tennessee | |
| Fields, Bird* | 13 | m | Indiana | |
| Fields, Albert [Alfred ?] | 11 | m | Indiana | |
| Fields, Lelitha | 9 | f | Indiana | |
| Fields, Joseph | 6 | m | Indiana | |
| Fields, Marina | 4 | f | Indiana | |
| Fields, Amanda | 1 | f | Indiana | |
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1870 Federal Census - Richwood, Richland County, Wisconsin |
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Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
Birth Place |
|
Fields, Bird* |
30 |
m |
w |
Farmer |
Indiana |
|
Fields, Loncinda |
25 |
f |
w |
Wisconsin |
|
|
Fields, James |
3 |
m |
w |
Wisconsin |
|
|
Taylor, Columbus* |
27 |
m |
w |
Laborer |
Wisconsin |
|
Fields, Alfred* |
27 |
m |
w |
Farmer |
Indiana |
|
Fields, Emily |
25 |
f |
w |
Indiana |
|
|
Fields, Wesley |
6 |
m |
w |
Wisconsin |
|
|
Fields, Clara |
5 |
f |
w |
Wisconsin |
|
|
Fields, Laura |
4 months |
f |
w |
Wisconsin |
|
|
* Bird and Alfred Fields are living next door to each other. Loncinda (Lucinda) Fields's maiden name is Taylor. Bird and Lucinda where married in Grant County, Wisconsin 24 Sept. 1865; taken from Wis. Marriages 1835 - 1900. Columbus Taylor is actually index as Columbus Taylor Fields, believe to be Lucinda's brother. |
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|
Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
Birth Place |
|
Fields, Damsey |
60 |
m |
w |
Farmer |
Tennessee |
|
Fields, Elizabeth A. |
40 |
f |
w |
Pennsyvlania |
|
|
Fields, Sarah E. |
22 |
f |
w |
Wisconsin |
|
|
Fields, Clarra L. |
8 |
f |
w |
Wisconsin |
|
|
Fields, Willie A. S. |
1 |
m |
w |
Wisconsin |
|
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1880 Federal Census - Clayton, Crawford County, Wisconsin |
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|
Name |
Race |
Sex |
Age |
Relation |
Occupation |
Birth place |
Father Birth place |
Mother birth place |
|
Fields, Bird* |
w |
m |
40 |
Head |
farming |
Indiana |
Indiana |
blank |
|
Fields, Mary A. |
w |
f |
26 |
Wife |
keeing house |
Indiana |
Ky |
Ohio |
|
Fields, James |
w |
m |
13 |
son |
Wisconsin |
Indiana |
Wisconsin |
|
|
Fields, Ella J. |
w |
f |
4 |
daug |
Wisconsin |
Indiana |
Indiana |
|
|
Fields, Walter B. |
w |
m |
2 |
son |
Wisconsin |
Indiana |
Indiana |
|
|
Fields, Bertha L |
w |
f |
5 months |
daug |
Wisconsin |
Indiana |
Indiana |
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| 1900 Federal Census - Washburn, Clark County, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Name | Relation | Race | Sex | Birth Month | Birth Year | Age | Material Status | Years Married | Kids Born | Kids Living | Birth Place | Father Birth Place | Mother Birth Place | Occupation |
| Fields, Bird* | head | w | m | June | 1836 | 63 | m | 26 | Indiana | Tennessee | Tennesse | Farmer | ||
| Fields, Mary A. | wife | w | f | Sept. | 1856 | 43 | m | 26 | 10 | 9 | Indiana | Ohio | Kentucky | |
| Fields, Walter | son | w | m | Feb. | 1877 | 23 | s | Wisconsin | Indiana | Indiana | ||||
| Fields, George | son | w | m | April | 1887 | 13 | s | Wisconsin | Indiana | Indiana | At School | |||
| Fields, Ledy ? | daug | w | f | May | 1889 | 11 | s | Wisconsin | Indiana | Indiana | At School | |||
| Fields, Lillie | daug | w | f | Oct. | 1891 | 8 | s | Wisconsin | Indiana | Indiana | At School | |||
| Fields, Mable | daug | w | f | March | 1894 | 6 | s | Wisconsin | Indiana | Indiana | ||||
| Fields, Francis R. | daug | w | f | March | 1898 | 2 | s | Wisconsin | Indiana | Indiana | ||||
Contributors
Kay E. Sarris & the Clark Co., WI History Buffs.
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