William Capers Bird:
Born: January 7, 1835
Birthplace: Jefferson County Florida
Wife: Carrie H. Brooks Bird
Education:
Attended University of South Carolina
Attended Emory University
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney & Planter in Monticello Florida
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. Company I 1st Florida Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Captain of Company I 1st Florida Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh
1862: Wounded and captured during the Battle of Perryville
1863 – 1865: Colonel & Judge Advocate on Beauregard's Staff
Occupation after War:
Attorney & Planter in Monticello Florida
United States Marshal in Monticello Florida
Florida State Senator
Florida State Treasurer
Died: May 7, 1892
Place of Death: Monticello Florida
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Roseland Cemetery Monticello Florida
William Capers Bird was named for William Capers, Superintendent of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Bird family had moved to Monticello a Methodist Missionaries when it was a frontier town. His sister was married to a Peurifoy who was a Methodist Circuit Riding Pastor working as a Missionary to the Native Americans and the Pastor to the Monticello District.
Born: January 7, 1835
Birthplace: Jefferson County Florida
Wife: Carrie H. Brooks Bird
Education:
Attended University of South Carolina
Attended Emory University
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney & Planter in Monticello Florida
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. Company I 1st Florida Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Captain of Company I 1st Florida Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh
1862: Wounded and captured during the Battle of Perryville
1863 – 1865: Colonel & Judge Advocate on Beauregard's Staff
Occupation after War:
Attorney & Planter in Monticello Florida
United States Marshal in Monticello Florida
Florida State Senator
Florida State Treasurer
Died: May 7, 1892
Place of Death: Monticello Florida
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Roseland Cemetery Monticello Florida
William Capers Bird was named for William Capers, Superintendent of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Bird family had moved to Monticello a Methodist Missionaries when it was a frontier town. His sister was married to a Peurifoy who was a Methodist Circuit Riding Pastor working as a Missionary to the Native Americans and the Pastor to the Monticello District.
William Capers Bird:
Born: January 7, 1835
Birthplace: Jefferson County Florida
Wife: Carrie H. Brooks Bird
Education:
Attended University of South Carolina
Attended Emory University
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney & Planter in Monticello Florida
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. Company I 1st Florida Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Captain of Company I 1st Florida Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh
1862: Wounded and captured during the Battle of Perryville
1863 – 1865: Colonel & Judge Advocate on Beauregard's Staff
Occupation after War:
Attorney & Planter in Monticello Florida
United States Marshal in Monticello Florida
Florida State Senator
Florida State Treasurer
Died: May 7, 1892
Place of Death: Monticello Florida
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Roseland Cemetery Monticello Florida
William Capers Bird was named for William Capers, Superintendent of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Bird family had moved to Monticello a Methodist Missionaries when it was a frontier town. His sister was married to a Peurifoy who was a Methodist Circuit Riding Pastor working as a Missionary to the Native Americans and the Pastor to the Monticello District.
Born: January 7, 1835
Birthplace: Jefferson County Florida
Wife: Carrie H. Brooks Bird
Education:
Attended University of South Carolina
Attended Emory University
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney & Planter in Monticello Florida
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. Company I 1st Florida Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Captain of Company I 1st Florida Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh
1862: Wounded and captured during the Battle of Perryville
1863 – 1865: Colonel & Judge Advocate on Beauregard's Staff
Occupation after War:
Attorney & Planter in Monticello Florida
United States Marshal in Monticello Florida
Florida State Senator
Florida State Treasurer
Died: May 7, 1892
Place of Death: Monticello Florida
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Roseland Cemetery Monticello Florida
William Capers Bird was named for William Capers, Superintendent of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Bird family had moved to Monticello a Methodist Missionaries when it was a frontier town. His sister was married to a Peurifoy who was a Methodist Circuit Riding Pastor working as a Missionary to the Native Americans and the Pastor to the Monticello District.
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