Rufus Birdsell

Born: 03/28/1830

Died:
Buried:

Married: Elizabeth White
b. 12/1822 Parents Micajah and Mary White
11/09/1851

Parents:
Father
: Clark Birdsell(1)
Mother: Wealthy Herron

Children:
James A.
b. 08/17/1854 d. infancy
William
b. 02/03/1856
Margaret A.
b. 04/01/1858
m. George M. Tankersly
07/08/1875 Morgan Co. IL
Ruth Jane
b. 08/07/1860
Wealthy(2)
b. 10/18/1862
Rennie
b. 12/18/1864
Calvin
b. 03/07/1866
Infant daughter
b. 02/1869 d. infancy
George
b. 10/07/1872

Notes:
Fam-Stor.doc

Worked many years on his father's farm; enl 99th Regt IL Vols Infy; severely wounded 5/24/1863 Vicksburg; convalesced at Memphis, then Alexander Barracks in St. Louis, then Scranton PA and Philadelphia; discharged 7/5/1865, moved to Hooper Co, MO, then back to Morgan Co, IL

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