Bio: Fields, Bird & Mary A. (Townsend)
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----Source: Contributed by Crystal Wendt and the Clark Co., WI History Buffs, Kay E. Sarris, Federal Census Records

Surnames: Austin, Fields, Townsend, Tucker

 

 

Bird & Mary A. (Townsend) Fields

Clark Co., Wisconsin

 

Bird Fields [Original Photo]

 

 

Military Records [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

 

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.

 

 

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

 

1870 Federal Census - Richwood, Richland County, Wisconsin

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.

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

 

1880 Federal Census - Clayton, Crawford County, Wisconsin

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

 

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  

 

 

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