Elvira Bird^[1]

• Name	Elvira Bird
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I73462	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 January 2009

  
  

  Father	Rev. Richard R. Bird,   b. 27 August 1769, Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA d. 26 July 1856, McDowell Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Westlake,   b. 22 April 1780, Greenbrier Co., Virginia, USA d. 23 May 1853, McDowell Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	about 1794	Greenbrier Co., Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	Richard Bird was my mother's father's name. He married a Miss Elizabeth Westlake of Greenbriar Co., Virginia. Grandfather's residence was three-fourths of a mile above where Father lived and about two miles from Ebenezer Church where he and all my relative, who have died, are buried. Grandmother and Grandfather Bird had several children: the eldest, my mother was named Matilda. She died of cancer of the breast. The next was Lucinda who married Thomas Curtis, son of Joshua Curtis, a cousin to Thomas Curtis who married Father's sister, residence McDowell, NC. The next is Eliza who married Father's brother William Maffit, residence McDowell NC. Nelson married but I have forgotten his wife's name, residence Anderson District. S.C. The next are Wilson Lee and Celina (twins), Nelson lives in McDowell County and Celina in McMinn County, Tenn. Caroline married Zechariah S. Kelly, residence Anderson Dist. S.C.; Francis Asbury and Albert Jefferson (twins); Francis married a Miss Patten of Buncombe Co. NC, Albert married a Miss Jarrett, residence McDowell Co NC.; Elvira married John Dicken of McMinn Co. Tenn., Richard Ivy married a Miss Hicks, residence McDowell NC. [1]
  Family ID	F6805	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	John Dicken,   b. of, McMinn Co., Tennessee, USA
  Notes	Elvira married John Dicken of McMinn Co. Tenn. [1]
  Family ID	F51404	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 January 2009

  
  

• Histories

  A Letter to Emily and John Maffitt This letter was written by Richard Bird Maffitt to his children Emily Virginia Maffitt and John Walton Ward Maffitt. It was left to the Johnson County (Arkansas) Historical Society by Miss Martha Basham (daughter of Emily Virginia Maffitt) and published in their journal in April 1981.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1946] written by Richard Bird Maffitt, Article titled “A Letter to Emily and John Maffitt”. [S1] Robert and Frances Moffitt, Original Moffat GEDCOM File.