Mary Frances Rich Bird

10 February 1835 — ?

1 Born in Missouri. 2 Married James Bird as a plural wife, circa 1850. 3 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1850. 4 Appointed counselor to Matilda Matey Dudley in the Great Salt Lake City Female Relief Society, February 9, 1854; held meetings at her home. 5 (See Document 2.1)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Apr. 2014), Mary Frances Rich Bird. 1850 U.S. census, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 36, Mary F. Bird; digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Oct. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M462, roll 919.

  2. [2] 1850 U.S. census, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 36.

  3. [3] “Ancestral File,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), James Bird (18WZ-1J). “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868,” database, Mary Frances Rich Bird. 1850 U.S. census, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 36.

  4. [4] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868,” database, Mary Frances Rich Bird.

  5. [5] “Record of the Female Relief Soci[e]ty Organized on the 9th of Feb, in the City of Great Salt Lake 1854 Utah Territory,” Great Salt Lake City Relief Society, Utah Territory, Jan. 24, 1854–June 13, 1854; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 4, 2016), Mary France Rich LHV7-KQ9 .