Sacramento County
Biographies
JOHN M. BIRD
JOHN M. BIRD.--In the prime of life and general usefulness, John M. Bird is one of the highly respected employees of the Central California Traction Company, where he has served since 1911 as a motorman. He was born in Kenton County, Ky., March 27, 1868, a son of F. P and Elizabeth (Williams) Bird, of Scotch descent, born in Kentucky. Both parents are living and reside in their native state. John M. Bird began his education in the grammar school; then entered high school, where he remained until seventeen years of age, when he went to work in the harvest field; later he worked in his father’s saw and grist mill where he remained several years. At twenty-one years of age he became a fireman on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, where he remained until 1892, when he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and for seventeen years was a motorman with the C. M. & L. Traction Company. In 1908 Mr. Bird removed to California and located at Fresno, where he remained for three years, when he removed to Sacramento and purchased a home in Colonial Heights.
Mr. Bird was married to Miss Rose Armstrong, a daughter of John L and Sallie (Gray) Armstrong, both parents of Scotch descent. Mrs. Bird has three brothers in California. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bird. Ralph Lee enlisted in the National Guard in 1912 and served in the ranks for three years; in 1914 he went to the Mexican border in Company E, 2nd Army Corps. He was discharged at Camp Lewis, August 8, 1916, and re-enlisted and was again discharged October 22, 1917. He was married in San Francisco to Miss Beryl L. Hooper; they reside in Colonial Heights, and he is engaged as a dealer in used automobiles at 1206 I Street. He belongs to the B. P. O. Elks, Lodge No. 6. Arnold Bird enlisted in June, 1917, as a member of the A. E. F. 160th Ambulance Corps and saw active service in France; he was discharged August 2, 1919. Alfred Bird also served in the army during the World War. Mr. Bird is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Odd Fellows of Cincinnati since 1894.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 940-941.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.