Information: The first column shows data points from Birdsall, Mary B., 1828–1894 in red. The third column shows data points from Birdsall, Henry A. in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
Mary Birdsall (b. 1828, Chester, PA–d. Feb. 1, 1894, Philadelphia, PA) moved to Richmond, Indiana with her family a a young age. She married Thomas Birdsall in 1848 and had three children Alvin, William, and Hubert. She began a journalism career in 1852 as editor of the Ladies Department of the Indiana Farmer. She purchased the early suffrage newspaper, The Lily, from Amelia Blooner in 1854 and served as editor and proprietor assisted by Mary F. Thomas.
Birdsall was involved with suffrage and the Indiana Women's Rights Conventions beginning in 1851; she was elected president in 1859. That same year she presented a women's rights petition with Mary F. Thomas and Agnes Cook to the Indiana State Legislature. They were the first women to do so. She completed her home, called "Brightbank", in 1960; it is now known as Mary Birdsdall House. Thomas and Mary moved to Philadelphia later in life and Mary died there.
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Mary B. Thistlethwaite Birdsall 1828, Chester, PA – February 1, 1894, Philadelphia, PA; father, William Thistlethwaite, mother, Elizabeth Wetherald; family moved to Richmond, Indianna, 1829 to farm; married Thomas Birdsall, 1848, had 3 children: Alvin T. Birdsall, William Wilfred Birdsall (president of Swathmore), Hubert H. Birdsall; worked as jounrnalist, edited Ladies Department of Indiana Farmer, 1852; bought the Lily from Amelia Blooner in 1854 abd was editor and propriotor, assisted by Mary F. Thomas; served as secretary at first Indiana Women's Rights Convention, 1851 and very invovled in Indiana Women's Rights Conventions , elected president in 1859;n presented a petition with Mary F. Thomas and Agnes Cook for women's rights to Indiana State Legislature, first women to do so, 1859; built house in 1859-1860 called "Brightbank" now known as Mary Birdsdal House; moved to Philadelphia later in life and died there.
Wikipedia article, Mary Birdsall (accessed March 20, 2019)
Mary B. Thistlethwaite Birdsall 1828, Chester, PA – February 1, 1894, Philadelphia, PA; father, William Thistlethwaite, mother, Elizabeth Wetherald; family moved to Richmond, Indianna, 1829 to farm; married Thomas Birdsall, 1848, had 3 children: Alvin T. Birdsall, William Wilfred Birdsall (president of Swathmore), Hubert H. Birdsall; worked as jounrnalist, edited Ladies Department of Indiana Farmer, 1852; bought the Lily from Amelia Blooner in 1854 abd was editor and propriotor, assisted by Mary F. Thomas; served as secretary at first Indiana Women's Rights Convention, 1851 and very invovled in Indiana Women's Rights Conventions , elected president in 1859;n presented a petition with Mary F. Thomas and Agnes Cook for women's rights to Indiana State Legislature, first women to do so, 1859; built house in 1859-1860 called "Brightbank" now known as Mary Birdsdal House; moved to Philadelphia later in life and died there.
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Birdsall, Mary B., 1828–1894
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Record book of the IWSA, 1851-1881.
Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association. Record book of the IWSA, 1851-1881.
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Record book of the IWSA, 1851-1881.
Minutes and annual and semi-annual conventions, treasurer's reports, preamble and constitution of the Woman's Rights Asscociation of Indiana. Also included is a four page report concerning the creation of Howard University. The name of the organization was officially changed from the Woman's Rights Assoc. to the Indiana Woman's Suffrage Assoc. in 1875.
Birdsall, Henry A. Henry A. Birdsall diary, 1865 [manuscript].
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Henry A. Birdsall diary, 1865 [manuscript].
Diary, photocopy, ca. 90 p., of Henry A. Birdsall with the 11th Michigan Cavalry Regiment chiefly in Virginia and western North Carolina. Birdsall wrote almost daily entries from 1 January 1865, when he was stationed near Lexington, Va., until 29 July 1865, when he was on his way home, having been discharged on 19 July. Entries average a few sentences in length and discuss Birdsall's work with muster rolls and payrolls, troop movements, and general military life. Entries beginning in March 1865 describe the 11th Michigan Cavalry's journey through western North Carolina and include detials of several skirmishes with remnants of Confederate troops. On 24 April 1865, Birdsall noted the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, which "...caused considerable excitement among the soldiers. They feel more like fighting than ever." Also included are a few pages listing expenditures and letters written and some pages of miscellaneous scribblings, including a "Love Letter" and a poem entitled "Woman."
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