UPSON COUNTY, GA - Obits   Mr. A. H. Birdsong

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Death of Mr. A. H. Birdsong
Mr. A. H. Birdsong was born the 3rd of April, 1845, in
Upson Co., Ga. and here spent all his life except about
20 years.

He was in Texas from 1884 to 1903 when he returned to
Upson Co. He died at 10 o'clock Tuesday evening the 25th
of October 1921 and at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon  the
26th of October at his request be buried by the side of
51 Confederate soldiers, who died in the Hospitals, in
Thomaston Ga., in 1864 and at the heads of their graves
are marble slabs with inscriptions showing that they were
from half a dozen different states, to-wit:

South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Tennessee and Georgia and some of the graves
are marked "unknown".

Mr. A. H. Birdsong has been drawing a pension as a
confederate soldier ever since 1905, and he was entitled
to a pension of $120.00 for 1921.

He stated in application for pension for pension- - "At 8
o'clock A.M. On 3rd April 1863, my 18th Birthday, in
Thomaston, Ga., Capt. J. S. King, who was when 1st
Lieutenant swore me into service and I returned with him
to Bridgeport, Ala., and served in Co. K. 5th Ga. Reg. "
He served from April 1863- to April 26th 1865, and
surrendered at Greensboro,  N.C. He was a brave soldier
and a good citizen.


"Tis not of the whole of life to live,
       Nor all of death to die;
This think when this life is o'er,
Man dies to lives but lives to die no
   More."
                         J.E.F. Matthews
Other- Glenwood Cemetery

A.H. Birdsong- no date Co. K, 5 Ga. Inf. C.S.A
April 3, 1845- Oct 26, 1921- Actual date