Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Bird, John P. 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 12, 2007, 5:39 pm Author: Unknown JOHN P. BIRD, Principal of the Third District School of La Crosse; has been in his present position since 1876; for one year previous to that, he was Principal of the Fifth District School. He was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1845; his father, William Bird, removed to Martin Co., Minn., in 1865, and died there in 1879. Prof. Bird is a graduate of the Minnesota State Normal School at Mankato, Class of 1871, and has been teaching since that time. In 1880, he graduated from the National School of Elocution and Oratory at Philadelphia. He was married in December, 1879, to Helen R. Hanscom, of La Crosse. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 737. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/bird179nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb