Individual Details

Birdie Chadwick

(9 Jul 1879 - 28 Jan 1980)



1880 Census. Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 397
Ed Chadwick, 22, b. MO Sarah E., 19, b. AR, father b. NC, mother b. TN
Berdie, 10 months, son, b. July, b. AR
They were apparently living in the household of Robert & Mary F. Estes and their five children, and Elisha Estes, age 85 - although the enumerator may have just failed to put a household number for the Chadwicks.

Birdie's mother - Sarah Elizabeth Long Chadwick, remarried after the death of her first husband to Harrison Charles Small.
1900 Census. Union Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 31
Harrison C. Small, b. Feb 1840, age 60, married 16 years, b. Indian Territory
Sarrah E., wife, b. Oct 1860, age 39, married 16 years, 9 children - 7 are living, b. AR
Birdie, dau, b. Jul 1879, 20, b. IT
Harrison V., son, b. Oct 1877, 12 - b. AR as were all the rest of the children
Charles L., son, b. Nov 1890, 9
Ruth E., dau, b. Sep 1893, 6
Bailey S., son, b. Jul 1894, 5
Howard W., son, b. Jun 1896, 4
Niti B. dau, b. Aug 1898, age 1

Birdie "Shadwick" age 18 and Francis Houghton, age 26, applied for marriage license in Crawford Co, AR on 18 Sep 1897. They were married the next day by John Nolan, JP.

Although there is supposedly a marriage certificate in Crawford County, giving the year 1905 for her marriage to Clinden Comstock, the family history book states 1900 - a child was born in 1901 so this seems more likely.

Birdie remarried after the death of Clinden.
In 1920, she and new husband Tom Fuller lived between Omer Mills [who had been married to Cordelia Comstock] and Randolph Comstock, in Uniontown. The three younger children are Comstocks but they are listed as Fullers. Goy was Tom's son by his first marriage.
1920 Census. Uniontown, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 24
Thomas Fuller, age 46, b. MO
Burdie, wife, 40, b. AR
Goy, son, 18, b. OK
Charlie, son, 12, b. AR
Minnie, dau, 10, b. AR
Ed, son, 8, b. AR

1930 Census. Jasper Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 29
Thomas F. Fuller, 55, married first time at age 17, b. MO
Birdie, wife, 50, married first time at age 19, b. OK

1940 Census. Uniontown, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 13
Lived in the same place in 1935
T. F. Fuller, 68, b. MO
Birdie, wife, 60, b. OK

11 January 1943 Petition for Divorce filed in Crawford Co AR. Birdie Fuller vs. Tom Fuller for cruel treatment. He is a non-resident of Arkansas. Married in Crawford County 9 Sep 1915.

A gravestone at Dripping Springs Cemetery, shows:
Mama
Birdie Marwick
July 9 1879
Jan 28 1980

Events

Birth9 Jul 1879Indian Territory
Marriage19 Sep 1897Crawford County, Arkansas - Francis Houghton
Marriage6 Apr 1905Clinden "Den" Comstock
Marriage19 Oct 1915Crawford County, Arkansas - Thomas Franklin "Tom" Fuller
Divorce11 Jan 1943Thomas Franklin "Tom" Fuller
Death28 Jan 1980Crawford County, Arkansas

Families

SpouseClinden "Den" Comstock (1873 - 1912)
ChildGentie Comstock (1901 - 1996)
ChildThomas Denzil Comstock (1905 - 1911)
ChildCharles Franklin "Charlie" Comstock (1908 - 1986)
ChildPatricia Minerva "Pat Minnie" Comstock (1910 - 1998)
ChildEdward Den Comstock (1912 - 1997)
SpouseThomas Franklin "Tom" Fuller (1865 - )
SpouseFrancis Houghton (1871 - )
ChildGentie Comstock (1901 - 1996)
ChildThomas Denzil Comstock (1905 - 1911)
FatherEdward Chadwick (1858 - 1881)
MotherSarah Elizabeth Long (1861 - 1943)

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