James Birdsall

1783 - 1856  (73 years)

• Name	James Birdsall
  Birth	1783	Pawling, Dutchess, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  FSID	L4T4-NR6
  Burial	Jul 1856	Genesee, Michigan, United States
  Death	20 Jul 1856	Genesee, Michigan, United States
  Person ID	I45	footsteps | Birdsall, Charlamagne, DonCampbell, Godiva
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Birdsall, Colonel ,   b. 4 Aug 1743, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 8 Oct 1828, Greene, New York, United States (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Akin,   b. 19 Dec 1746, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 9 Sep 1836, Greene, New York, United States (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1763	Dutchess, New York, United States
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rizpah Steere,   b. 24 Jan 1792, Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 10 May 1869, Genesee, Michigan, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1811
  Children	+ 1. Maurice Birdsall,   b. 1826, Norwich, Chenango, New York, United States d. 19 Dec 1891, Grayling, Crawford, Michigan, United States (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  U.S. Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1806 and was the first lawyer to open a legal practice in Norwich, New York. He was surrogate for Chenango County, New York, in 1811. In 1815, he was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress, serving until 1817. After leaving Congress, he was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1827 and one of the incorporates of the Bank of Chenango. Relocating to Michigan, in 1839, he practiced law until his death at age 73.

  
  

• Photos

  Capt James H Birdsall Civil War