Bellew, Bird
Tombstone Data
No Tombstone Found
Cemetery:Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery — Miami, Ottawa County, OK
Section: G.A.R. Section
Block: 38Lot: 0Row: 1Grave: 2
Sexton Book
Name:Bellew, Bird
Age:54
Buried:Oct 16 1918
Record Source:Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
(Sexton Book)Miami, Ottawa County, OK
Funeral Home Data
Deceased:Bellew, Bird
Died:Oct 14 1918
Place Died:northwest of Treece Kansas
Remarks:name, is difficult to read
He died during time of the Spanish Flu
Epidemic of 1918-1919. Some died in 1917 and some 1920.
1000, at least, local persons died during these years, and
millions died world wide. He may, or may not, have
died of Spanish Flu. At the time health officials were
calling cause of death by many names such as:
pneumonia, flu and even brain fever. The term
"Spanish Flu" came a little later.
Record Source:Mitchelson Funeral Home
(Funeral Record)Commerce, Ottawa County, OK
Book: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery — S J Mahurin