Lee was born about 1868. He is the son of James Bird and Drusilla Cook.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWT-6R7 : 12 April 2016), Richard Lee Bird in household of James Bird, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 28, family 120, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,990.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZV-BGB : 7 September 2017), Lee R Bird in household of James Bird, District 10 Highgrove, Nelson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 209, sheet 272D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0435; FHL microfilm 1,254,435.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M28J-JG8 : accessed 5 February 2019), Richard L Bird, Leaches, Bullitt, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 4B, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 468; FHL microfilm 1,374,481.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLM-2C8K : 13 December 2015), R L Bird, ; Burial, Pitts Point, Bullitt, Kentucky, United States of America, Pitts Point Protestant Cemetery; citing record ID 82134090, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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