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DR. THOMAS BIRD, of Covington, Ky., a native of London, England, was born August 2, 1812, and is the third and only survivor of a family of five children born to Thomas and Sarah (Dyke) Bird. Thomas Bird, Sr., a son of Samuel and Susan (Buckley) Bird, was born at the Reilth, November 19, 1775, and died September 4, 1835; his wife was born February 22, 1782, and died June 9, 1860; they were members of the established church of England. Our subject was educated in Shropshire, England, and received his medical education in Dublin, Ireland. In 1841 he located at Coving ton, Ky., where he has since lived, having practiced his profession until old age intervened, and is now engaged in the drug trade. He was brought up a member of the Episcopal Church. He was, indeed, the founder, builder and preserver of that church in Covington, and has lived to see a church that he upheld by his own means when in its infancy now large and prosperous. From time to time he has held all the offices of the church. He has always voted the Democratic ticket. In 1844 he married Miss Ellen Blakeway, daughter of Roger and Elizabeth (Dyke) Blakeway, who was born in 1812 at Wootton Hall, England, and died in 1883, a member of the Episcopal Church. Two children blessed their marriage, Francis and Flora; the former died in 1886, having been associated with his father in business, and was at the time of his death a young man of great promise.