sentences:  A member of the New York State Assembly (Chenango County) in 1827, Birdsall was also one of the incorporators of the Bank of Chenango.He moved to Fenton, Michigan, in 1839 and later to Flint, Michigan.Birdsall died in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, on July 20, 1856 (age about 73 years).