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Our cousin Don Severs sent me quite a treasure
trove today by U.S.
mail.
It's "Aunt Matt's Family Tree,"
copyright 1934, revised in 1935 and
twice in 1939. For 38 typewritten pages, Martha
Elizabeth Kerby Porter
recounts the tales of her branch of the
southern Iowa/northern Missouri Kerby
family, circa 1880.
The account starts out: "Three brothers,
Jesse, a Revolutionary
soldier, Asa and Solomon, came from England
before the Revolutionary War and
settled in the eastern part of the United
States. They later settled in Warren
County, Kentucky, about the year 1795. Solomon
Kerby married Frances Ellison
about 1794 and their first child was David R.
Kerby, born Sept. 24. 1795 (died
about 1883)."
What?
Other sources indicate that the first of our
line on American soil was
Thomas Kerby III, who arrived in 1634 and had a
son, Robert Kerby, born May 1,
1662 in New Pocoson, York County, Virginia —
our first direct ancestor born in
America. We, I have been told, are descended
from his second son, John Kerby,
born July 19, 1693 in Charles Parish, Virginia,
also known as “Old John.”
Old John married Johanna Owens in 1729. They
had ten children: seven
sons: Francis, David, John Jr., Henry, Josiah,
Jesse and William; and three
daughters, Joanna, Susannah, and Mary. David
was born July 14, 1738 and during
the Revolutionary War took the Oath of
Allegiance and is listed in the
Daughters of the American Revolution’s
Patriot Index.
David and Elizabeth had ten children, Solomon,
Jesse, Leonard, Agnes,
Samuel, Sarah, Zepphor, Elizabeth, Asa and
Isaiah, according to The Virginia
Genealogist, Vol. 23, published in 1979,
compiled by Larry Blackman.
Aha!
Are these the Solomon, Jesse and Asa referred
to by Aunt Matt? The
names are uncommon enough for this not to be
coincidence, right? We'll just
assume she didn't have the story straight about
their origin.
One of the first stories she relates is about
Solomon's son David:
"David R. Kerby was 17 years of age when
he married Mary Rowland. they
had six children. Ewing Jefferson Jackson
Rowland Torrence Kerby was their
first child. The father, thinking he might be
the only child, named him for
his favorite presidents and relatives. When
Weing was a boy, his friends used
to call him Ewing Jefferson Jackson Rowland
That Tormenting Kerby. Of course,
changing the Torrence to Tormenting as children
will do. Ewing married Sarah
Rollin (Aunt Sally), a cousin of his mother.
They had two children, the first
being the first white child born in Appanoose
County, Iowa, about a mile north
of Cincinnati, Iowa. Their names are as follows
. . .
The first section of "Aunt Matt's Family
Tree" is mostly the children
and grandchildren of David R. Kerby. The second
section is titled "Incidents
about David R. Kerby." Among them:
"In November 1833, David Kerby and Mr.
Duncan were sitting around a
campfire after a day of hunting. They were
about startled out of their wits by
the unusual meteoric display. Mr. Duncan and
another man were playing cards
and thought the falling stars heralded the last
day, so they threw the cards
in the fire and got down by a log and went to
praying. Grandfather said he
never head a man pray so hard in his
life."
Allegedly the meteor storm had the same effect
on a local African-
American woman who "was going down to the
spring for water the night the stars
fell. She threw her bucket down and started up
the hill shouting,
“Hallelujah, I'se gwine farther up de hill to
meet Jesus."
What follows are quite a few anecdotes -- many
of them of the Foxfire
nature, describing how early Kerbys made their
own ink, how school was taught
(with kids studying aloud as well as the
alternative "silent" method) and how
boys teased girls in the 1800s. It describes
Aunt Matt making dye and spinning
cotton. There's a story of an Uncle Ike who
told stories about knowing Daniel
Boone, pranks, and the story of a little sister
who killed a pet chicken,
angering her bigger sister who loved the
animal.
On which side were our forebears during the War
Between the States? I
was always raised with Southern sympathies.
According to Aunt Matt, the Kerbys
were slaveholders:
On page 19, Aunt Matt tells:
"When Uncle Asa died, he left two old
feeble darkies. His daughter
Nancy said she would take care of them and they
should never be sold as long
as she could take care of them. The old darkies
were named Uncle Pete and
Uncle Joe. It was rather hard to get enough
coffee, but Nancy's daughter
Melissa said that if anyone got coffee, it
would be old Uncle Pete, who was
most feeble. So every morning, she would pour
the coffee out first for him and
take it to his cabin."
Aunt Matt also relates the mysterious murder of
a young Tommy Kerby in
1863, which is followed by this reference to
his grieving mother: "Tommy's
mother said she never had anything she loved
but that it had been taken away
from her. When she was small, her father had
given her a little negro girl as
her own to play with. She had great times with
the child and one day missed
her. After searching, she found her drowned in
a spring."
There are recollections of David Kerby's
beautiful ability to pray, his
career as a preacher, and his very low opinion
of Mormon leader Brigham Young.
On page 22, there's this tidbit:
"Old Aunt Tilda" told Aunt Matt the
reason she married a Kerby was that
the Kerbys were the "Royal Family."
The stories continue -- more Foxfire-type
stories of such things as how
to deal with tobacco worms. Then there is this
on page 27:
"Aunt Matt says that no record is known of
any Kerby being convicted of
crime, in jail or divorced."
Here's a cute story: "Sam Kerby was always
the pet of the family. One
day, he and his brother Dave were out in the
field. They plowed up a nest of
baby rabbits. David fixed them back as best he
could. During the night, Dave
heard Sam crying and he asked him what was
wrong. He said, "Why, that old
mother rabbit never will find those little
rabbits." So Dave got up and
dressed himself and Sam and took the lantern
and sent out in the field where
the rabbits had been. they were gone. (Aunt
Matt said the dog probably ate
them.) Dave said, "See the old mother
rabbit has come and gotten them." So
that satisfied Sam and he went home and was
asleep in no time.
There are several poems by various relatives.
On page 38, it all wraps up with this story:
One time there was a boy in the neighborhood
who was the greenest
thing. He wanted to go a-sparking. So. he went
to a neighbor's house and asked
the girl who was about 15 to go with him to a
meeting [church service] five
miles away. he had a big long legged horse for
the girl to ride with a side
saddle. His own mount was a little pony. A
wagon load of Kerby children were
going to the meeting, too. they saw the two
riders ahead of them. All at once
they saw the girl slip over sideways in the
ditch. The girths slipped and the
girl, saddle and all went over. the boy didn't
know enough to ride on the side
facing the girl, but was on the right side with
her back to him. When she went
over, he stood up in the stirrups and peered
over to see what had become of
her. David said disgustedly "Well, why
don't he get down and help her up?" She
was lying flat on her back in the ditch. Cousin
Mac Sawyer said, "Well, he is
a-trying to find her." They were all so
tickled they laughed the rest of the
evening. The meeting didn't do them any good,
they were so tickled.
All, in all, this is fascinating, colorful
stories, rich detail of life
in the late 1800s and Aunt Matt's personal
thoughts on who is related to whom.
Some of it is a little sparce. As to my
family's direct line, she recounts the
sons and daughters of David Robert Kerby, and
their marriages and children and
grandchildren. Of my line, she notes that David
Robert's son "Ervin married
Susan Bland, she died, he married Margaret
Sumpter, 2 c: Dave married Ota
Wells, 2 children, Ford, Ellen Wells; Josephine
married Perkins, 5 children:
Ruth (I met Ruth aged 13 at time of Glenwood
reunion, 1935) . . ."
Well, that is accurate, but a little meager.
Erven Jasper Kerby was
born Sept. 9, 1836 in Putnam County, Missouri.
He had four children with his
first wife, Elizabeth, who died in 1854, then
four more with his second wife,
Margaret.
Erven Kerby’s eldest son, David Marion Kerby,
was born in 1880 in
Appanoose County, Iowa. His youngest son, Ford
Erven Kerby, born in 1899 and
died in 1987, was my grandfather.
Is "Aunt Matt's Family Tree" a good
read?
Absolutely.
Send me a self-addressed envelope with enough
postage to tote 38 pages
your way and I will send you a copy. I will
even pay the postage of the first
person who offers to type it in to post to the
Kirby-Kerby database.
Let me know if you are interested.
Rob Kerby
Green Forest, Arkansas
Christcrew@aol.com
Joseph W. Kerby b.about 1820. First information was on the 1850 KY census.
Joseph and wife, Zerilda Hough/Huff lived in Franklin Co, KY (near
Frankfort) with children Susan, George, Nancy, James, Elihu and Elizabeth.
In 1853 Joseph received a patent to 320 acres of land near what is now Ft
Worth, TX. His wife died while they lived in this area. In 1859 he moved
to a farm which was located on the county lines of Wise and Parker Counties
called "Terrapin Neck". I am looking for Joseph and Zerilda's
parents and
siblings. I'm told Zerilda came from the Paducah KY area.
If you have information on this family, please reply to leeann1@itlnet.net
Thanks
Lois Weaver [leeann1@itlnet.net]
Found this site for KY KERBY'S
http://www.knowitnow.com/hyatt/ged/main29.html
Kerby, Elisha (1794 - )
b. 1794 in VA
d. in Estill, KY
spouse: Riddle, Nancy (1806 - )
- m. 10 Jul 1827 in Estill, KY
----------child: Kerby?, Sally? Ann? (~1827 - )
----------child: Kerby, Elisha (1828 - 1881)
----------child: Kerby, Robert (1829 - )
----------child: Kerby, Permelia (1831 - )
----------child: Kerby, Francis Marion (r1832 - ~1911)
----------child: Kerby, John Harriett (1836 - 1915)
----------child: Kerby, Mary E. (1838 - )
----------child: Kerby, Catherine (1840 - )
----------child: Kerby, William (1842 - )
----------child: Kerby, Joel F. (1844 - )
----------child: Kerby, Aseanath (1847 - )
----------child: Kerby, James (1848 - 1881)
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Kerby, Elisha (1828 - 1881)
b. 16 Apr 1828 in Estill, KY
d. 5 Dec 1881 in Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: Rice, Luvina (1830 - 1898)
- m. 1849
----------child: Kerby, Wade (>1849 - )
----------child: Kerby, Richard (>1849 - )
----------child: Kerby, Nannie (>1849 - )
----------child: Kerby, Annie (>1849 - )
----------child: Kerby, Franklin M (>1849 - )
----------child: Kerby, William H (1850 - )
----------child: Kerby, John Milford (1852 - )
----------child: Kerby, Frances (1854 - 1896)
----------child: Kerby, Dora (1878 - 1909)
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Kerby, Elisha (~1855 - )
b. ABT. 1855
spouse: Riddell, Ann (1855 - 1920)
- m. 20 Feb 1882
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Kerby, Frances (1854 - 1896)
b. 20 Nov 1854 in Estill, KY
d. 19 Sep 1896 in Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1828 - 1881)
mother: Rice, Luvina(1830 - 1898)
spouse: Riddell, William Taylor (1845 - 1928)
- m. 30 Nov 1871 in Elisha Kerby's, Estill, KY
----------child: Riddell, Elbert (1873 - 1943)
----------child: Riddell, Lathrup (1876 - 1949)
----------child: Riddell, Elisha (1881 - 1977)
----------child: Riddell, Otis (1885 - 1977)
----------child: Riddell, Provie (1886 - 1980)
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Kerby, Francis Marion (r1832 - ~1911)
b. 1831-1833 in Estill, KY
d. ABT. 1911
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: Wakefield, Lucy Jane (~1833 - )
- m. 18 Dec 1855 in Estill, KY
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Kerby, Franklin M (>1849 - )
b. AFT. 1849
father: Kerby, Elisha(1828 - 1881)
mother: Rice, Luvina(1830 - 1898)
spouse: Kerby, Lucy (~1849 - )
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Kerby, James (1848 - 1881)
b. 1848 in Estill, KY
d. 1881 in Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: Freeman, Chaney (1848 - 1920)
----------child: Kirby, Adie (~1879 - )
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Kerby, Joel F. (1844 - )
b. 1844 in Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: ?, Elizabeth (~1839 - )
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Kerby, John Harriett (1836 - 1915)
b. 5 Dec 1836 in Rice Station, Estill, KY
d. 24 Jan 1915 in Rice Station, Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: Richardson, Lucy Ann (~1836 - )
- m. 6 Apr 1864 in Estill, KY
----------child: Kirby, Flora M. (~1865 - )
----------child: Kirby, Thomas M. (~1869 - )
spouse: Dawes, Sarah E. (~1858 - )
- m. 6 Dec 1877 in A. Dawes' Res., Estill, KY
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Kerby, John Milford (1852 - )
b. 1852 in Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1828 - 1881)
mother: Rice, Luvina(1830 - 1898)
spouse: Lanter, America Belle (~1852 - )
- m. 14 Dec 1870
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Kerby, Lucy (~1849 - )
b. ABT. 1849
spouse: Kerby, Franklin M (>1849 - )
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Kerby, Mary E. (1838 - )
b. 1838 in Estill Co., Kentucky
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: Aldridge, Thomas J. (~1838 - )
- m. 14 Oct 1873
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Kerby, Nannie (>1849 - )
b. AFT. 1849
father: Kerby, Elisha(1828 - 1881)
mother: Rice, Luvina(1830 - 1898)
spouse: Adams, James (>1849 - )
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Kerby, Permelia (1831 - )
b. 1831 in KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: Martin, Jefferson (1828 - )
- m. 22 Aug 1853 in Elisha Kerby's, Estill, KY
----------child: Martin, Amanda (~1854 - )
----------child: Martin, William R. (~1856 - )
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Kerby, Richard (>1849 - )
b. AFT. 1849
father: Kerby, Elisha(1828 - 1881)
mother: Rice, Luvina(1830 - 1898)
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Kerby, Robert (1829 - )
b. 1829 in Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: Wakefield, Margaret A. (~1838 - )
- m. 12 Oct 1853
----------child: Kirby, Susia (~1856 - )
----------child: Kirby, Angeline (~1859 - )
----------child: Kirby, Mary M. (~1868 - )
spouse: Moore, Martha A. (~1829 - )
- m. 20 Jul 1865
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Kerby, Sarah Elizabeth (1848 - 1924)
b. 6 Mar 1848 in KY
d. 30 Apr 1924 in Rice Station, Estill, KY
spouse: Riddell, John E. (1843 - 1916)
- m. 28 Jun 1866 in George S Kerby', Estill, KY
----------child: Riddell, Eva L. (~1868 - )
----------child: Riddell, Scott (~1869 - )
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Kerby, Wade (>1849 - )
b. AFT. 1849
father: Kerby, Elisha(1828 - 1881)
mother: Rice, Luvina(1830 - 1898)
spouse: ?, Rose (>1849 - )
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Kerby, William (1842 - )
b. 1842 in Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
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Kerby, William H (1850 - )
b. Jul 1850 in Estill, KY
father: Kerby, Elisha(1828 - 1881)
mother: Rice, Luvina(1830 - 1898)
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Kerby?, Sally? Ann? (~1827 - )
b. ABT. 1827
father: Kerby, Elisha(1794 - )
mother: Riddle, Nancy(1806 - )
spouse: Cox, Issac Or Bill (~1827 - )
From: Julia Kidd <kiddo@dfn.com>
Subject: Jesse Kirby-Sophia Chioce debate
This will end forever the differences about Jesse Kirby. There were at
least two (here) and probably at least one more. We have found the graves
of Jesse and Sophia on Lee Harris Bluff ,7 Miles South of Bowling Green,
Warren County, Kentucky.
++++++++++++++++++
In memory of Jesse Kirby SR, Born Oct.23rd. 1757. Died Decr.17,1852 in the
96th year of his age. A Soldier of the Revolutionary War, a Christian and
Philanthopist.
++++++++++++++++++
In Memory of Sophia Kirby, wife of Jesse Kirby SR., born 23rd Septr.1760.
Died July 11th. 1853 in the 93rd. year of her age.
Julia Anne Kirby Kidd
kiddo@dfn.com
MY one and only Kirby ( but I
want more) is Rebecca Elizabeth Kirby born about 1810 in Kentucky. Married King
Hiram Caplinger in abt. 1837. Died abt 1887 in Benton Co., TN. Estate settlement
papers list her as Elizabeth.
karenm@talleytech.com
______________________________
Descendants of Elisha
Kirby
1 [1] Elisha Kirby b: Abt. 1793 d: Aft. 1880
. +Catherine Fry
...... 2 John Kirby b: 1830
*2nd Wife of [1] Elisha Kirby:
. +Elizabeth Isabella Scott
...... 2 Delaney Erca Kirby b: Abt. 1818 in Madison Co. KY. d: November
08, 1864 in Davis Co.,
IA.
.......... +Kiziah Jane Hessia Horn Abt. b: Abt. 1820 in Estill Co., KY.
d: January 15,
1864 in Davis Co., IA.
.............. 3 Ansel Walter Kirby b: April 11, 1840 in Fabius, Davis
Co.,
IA. d: March 20, 1913 in Potosi, Linn Co, KS.
.................. +Margaret Stringer b: Abt. 1845 in Indiana d: February 20, 1881 in
Potosi, Linn Co.,KS (B: Littell Cem.; Linn,
KS)
.............. 3 Emeline Kirby b: 1841 in Davis Co., IA.
.............. 3 Nancy A. Kirby b: 1843 in Davis Co., IA.
.............. 3 Elizabeth Kirby b: 1844 in Davis Co., IA. d: February 15, 1865 in
Davis Co., IA.
.............. 3 Elisha Kirby b: 1848 in Davis Co., IA.
.............. 3 Samuel Delaney Kirby b: 1849 in Davis Co., IA.
.............. 3 Martha Kirby b: 1851 in Davis Co., IA. d: December
11,1864
.............. 3 Eliza Kirby b: 1854 in Appanoosa, IA.
.............. 3 Joel Kirby b: 1856 in Appanoosa, IA.
.............. 3 James Kirby b: 1857 in Appanoosa, IA.
.............. 3 Thomas Kirby b: 1859 in Appanoosa, IA.
.............. 3 Matilda Kirby b: 1861 in Appanoosa, IA.
...... 2 Dicy Kirby b: Abt. 1820 in Madison Co. KY.
.......... +Douglas Hamilton
...... 2 George Kirby b: Abt. 1822 in Madison Co. KY.
.......... +Milly Lackey
...... 2 Elizabeth Kirb b: Abt. 1824 in Madison Co. KY.
...... 2 Elijah Kirby b: Abt. 1826 in Madison Co. KY.
...... 2 Kizira Kirby b: Abt. 1827 in Madison Co. KY.
*3rd Wife of [1] Elisha Kirby:
. +Nellie Riddle b: Abt. 1806 in KY.
...... 2 Elisha Kirby b: April 16, 1828 in Estill Co.,KY.
.......... +Lucinda Rice
...... 2 Robert Kirby b: Abt. 1829 in Estill Co.,KY.
.......... +Margaret A. Wakefield
...... 2 Pemilia(Amelia) Kirby b: Abt. 1831 in Estill Co.,KY.
.......... +Jefferson Martin
...... 2 [2] John H. Kirby b: Abt. 1836 in Estill Co.,KY.
.......... +Sarah E. Dawes
...... *2nd Wife of [2] John H. Kirby:
.......... +Lucy Ann Richardson
...... 2 Mary C. (E) Kirby b: Abt. 1837 in Estill Co.,KY.
.......... +Thomas Aldridge
...... 2 Frances Marion Kirby b: Abt. 1840 in Estill Co.,KY.
.......... +Lucy Jane Wakefield
...... 2 Cathrina Kirby b: Abt. 1840 in Estill Co.,KY.
...... 2 William Kirby b: Abt. 1842 in Estill Co.,KY.
...... 2 Joel Kirby b: Abt. 1844 in Estill Co.,KY.
...... 2 Sena Kirby b: Abt. 1847 in Estill Co.,KY.
...... 2 James J. Kirby b: Abt. 1849 in Estill Co.,KY.
.......... +Chaney Unknown
ANSEL WALTER KIRBY is my line through his daughter Harriet Ann.
To my knowledge his descendants migrated to KS and TX. I have *some*
information on them as well as his mother's HORN line.
I would like to know more about his grandparents Elisha and Elizabeth
I. Scott KIRBY of Madison and Estill County, KY.
Thanks,
Sharon cheraj@reachme.net
Joe Kirby married Lizzie (Elizabeth)
Lanter. KY? Possibly Madison Co.
Their 3rd child: (other children died at birth)was Robert Alexander Kerby b. 21 July 1873
Ricmond, Ky d. 17 July 1968 Rolla,MO
1st wife was Nan Woosley, she died at age 16/17
Only child was Marvin J. Kirby (grandfather) b.KY/24 Aug 1890 d.12 Mar 1974 WA
Children of Marvin and Lillie Lucinda (Buzard)m. July 1911 McLean Co., Il
Floyd McGarvy
Vanessa Lillie
Lloyd Marvin
Mable Jeanetta (my mother)
Asa
Russell Dean
Robert Alexander and Katharine Puckett (2nd wife)b.20 May 1873 m. in Estill Co.
Children
Beechem Bryan b. 05 Oct 1897 d. 18 Apr 1974
Cardia Lee b. 26 Apr 1899 d.
16 Jan 1922
Edgar Turley
d. 01 Jun 1972
R.A. b. 16 Mar 1903
d. 10 Apr 1897 in Iowa
Daisy Mae b. 02 Apr 1905
d. 21 Jun 1941
Vernon L. b. 08 Nov 1907
Leonard Glen b. 08 Nov 1909
Woodrow Mary b. 17 Nov 1915
Eva Lon b. 14 Aug 1916
Lydia Caterine b. 22 Jan 1918
I am looking for any information on Joe (Joseph)
Thank you and have a good day
Wanda Wyles at wwyles@ digital.com
The following are my Kirby ancestors:
More details and descendants if there are any connections.
1 David Joel Kirby b: 1807 in Kentucky
+Elizabeth Brown b: 1811 in Indiana
2 John Francis Kirby b: Sep 01, 1840 in Jennings Co., Indiana
+Mary Harriet Teel b: Feb 12, 1843 in Algonquin,
McHenry, Illinois
3 John L. Kirby b: Sep 26, 1860 in Walla Walla, Walla
Walla, Washington
3 Christina J. Kirby b: Apr 04, 1862 in Walla Walla,
Walla Walla, Washington
3 Mary Anne Kirby b: Feb 22, 1863 in Walla Walla,
Walla Walla,Washington
+Pliny Barger Bateman b: Jun 18, 1861 in
Centralia, Marion, Illinois
3 Francis Evaline Kirby b: Mar 22, 1865 in Walla
Walla, Walla Walla, Washington
+James H. Fudge b: Apr 05, 1865 in
Huntsville, Columbia, Washington
3 Abbie Lorene Kirby b: Feb 12, 1867 in Walla Walla,
Walla Walla, Washington
Harold Oliver Pollard b: Aug 1893
in Huntsville, Columbia, Washington
3 J. F. Kirby b: Aug 06, 1869 in Walla Walla, Walla
Walla, Washington
*2nd Wife of David Joel Kirby:
+Nancy Clarissa Boswell
3 William Amber Kirby b: Dec 31, 1852 in Ripley Co.,
Indiana
+Emma Armenta Teel b: Jun 13, 1855 in
McMinneville, Yamhill, Oregon
4 Mary Ellaneen Kirby b: Aug 06, 1873 in
Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington
4 Rose Emma Kirby b: Apr 11, 1878 in
Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington
+Benjamin Bernard Gillespie
b: Jul 04, 1884 in Warrensburg, Missouri
Kirby Parker slvrfox@owt.com
Eileen Rice <helen@ptsi.net>
David Robert Kerby
Seeking info on Mary Jane
Rowland Who mar. David Robert KirbyBr. Sept.29 1795 Warren Co. Ky. Mary Jane Rowland Br
abt. 1795? Father Jesse Rowland Br. 4-28-1752 ? Does any one have Mary Jane's
Anceastal linage back to where Rowland came to America and back more. Any help would be a
great help.
Best to you all
Eileen
>From Robert E. Kirby, Author:
"My on-the-spot, where-it-happened research required four cross country
trips and local travel totaling over 30,000 miles. I talked with dozens
of people: distant relatives, county clerks, librarians, historical
society officers and docents, court clerks, local historians, road
department staffs, farmers, teachers, authors, U.S. National Park
specialists and many others. I also retained some of them-a National
Historical photographer, a professional land researcher and three
consulting genealogists. The Library of the Daughters of the American
Revolution in Washington D.C., the Library of the Filson Club in
Louisville, Kentucky and the California State Library are only three of
the many outstanding research facilities I have visited. Thanks to five
genealogical authors(Noel-Currer Briggs, Thomas Vincent Watkins, Tommeye
Quarles Meyer, Mary Sue Mathys, and Ted Lissauer), I bridged the 114
year gap between 1748 Lunenburg Co.,Virginia, and 1634 New Poquoson
Parish of the Virginia Colony."
My Kirby lineage beginning with myself:
1.Darlene Embry
Ky, Kenton Co
2. Anna Mildred Kinkade Ky,
Butler Co
Paul Monroe Moran
Ky,
Casey Co
3. Lura Bell Kirby born 1896 Ky, Butler Co
Preston Kinkade born 1896 Ky, Butler Co
4. Greenberry Kirby born 1868 Ky, Butler Co
Delia Elamon born
1871 Ky, Butler Co
5. James Monroe Kirby born 1847 Tenn, Sumner Co
Mary Ann Summerville born 1850 Arkansas
6. Westley W. Kirby born 1822 Tenn (some
question as to whether
Westley is the father of James Monroe Kirby), Sumner Co*
Nancy Hodges born 1822
Tenn, Sumner Co
* I have it from another source that James Monroe's parents were
Joseph Kirby and Dolly Woodward and that he was born in Robertson Co,
Tenn. This is being researched and any info that someone may have on
this would be greatly appreciated.
7. John Kirby born 1796 South Carolina, Greenville Co
Sarah 'Sally' Woodall born 1802 Virginia,
Franklin Co
8. Leonard T. Kirby born 1760
Virginia, Pittsylvania Co
Unknown
9. David Kirby Sr. born 1738
Virginia, Goochland Co
Elizabeth Tarrant born 1740
Virginia, Henry Co
10. Jonathan 'John' Kerby born 1698 Virginia, York Co
Joanna Owen
born 1714 Virginia, Prince George
Co
11.Robert Thomas Kerby born 1662 Virginia,
York Co
Catharine Clarke Tompkins born abt 1672
Virginia
12. Thomas Kerby III born 1609
England, Norfolk
Co
Mary Ray
13. Thomas Kerby II
England
Unknown
14. Thomas Kerby I born 1555
England,
Norfolk Co
Unknown
15. George Kerby born abt 1530
England, Norfolk Co
Unknown
A partial list of sources for my Kirby lineage can be found on my web site at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3157/Kirby.html
I have no reason to believe that all those people are wrong.
My information stands as is...and my sources integrity remains intact!
Darlene Embry
Kirby Researcher in Kentucky
I have Agnes Kirby, born May
19, 1808, daughter of Solomon Kerby(born
1762 in Virginia-died May 16, 1816 in Warren County, Kentucky), and
Francis Ellison(born about 1775). This from Denis Graham, URL is:
http://members.aol.com/cyberdenis/family/mainindx.htm
I also have a web site about the Kirby family at:
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3157/Kirby.html
Solomon Kerby was a brother to my gr.gr.gr.gr.gr.grandfather Leonard
Tarrant Kirby.
Darlene Embry
"Phoenix"
Darlene,
I have an Elizabeth Tarrant d/o Leonard Tarrant. Elizabeth married David Kirby about
1756. This Kirby family ended up in Warren Co., KY. Jesse Kirby was the s/o
Elizabth Tarrant and David Kirby. Nancy was their daughter, married William
Potter, their son was John married to Nancy Gladish, their son was John married to Manarva
Elrod. Their daughter was Mary Ellen Potter married to John Manley, their daughter
was Manerva Manley married to William Lee Buchanan, their daughter was Ellen Lois
Buchanan married to Winston Christian, their son was Charles Walter married to Mildred
Eloise Mayfield, their daughter is me-Margaret Carolyn Christian married to Chester
Martin.
Does any of this ring a bell?
Hello all:
The grave markers for Jesse and Sophia Choice Kirby are now online at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3157/restingplace3.html
They are still not the quality I would like but pretty good for a copy of a copy. I hope
to visit the cemetery myself soon and see if there is anything left of their markers.
These photos were taken in 1953 so the markers could be in unreadable shape by this time.
Darlene Embry
Kirby Researcher in Ky
The URL for the Jesse and Sophia grave
markers has changed to
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/kirbyrest3.html
I am also interested in hearing from anyone who has information on the
Wesley W. Kirby, born in Sumner Co., Tenn., Oct. 18, 1822, died April
21, 1878 in Simpson Co., Ky. He married Nancy Hodges in 1841.
I am particularly interested in their children, especially James, their
son.
Also, interested in any info on Wesley Kirby who is in Blount Co., TN.,
in 1860 with son James H. Kirby, 17 yrs old, b:circa1843.
Darlene Embry
phoenix@creative-net.net
- David - b. 1738, Goochland Co., VA;
d. May 11, 1811 Warren Co., KY.
Dear Larry,
Interesting to read about your Jesse and Dicey. He is a great uncle of mine.
His brother David is my 6th great grandfather, David married Elizabeth Tarrant
and eventually ended up in Warren County KY with many of their children
including their son, my 5th greatgrandfather Jesse Kirby husband to Sophia
Choice. I recently visted all of their gravesites. Here is where my direct
line stayed for the next 140 years until my Mom moved up to Louisville in the
1940"s to begin her family.
Let me know if you have questions on this branch. I think it's quite
interesting that your Jesse's family ended up in KY too just in a different
county, wonder if they ever visited one another??
Regards,
Darlene Block DBlock528@aol.com
..1 George Kirby b.abt. 1867 (1920 Bell
Co.KY census)*in KY-
OR..... 1870(1910 Bell Co.KY census)*in W.V.
*(Note: question on census, Place of birth of this person?)states
his parents were born in KY.
marr. Nancy (Nannie)Lou Whitaker b.1881(1910BellCo.census)in WV
OR..... 1874(1920 Bell Co.census)in KY
Parents are listed as being born in WV in the 1919, list as KY in
1920. *NOTE:Guess they got old and decited they were from KY?
Their children:
.....2 Gertrude b.abt..1895 WV marr. Loyd Johnson b.abt.1895
*I am guessing that he married Gertrude,as there is only one other
daug. which is my grandmother. He is shown on the 1920 census as
son-in-law, widower, with 2 Children:
............3 Anthony b.abt.1913
............3 Charley b.abt.1915.
.....2 Sherman b.abt.1897 WV
.....2 Charles b.abt.1899 KY
.....2 Julia b.1904 Bell Co.KY d.1962 Dayton,OH
marr.1 Lee Ander/Leander Barnett (aka Martin)
*NOTE: More on Lee Ander if asked. That one is a bit mixed-up. I
now know why I don't post much!
marr.2 (maybe a Walker?)
marr.3 Cross
.....2 Frank b.abt.1906
.....2 Edgar (Eddie) b.abt.1908
I am willing to share/exchange info. (O' Heck, Just ask, I'll give it to
you. but would prefer you share back.)
Thanks for your time.
Connie-OHIO lnickel@worcnet.gen.oh.us
Hi all,
I have an Edward Kearby 1781-1845 who married
Elizabeth Butler and
his brother Henry 1778-? who married Susannah Butler and Catherine Butler.
I made a trip to Kentucky to find these three ladies families but still came
up dry. Do you or any other Kearby researchers know who the ladies parents
were. I would very much like to get beyond this puzzle. Even the Butler
list has not given me any insight as to where their family was from and who
their parents are? I do know they at one time were in the Jessamine Co.
Kentucky area. I have the Kearby line back further and am willing to share.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Sue Swartzmiller <suestzlr@mail.bright.net
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