THE THOMAS HAWKINS & NANCY CAROLINE (KIRBY) KIRBY FAMILY:
1797 - 1883 1803 - 1862
Thomas Hawkins Kirby Nancy Caroline Kirby
Connection to chart: Thomas Hawkins Kirby and Nancy C. Kirby are the parents of Mary Ann Kirby, who married William McCall Blair.
Thomas Hawkins Kirby ("Tommy") was born in Blount county, Tennessee on March 18, 1797 (1799?). (Note: Thomas Hawkins Kirby's parents were John Kirby (born 1769 Virginia - died 1831 Alabama) and Jane Adair (born 1770 Jackson county, Alabama - died 1835 Jackson county, Alabama). John Kirby's father was Richard Kirby (born 1748 Virginia - died 1811 Rockford, Tennessee). John married Sarah Jean Small (born 1748 Scotland - died 1826 Rockford, Tennessee)). Thomas Hawkins Kirby married his first cousin, Nancy Caronline Kirby on March 1, 1821. She was a sister to Dr. Jack Kirby who moved to Texas. Nancy was born on July 10, 1803 in Tennessee. Her parents were Joseph L. Kirby and Elizabeth (Eliza) Freeman (Note: Joseph L. Kirby was born in 1767 and died before 1830. His parents were Richard Kirby (born in 1748, possibly in Southhampton county, Virginia) and Sarah Jean Small. Joseph L. Kirby's wife was Elizabeth Freeman, who was born on October 28, 1774. Her parents were Joshua Freeman and Lucy King). Nancy C. Kirby died on March 8, 1862 in Anniston, Calhoun county, Alabama; she is buried in Pinegrove cemetery. Thomas Hawkins Kirby was a farmer; the value of his real estate in 1860 in Alabama was 350 (personal estate value was 250). Thomas Hawkins Kirby moved to Benton, later Calhoun county, Alabama. He died on April 8, 1883 in Anniston, (Calhoun county) Alabama.
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| Thomas Hawkins Kirby grave. Pine Grove cemetery, Anniston, Alabama |
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| KIRBY FAMILY TOMBSTONES (on right) Thomas Hawkins Kirby; Nancy C. Kirby; Joseph L. Kirby; Nancy M. Taylor. (Image by: Jimmy Lewis, 12-28-2009) |
He was buried in Pinegrove cemetery in Anniston.
(Note regarding Pine Grove cemetery:
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| Overview of Pine Grove Cemetery Anniston, Alabama |
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| View inside Pine Grove Cemetery Anniston, Alabama |
The cemetery was established in the 1830s. It will be difficult to get a complete survey of all tombstones due to the overgrown nature of the cemetery, which has no perpetual care. Several tombstones have been broken by fallen trees. Individuals and construction companies have used the lower portion of the cemetery near the railroad tracks as a dumping ground. Wayside church members maintained the cemetery until they became too old. The city and county determined that the cemetery was privately owned by the Kirby family. Descendants were found in Atlanta, Georgia. The cemetery is located on Highway # 202 in the Wellborn community).
Thomas Hawkins Kirby's parents were John Kirby and Jane Adair (Addair). Nancy Caroline Kirby died on March 8, 1866; she is buried by her husband in Pine Grove cemetery in Anniston.
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| Nancy Caroline Kirby, wife of Thomas Hawkins Kirby Pine Grove cemetery, Anniston, Alabama |
Thomas and Nancy had the following children:
The Children of Tommy & Nancy Kirby:
I. Serelda Ann Kirby (One source says Larelda): She was born on June 2, 1823 in Jackson county, Alabama. She married James Kirby Miller on February 18, 1841; he was born in Virginia. He died in 1886 and is buried in the Woodland cemetery in the Bethel area of Hopkins county, Texas.
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| Woodland Cemetery, Hopkins co. Tx. |
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| James Kirby Miller tombstone (Original tombstone replaced by extended family around 2006 due to faded and unreadable stone). (Image by: C.B. Mays, 12-22-2009) |
Serelda died on June 21, 1855. They had the following children:
A. Andrew J. Miller: He was born on November 29, 1841 in Benton (now Calhoun) county, Alabama.
B. James C. Miller: He was born on April 11, 1844 in Benton county, Alabama. He died on November 21, 1906 in Moody, Texas in Bell county and is buried in the Moody cemetery.
C. Margaret E. Miller: She was born on November 23, 1847 in Benton county, Alabama.
D. Thomas C. Miller: He was born about 1850 in Benton county, Alabama.
E. Nancy Mary Miller: She was born on January 16, 1852 in Benton county, Alabama.
F. Virginia Euterpsa Miller: She was born on October 20, 1854 in Benton county, Alabama. She died on June 17, 1855 in Benton county.
II. Joseph Luther Kirby: He was born on August 29, 1825 in Jackson county, Alabama. He married Nancy Malinda Taylor ("Malinda") on January 5, 1851 in Benton county, Alabama (date of license).
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| Record of Joseph L. Kirby & Malinda Taylor Marriage |
Malinda was born on March 24, 1824 in South Carolina. She died on May 8, 1887 in Anniston in Calhoun county, Alabama and is buried in the Pinegrove cemetery. The value of his real estate in 1860 in Alabama was 900; his personal estate was valued at 300. He died on May 27, 1882 in Anniston, Calhoun county, Alabama and is buried in the Pinegrove cemetery in that town.
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| Top of Joseph L. Kirby tombstone |
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| Bottom of Joseph L. Kirby tombstone Pine Grove cemetery, Anniston, Alabama |
(Note: Joseph Luther Kirby is listed above the Thomas Hawkins Kirby family on the 1860 Calhoun county, Alabama census). They had the following children:
A. Minerva Adeline Kirby ("Minerva"): She was born on October 1, 1851 in Alabama. She married Napoleon Bonepart Spradley on December 2, 1868 in Calhoun county, Alabama. She died on January 26, 1915 in Cropwell, Seddon, St. Clair county, Alabama.
B. Sarah Caroline Kirby ("Sarah"): She was born on October 11, 1853 in Alabama. She married William Greene Sides on October 20, 1873 in Calhoun county, Alabama. She died on January 1, 1921 in Seddon, St. Clair county, Alabama.
C. Thomas Taylor Kirby ("Thomas"): He was born on March 13, 1855 in Alabama.
D. Lasley Stewart Kirby ("Lasley"): He was born on September 5, 1858 in Alabama. He married Nannie Lee Spradley on February 7, 1884 in St. Clair county, Alabama. He died on March 2, 1935.
E. Jefferson Davis Kirby: He was born on April 22, 1861 in Anniston, Calhoun county, Alabama. He married Mary D. Sides on July 27, 1863. She was born and died in Calhoun county, Alabama and is buried at Pinegrove cemetery. He died on March 4, 1914 in Anniston and is buried in the Pine Grove cemetery. They had the following children:
1. Fred M. Kirby: He was born on October 25, 1886.
2. Hiram Louis Kirby: He was born on December 22, 1888 in (Benton) Calhoun county, Alabama. He died on March 13, 1932 in Calhoun county, Alabama and is buried in Pinegrove cemetery. He married Nellie Couplin, daughter of Fred Couplin and Julia Williams. She was born on November 8, 1895 in Anniston, Alabama and died on July 3, 1986 in Anniston. She is buried in Edgemont cemetery. She and Hiram Louis Kirby had the following children:
a. Mary Florance Kirby: She was born about 1913.
b. Helen Von Borah Kirby: She was born on December 6, 1914.
c. Hiram Louis Kirby Jr.: He was born on October 31, 1916 and died on December 24, 1998 in Anniston, Alabama.
d. Fred Cole Kirby: He was born about 1918.
e. Douglas Couplin Kirby: He was born on September 18, 1922 and died on December 5, 1964.
f. Jack Clayton Kirby: He was born on February 6, 1925 in Anniston, Alabama and died on August 13, 1990 in Anniston. He married Sybil Roberta Pettus in June, 1946, daughter of Marcus Pettus and Eunice Clark. She was born on April 6, 1927 in Anniston, Alabama.
g. Wade Edward Kirby: He was born on June 12, 1928.
3. Davis Grady Kirby: He was born on April 13, 1891.
4. Nettie M. Kirby: Born in June, 1894.
5. Frank L. Kirby: He was born in January, 1897.
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| Jefferson Davis Kirby's tombstone. Pine Grove cemetery, Anniston, Alabama |
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| Mary D. (Sides) Kirby tombstone Pine Grove cemetery, Anniston, Alabama |
F. Nancy Virginia Kirby: She was born on November 8, 1865 in Anniston, Calhoun county, Alabama. She married LaDove Ashley on February 2, 1884. She died on April 1, 1939 in San Angelo in Green county, Texas. She is buried at Indian Gap in Hamilton county, Texas.
III. Mary Ann Kirby: She was born on June 18, 1829 in Jackson county, Alabama. She married William McCall Blair on August 17, 1848 in Benton county, Alabama; they were married by Robert McCain (Justice of the Peace). In 1871, the family moved from Anniston, Alabama to Bell county, Texas. Mary Ann (Kirby) Blair did not go with them because she died in 1861. In 1903, they moved to Moody, Texas in McLennan county. William McCall Blair was born on March 30, 1828 in Washington county, Tennessee. He was a farmer by occupation and Methodist by faith. He joined the Confederate service in January of 1861; he was in Dudley Snow's Rangers (the 51st Alabama Cavalry), which was one of the most heavily engaged units of the Civil War. He died on Sunday, May 22, 1904 at 4:00 am. He was at his home in Moody when he died. His parents were John Blair and Margaret McCall. William McCall Blair married a second time after his first wife's death; he and Sarah E. Embry were wed on July 20, 1865 and had four children. Mary Ann (Kirby) Blair died in Alabama on August 28, 1861. They had the following children:
A. Serelda Ann Blair (Marelda): She was born on October 18, 1849 in Calhoun county, Alabama. She married James F. Lewallen on January 9, 1873. They lived in Chilton, Texas.
B. Margaret Jane Blair ("Margaret"): She was born on November 26, 1851 in Anniston, Calhoun county, Alabama. She married Martin Van Buren Fergus on December 25, 1873 (or December 2, 1875 Bell county, Texas). She died on December 6, 1929 in Killeen, Coryell county, Texas. They lived in Killeen, Texas.
C. William S. Blair: He was born on March 16, 1856 in Alabama. He died on February 9, 187__. (Note: Could this be the same as William Blair Jr. who was born in Anniston, Calhoun county, Alabama and died at age 17?).
D. Robert Thomas Blair ("Bob"): He was born on November 21, 1858 in Anniston, Calhoun county, Alabama. He married Sallie Whatley on May 12, 1881 in Bell county, Texas. He died on June 16, 1935 in Holland, Bell county, Texas and is buried in the Holland cemetery. They lived at Little River, Texas in Bell county.
E. John G. Blair: He was born on January 31, 1859 and died on June 14th of the same year.
F. Mary Caroline Blair: She was born on May 14, 1861 in Alabama. She married F.M. McElroy on October 18, 1883.
IV. John L. Kirby: He was born on March 1, 1832 in Jackson county, Alabama. He married Mary Emaline Posey on August 23, 1852 in Benton county, Alabama (date of license). She was born in September of 1831-1833 in Alabama; her parents were Wheeler Berry Posey and Margaret F. Clark. Mary Emaline Posey died in Texas. John L. Kirby was a Methodist preacher. He died on August 9, 1861 in Benton (Calhoun?) county, Alabama. They had the following children:
A. Thomas Curry Kirby: He was born on July 30, 1853 in Benton county, Alabama. He married Fannie E. Browning on November 27, 1873 in Alabama. He died in June, 1945 in Winterfield, Hopkins county, Texas and is buried in the Winterfield cemetery.
B. William Berry Kirby:
He was born in January, 1855 in Alabama. He married Martha Ann Loyd on September 15, 1873 in Calhoun county, Alabama. He died about 1925 in Coke, Wood county, Texas and is buried in an unmarked grave in the Pleasant Grove cemetery.
C. Ann E. Kirby: She was born in 1858.
D. Margaret Drucilla Kirby ("Maggie"): She was born in April, 1861 in Calhoun county, Alabama. She died about 1920 in either Wood or Hopkins county, Texas. She married Augustus Porter Lankford ("Gus") on September 18, 1879 in Hopkins county, Texas. He was born in December, 1855 in Alabama. He died on February 21, 1917 in Wood county, Texas and is buried in Pleasant Grove cemetery. They had the following children:
1. Will Lankford: He was born in Texas and never married.
2. Donie Lankford: She was born on October 10, 1880 in Texas. She married William L. Nichols on November 9, 1896 in Hopkins county, Texas. He died in 1933 in Texas. Donie died on November 16, 1947.
3. Annie Eula Lankford: She was born on September 17, 1885 in Texas. She married W. Rankin Browning on September 15, 1901 in Hopkins county, Texas. Annie Eula (Lankford) Browning died on September 2, 1970.
4. Bertie Lankford: She was born in September, 1888 in Texas. She married James A. Gibbons on May 30, 1909 in Hopkins county, Texas.
5. Claude Lankford: He was born in August, 1891 in Texas. He married Dovie Clayton on December 24, 1916 in Hopkins county, Texas.
6. Hallie Lankford: She was born in June, 1893 in Texas. She never married.
7. Demer Lankford: Born in December, 1895 in Texas and never married.
8. Mattie Lankford: She was born in 1900 in Texas. She never married and died on November 25, 1917 in Wood county, Texas.
9. James Porter Kirby Lankford: He was born on September 10, 1902. He married Macie Elizabeth Stanaland in 1925 in Nacogdoches county, Texas. She died on October 1, 1954 in Harris county, Texas and is buried in Nacogdoches, Texas.
V. William Parks Kirby: He was born on June 2, 1836 in Jackson county, Alabama. He married Susan C. Taylor on October 8, 1859 in Calhoun county, Alabama. She was born on June 11, 1838 in Mississippi. She died on April 26, 1893 and is buried at Moody cemetery in Moody, Texas (McLennan county) next to the William McCall Blair and Sallie E. (Embry) Blair plot. Susan C. (Taylor) Kirby's father was William Lasetty Taylor. William Parks Kirby died on July 12, 1863; he was killed in the Civil War at Williamsport, Maryland. He was in the Confederate service in Captain Hurts company. William Parks Kirby was a farmer by occupation. They had the following children:
A. James C. Kirby: He was born on September 10, 1860; he died in 1948 in Moody, Texas in Bell county and is buried in the Moody cemetery.
B. Drucilla Kirby: She was born on March 28, 1862.
C. Nancy Kirby: She was born on January 8, 1865.
D. William Kirby: He was born on January 8, 1865.
E. Josephine Kirby: She was born on January 8, 1865.
(Note: These triplet's birth occured about two years after their father's death. Is this from a second marriage and should their last names be "Kirby"?).
VI. Marian Drucilla Kirby ("Maria"): She was born on April 23, 1839 in Jackson county, Alabama. She married Pinkney Posey on November 4, 1865 in Calhoun county, Alabama. He was born on August 1, 1847 in Alabama. He died on February 17, 1928 in Rockhill, Wood county, Texas and is buried at the Pleasant Grove cemetery at Coke, Wood county, Texas. His parents were Wheeler B. Posey and Margaret Clark. Marian Drucilla Kirby died on December 3, 1910 in Coke, Wood county, Texas; she is buried in the Pleasant Grove cemetery. They had the following children:
A. Thomas Brummett Posey: He was adopted.
B. Mary Posey: She married Toe E. Benton.
SOURCES:
1. Research of Jimmy Lewis in Tomball, Texas (major source of info.). He sent me copies of the Kirby family Bible records. 1994 (Note regarding the Thomas Hawkins Kirby Family Bible Records: This Bible is in the possession of Mrs. Geneva (Kirby) Werner, Eatontown, New Jersey, and the original leaves of it were sent to Mrs. Clarence B. Kirby, Scottsboro, Alabama which she copied and returned in September, 1957).
2. Joseph Luther Kirby & Nancy Malinda Taylor wedding license.
3. Census Records:
a. 1860 Benton (now Calhoun) county, Alabama.
4. John L. Kirby & Mary E. Posey wedding license.
5. Tombstone of Susan C. (Taylor) Kirby in Moody cemetery in Moody, Texas (McLennan county).
6. William Parks Kirby & Susan C. Taylor wedding license.
7. Pickney Posey and Marian Drucilla Kirby wedding license.
8. Finders Keepers. Johnson county Genealogical Society Vol. IX, No. 3, 1992. Stephenville, Texas library. (Ancestor chart compiled by: Johnnye Faye Blount in Godley, Texas. March 26, 1985).
9. Listing of Pine Grove cemetery in Anniston, Alabama compiled by Robert Lindley on February 8, 1984.
10. Northeast Alabama Settlers Vol. XVI, No. 2, October 1977. page 47 or 241.
11. Bible Records of Thomas Hawkins Kirby. This Bible is in the possession of Mrs. Geneva (Kirby) Werner in Eatontown, New Jersey and the original leaves of it were sent to Mrs. Clarence B. Kirby in Scottsboro, Alabama, which she copied and returned in September, 1957.
12. Family records of Lasley Stewart Kirby, copied by his son, the Rev. Amos N. Kirby of Birmingham, Alabama and sent to Mrs. J.A. Proctor in Scottsboro, Alabama on August 9, 1957. This Bible's copyright was 1891. Lasley Stewart Kirby lived in Albertville, Alabama.
13. "Kirby Family History" file in the Anniston, Alabama library.
14. Alabama Records Vol. 152. Benton county - now called Calhoun county, compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud.
15. Early East Tennessee Marriages Vol. 2 Brides. by Sistler.
16. Alabama Records: Jackson County by Gandrud. Vol. 6.
17. Jackson County Alabama Records by Sumner. Volumes 1 & 2.
18. A Pictorial Walk thru ol' High Jackson by Hamner.
19. Old Land Records of Jackson county, Alabama by Cowart.
20. http://www.gendex.com/users/44m51/milton/scott/names1.htm#Blair
21. Earl & Lynne Lankford in Sugarland, Texas. September, 2000. (John L. Kirby descendants). Also a letter and information on Kirby family received from Earl & Lynne Lankford on Nov. 22, 1999.
22. Erna Evans, Anniston, Alabama. ernaevans@att.net (Note regarding Pine Grove cemetery in Anniston, Alabama).
23. Several photos and a good deal of information was found on the "Find A Grave" website.
24. Jim M. Kirby, D.M.D. Anniston, Alabama. (a major source of information for this article). He corresponded with Billy Blair on June 14, 1999.
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