Genealogy Report: Descendants of George Kirby
Descendants of George Kirby
58.WALLACE B.11 HARVEY (WILLIAM B.10, GOODSPRING B.9KIRBY, JOHN B.8, JOHN B.7, THOMAS6, ROBERT5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, GEORGE1)1331,1332 was born WFT Est. 1814-18431333,1334, and died WFT Est. 1839-19221335,1336.
Child of WALLACE B. HARVEY is:
82. | i. | BENJAMIN B.12 HARVEY, b. WFT Est. 1839-1882; d. WFT Est. 1865-1958. |
59.MOSES HENRY11 EDDS (SUSAN10AARON, POLLY9WALKER, JUDITH8KIRBY, JOHN7, JOHN6, ROBERT5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, GEORGE1)1337,1338 was born 1829 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia1339,1340, and died September 20, 1875 in Saline County, Arkansas1341,1342.He married SARAH A. PIERCE1343,1344 WFT Est. 1842-18681345.She was born WFT Est. 1810-18371345,1346, and died WFT Est. 1853-19241347,1348.
More About MOSES EDDS and SARAH PIERCE:
Marriage: WFT Est. 1842-18681349
Child of MOSES EDDS and SARAH PIERCE is:
i. | MILBA12 EDDS1349,1350, b. September 18501351,1352; d. WFT Est. 1851-19441353,1354. |
60.ASA FRANKLIN11 EDDS (SUSAN10AARON, POLLY9WALKER, JUDITH8KIRBY, JOHN7, JOHN6, ROBERT5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, GEORGE1)1355,1356 was born January 06, 1837 in Meigs County, Tennessee1357,1358, and died April in Arkansas1359,1360.He married MARTHA ANN ELIZABETH BRIGHTWELL1361,1362 July 12, 1860 in Independence County, Arkansas1363.She was born WFT Est. 1824-18491363,1364, and died WFT Est. 1886-19391365,1366.
More About ASA EDDS and MARTHA BRIGHTWELL:
Marriage: July 12, 1860, Independence County, Arkansas1367
Children of ASA EDDS and MARTHA BRIGHTWELL are:
i. | ORLENA CATHERINE12 EDDS1367,1368, b. August1369,1370; d. WFT Est. 1863-19691371,1372. | ||
83. | ii. | WILLIAM JEFFERSON EDDS, b. May 30, 1861, Independence County, Arkansas; d. February 01, 1941, Garland County, Arkansas. | |
iii. | MARTHA E. EDDS1373,1374, b. May 27, 18631375,1376; d. WFT Est. 1864-19571377,1378. | ||
iv. | SUSAN EDDS1379,1380, b. February 08, 18651381,1382; d. WFT Est. 1866-19591383,1384. | ||
v. | EMILY F. EDDS1385,1386, b. January 26, 18671387,1388; d. WFT Est. 1868-19611389,1390. | ||
vi. | RACHEL ANN EDDS1391,1392, b. October 10, 18691393,1394; d. WFT Est. 1870-19631395,1396. | ||
vii. | MARY LEE EDDS1397,1398, b. September 05, 18721399,1400; d. WFT Est. 1873-19661401,1402. | ||
viii. | SARAH JANE EDDS1403,1404, b. January 09, 18741405,1406; d. WFT Est. 1875-19681407,1408. | ||
ix. | ZIBA ELLEN EDDS1409,1410, b. March 30, 18751411,1412; d. WFT Est. 1876-19691413,1414. | ||
x. | TENNESSEE RIVANIA EDDS1415,1416, b. January 25, 18771417,1418; d. WFT Est. 1878-19711419,1420. | ||
xi. | HARRIETT E. EDDS1421,1422, b. May 22, 18791423,1424; d. WFT Est. 1880-19731425,1426. | ||
xii. | EVALINE LENA EDDS1427,1428, b. July 20, 18811429,1430; d. WFT Est. 1882-19751431,1432. | ||
xiii. | ROSIE EDDS1433,1434, b. December 30, 18841435,1436; d. WFT Est. 1885-19781437,1438. |
61.WILLIAM WESLEY11 KIRBY (ABSOLOM10, DAVID9, JESSE8, DAVID7, JOHN6, ROBERT5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, GEORGE1)1439 was born August 29, 18261439, and died September 17, 18531439.He married MARY ELIZABETH KIRTLESS1439 WFT Est. 1842-18521439.She was born WFT Est. 1822-18381439, and died WFT Est. 1845-19161439.
More About WILLIAM KIRBY and MARY KIRTLESS:
Marriage: WFT Est. 1842-18521439
Children of WILLIAM KIRBY and MARY KIRTLESS are:
84. | i. | BETTIE12 KIRBY, b. WFT Est. 1840-1854; d. WFT Est. 1872-1934. | |
ii. | JOSEPH D. KIRBY1439, b. WFT Est. 1845-18541439; d. WFT Est. 1846-19351439. |
More About JOSEPH D. KIRBY: Social Security Number: went to Texas1439 |
iii. | BENJAMIN KIRBY1439, b. WFT Est. 1845-18541439; d. WFT Est. 1865-19351439; m. RENA GLASSCOCK1439, WFT Est. 1865-19011439; b. WFT Est. 1844-18671439; d. WFT Est. 1865-19381439. |
Notes for BENJAMIN KIRBY: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #2912, Date of Import: Mar 30, 2000] Had seven children; went to Texas with brother Joseph D. |
More About BENJAMIN KIRBY: Social Security Number: went to Texas1439 |
More About BENJAMIN KIRBY and RENA GLASSCOCK: Marriage: WFT Est. 1865-19011439 |
iv. | WESLEY KIRBY1439, b. WFT Est. 1845-18541439; d. WFT Est. 1846-19351439. |
Notes for WESLEY KIRBY: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #2912, Date of Import: Mar 30, 2000] went to OK |
More About WESLEY KIRBY: Social Security Number: remained single; went to OK1439 |
85. | v. | BAILEY KIRBY, b. WFT Est. 1845-1854; d. WFT Est. 1869-1935. |
62.MARY LOUISA11 KIRBY (BAILEY10, DAVID9, JESSE8, DAVID7, JOHN6, ROBERT5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, GEORGE1)1439 was born December 27, 18321439, and died WFT Est. 1861-19261439.She married WILLIAM THORNTON BRAWNER1439 January 10, 18561439.He was born WFT Est. 1805-18351439, and died WFT Est. 1859-18971439.
More About WILLIAM BRAWNER and MARY KIRBY:
Marriage: January 10, 18561439
Child of MARY KIRBY and WILLIAM BRAWNER is:
i. | LOU THORNTON12 BRAWNER1439, b. March 22, 18531439; d. WFT Est. 1870-19431439; m. JO ANNA EWING1439, WFT Est. 1870-19031439; b. WFT Est. 1849-18691439; d. WFT Est. 1870-19431439. |
More About LOU BRAWNER and JO EWING: Marriage: WFT Est. 1870-19031439 |
More About JAMES KIRBY and MRS. KIRBY:
Marriage: WFT Est. 1851-18841439
Children of JAMES KIRBY and MRS. KIRBY are:
86. | i. | WILLIAM WILBURN12 KIRBY, b. WFT Est. 1855-1884; d. WFT Est. 1880-1945. | |
ii. | JAMES BRIGGS KIRBY1439, b. WFT Est. 1855-18841439; d. WFT Est. 1856-19451439. |
64.JOSEPH BAILEY11 KIRBY (BAILEY10, DAVID9, JESSE8, DAVID7, JOHN6, ROBERT5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, GEORGE1)1439 was born January 08, 18431439, and died WFT Est. 1872-19341439.He married NANCY JANE DUNCAN1439 February 24, 18611440,1441.She was born WFT Est. 1823-18481441, and died WFT Est. 1870-19181441.
More About JOSEPH KIRBY and NANCY DUNCAN:
Marriage: February 24, 18611442,1443
Children of JOSEPH KIRBY and NANCY DUNCAN are:
i. | LOUISA12 KIRBY1443, b. June 13, 18621443; d. 18791443. | ||
ii. | CHARLEY KIRBY1443, b. May 26, 18681443; d. WFT Est. 1909-19591443; m. (1) LAURA TURNER1443, November 07, 18931443; b. WFT Est. 1855-18771443; d. 19021443; m. (2) ELLEN GLOVER1443, 19041443; b. WFT Est. 1863-18871443; d. WFT Est. 1908-19581443. |
More About CHARLEY KIRBY and LAURA TURNER: Marriage: November 07, 18931443 |
More About CHARLEY KIRBY and ELLEN GLOVER: Marriage: 19041443 |
87. | iii. | FLORA KIRBY, b. May 26, 1868; d. WFT Est. 1909-1963. |
65.NANCY MINERVA11 POTTER (JESSE10, NANCY9KIRBY, JESSE8, DAVID7, JOHN6, ROBERT5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, GEORGE1)1443 was born April 04, 1840 in Jackson Twp., Polk Co. Missouri1444, and died July 04, 1925 in Jackson Twp., Polk Co. Missouri1444.She married JOHN COWAN1445 September 16, 1856 in Polk Co, Missouri1446, son of WILLIAM COWAN and NANCY SUSONG.He was born May 02, 1832 in Bristol, Sullivan, TN1447, and died March 01, 1900 in Dade, MO1447.
Notes for NANCY MINERVA POTTER:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #2912, Date of Import: Mar 30, 2000]
Nancy lived long enough that the Neil children knew her; there is a snapshot of her with Anna Pauline at the Neil house in Aldrich.Asheet that she wove still exists - in the possession of George R. and Doreen O. Neil of Willamsburg.
More About NANCY MINERVA POTTER:
Fact: Dade, MO, Rice1447
Notes for JOHN COWAN:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #2912, Date of Import: Mar 30, 2000]
JOHN COWAN, fourth son of William Rutledge and Nancy Susong Cowan, was born 2 May 1833 in Sullivan Co, TN.He and twin sister Louisa were destined to accompany each other in more than their birth...some years later they would both leave Sullivan Co for the distant territory of Missouri.
Whether John joined brother Robert on his move to MO in 1844, or followed another brother at a later date is not known.Of the eleven children of William and Nancy, eight sought their fortunes elsewhere and the fortunes of seven of these were found in MO.Robert, Jacob, Alexander, John and his twin, Louisa, Hardin, and James S., all made their way West to settle in Cedar and Dade Counties, Missouri.
It is in Dade Co that we find John in 1858 "at his store". The family story goes like this, "Nancy Potter rode up on her KY bred horse to do some purchasing.Young John waited on her and helped her back on her horse when she finished.'I've never met you', said he, 'but I'll tell you this - I'm going to marry you and before very long.'"
They were married 16 September 1858 in Polk Co; Isaac Routh, the minister for whom Routh Chapel Cemetery is named, performed the ceremony.Nancy Minerva Potter, born 4 April 1840 in Polk Co, MO, was the daughter of Jesse and Martha Johnson Potter, part of the Potter-Kirby-Johnson-Choice clan that had moved from VA through KY to MO c1820-40.Jesse and Martha had moved there in 1837; Nancy was born three years later.(see THE POTTER FAMILY)
Family history says that John built for her a two-story house of "sawn" lumber (very unique because there were no saw mills near at that time) with a double fireplace and huge circular solid stone steps at the front door.The stairway to the second floor had solid mahogany blocks for the treads.
Although this was some fifty years after your first ancestors had arrived in MO (the Bolling-Savage-Williams group), the territory of MO was far from tamed.It may be this same KY bred mare who,it is said, would warn the family whenever Indians approached.
Loutreacy told of the time they were NOT warned and Nancy's mother, Patsy, looked up from the big fireplace to see an Indian at the open window.She filled a gourd with lye soap and flung it in the Indian's face.
John and Nancy had ten children, all born Dade Co, MO:
1.ANDREW J., born 10 Oct 1859; died 2 Nov 1882; buried Rice Cemetery, Dade Co, MO; never married.
2.JESSE POTTER, born 21 Mar 1863; died 10 Mar 1947; buried Rice Cemetery, Dade Co, MO; married Nora Kirby.
Issue:Henry
3.MARTHA ELLEN, born 1 Jun 1864; died 13 April 1964; buried Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co, MO; married Edward Alpheus Pugh 26 Jan 1887, Dade Co, MO; also buried Mt. Vernon.
Issue:Earl Wayne; Winnie Lee; Ruth O; John J.; Inez May; Leon Edward; Travis Cowan; George.
4.LUCIAN D., born 31 Jan 1867; died 28 Nov 1932; buried Routh Chapel Cemetery, Dade Co, MO; married Ella Wilmount Lyman, born 1867; died 1915; also buried Routh Chapel.
Issue:Fred John; Pearl Zulu; Francis M. (Frank); Ralph F.; Claude Lucian
5.ROBERT, born 8 Feb 1870; died 8 Mar 1949; buried Montecito Memorial Park, San Bernardino Co, CA; married 15 Feb 1891 to Mary Garrett Dinwiddie, born 2 Mar 1872; died 5 May 1957; also buried Montecito Memorial Park.
Issue:Andrew Ray; Howard Bland; Paul Robert; Harry Wendall; Nora Nancy.
6.SUSAN OPHELIA (our line), born 25 Jul 1867; died 15 Nov 1937; buriedPleasant Ridge Cemetery, Aldrich, Polk Co, MO; married 1) 12 Feb 1890 to Pryor Lee Neil, born 25 Jul 1867, the son of Samuel and Amanda Tygart Neil (see NEIL FAMILY); died 3 Nov 1928; also buried Pleasant Ridge.Susan married: 2) Joe Pitman; 3) Wm. Brown.
Issue (with Pryor Lee Neil): Roy Alva; Lewis Albert; Robert Cowan; Lawrence
7.LOUISA E., born 12 Jun 1876; died 3 May 1912; buried Turkey Creek Baptist Cemetery, Walnut Grove, Greene Co, MO; married Alvin Dotson, born 1871; died 1937; buried Turkey Creek.
Issue:Joe; Mary
8.MAGGIE BELL, born 14 Feb 1878; died 20 Nov 1941; buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Walnut Grove, Greene Co, MO; married 10 Mar 1901 at the home to Fred King, born 4 Jul 1877; died 17 Jul 1940; also buried Greenlawn.
Issue:Robert John; Hubert; Maurice; Lewis Frederick; Ruby Maurine; Nancy Louise.
9.JOHN LAWRENCE, born 28 Aug 1880; died 21 Jan 1959; buried Pleasant Ridge, Aldrich, Polk Co, MO; married 7 Jan 1903 to Ethel Davis, born 22 Nov 1883; died 24 Jun 1964; also buried Pleasant Ridge.
Issue:LaVerne Emlou; Lawrence Davis; Heath Hal; Finis Budd
10:CLARA MAY, born 28 May 1883; died 21 Jan 1932; buried City Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA; married 23 (28?) Nov 1904 to William McCulley, born 23 Aug 1883; died 3 Aug 1963; buried City Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA
Issue:Leonard B.; Cowan Clair; John Isaac; Nancy Lorraine
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We have a quantity of information from other descendants on the above families; we also have the information contained in the James Susong Cowan Bible, this information having been hand copied by Layne and Veneta Neil.The Bible was, at that time, in the possession of Mary Taylor.On hand is also that record contained in the Mahlon Susong Cowan Bible - Mahlon having been one of the children of William Rutledge and Nancy Susong Cowan who remained in Sullivan Co, TN.This record was copied by Jamie Harr Darnell for LaVerne Cowan Hughes.
John died 1 Mar 1900; Nancy lived until 4 Jul 1925; she gave 40 acres of land to each of the ten children. Both John and Nancy are buried in Rice Cemetery, Dade Co, MO.There is at least one snapshot of Roy and 'Treacy's daughter, Anna Pauline, with her grandmother, Nancy Potter Cowan, and there is a portrait of John painted by his daughter, Maggie Bell Cowan King.The latter is in the possession of the Lewis Frederick King family; we have a small copy of that portrait.
SOURCES:
Information from these descendants:Lewis Frederick King; Wilma Cowan McKerlie; LaVerne Cowan Hughes; Maude Potter; Jamie Harr Darnell; Leonard Blaine Neil;and from Merta Dea O'Neil, wife of Robert Cowan Neil, and Lou Treacy Shuler Neil, wife of Roy Alva Neil.
William Rutledge Cowan's Will, p 93, Will Bk 1, Sullivan Co TN
Nancy Susong Cowan's Will, pp 349-350, Will Bk 1, Sullivan Co TN
HISTORY OF HICKORY, POLK, CEDAR, DADE AND BARTON COUNTIES,MISSOURI, Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1889 (article on Robert Cowan)
Marriage Book A 1836-1859, #188, Polk Co, MO
Dade Co 1860 Census; 1870 Census; 1880 Census; 1900 Census
Deed Book 73, p 8, 4 April 1887, Dade Co MO
RICE CEMETERY BOOK, Dade Co MO Historical Society
CEMETERY DIRECTORY OF POLK CO MO, Historical Society of Polk Co MO
More About JOHN COWAN:
Fact: Dade, MO, Rice Cem.1447
More About JOHN COWAN and NANCY POTTER:
Marriage: September 16, 1856, Polk Co, Missouri1448
Children of NANCY POTTER and JOHN COWAN are:
i. | ANDREW JACKSON12 COWAN1449, b. October 10, 1859, Dade, MO1449; d. November 02, 1882, Rice Cem., Dade, Missouri. |
More About ANDREW JACKSON COWAN: Fact: Dade, MO, Rice1449 |
88. | ii. | JESSE POTTER COWAN, b. March 21, 1863; d. March 10, 1947, Rice Cem., Dade, Missouri. | |
89. | iii. | MARTHA ELLEN COWAN, b. June 01, 1864; d. April 13, 1964, IOOF Cem., Mt. Vernon, Missouri. | |
90. | iv. | LUCIAN D. COWAN, b. January 31, 1867; d. November 28, 1932, Dade, MO. | |
91. | v. | ROBERT COWAN, b. February 08, 1870; d. March 08, 1949. | |
92. | vi. | SUSAN OPHELIA COWAN, b. June 05, 1872, Morgan Twp. Dadeville, Dade Co. Missouri; d. November 15, 1937, Aldrich, Polk Co. Missouri. | |
93. | vii. | LOUISA COWAN, b. June 12, 1876; d. May 03, 1912. | |
94. | viii. | MAGGIE BELL COWAN, b. February 14, 1878; d. November 20, 1941. | |
95. | ix. | JOHN LAWRENCE COWAN, b. August 28, 1880; d. January 21, 1959. | |
96. | x. | CLARA MAE COWAN, b. May 28, 1883; d. January 21, 1932. |