Nancy Jane KIRK b. 09 Mar 1857 Clarke Co. AL d. 1 Feb 1940 Camden, Wilcox County, AL: Appalachian Aristocracy

1857 - 1940 (82 years)

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Name	Nancy Jane KIRK
Born	09 Mar 1857	Clarke Co. AL
Gender	Female
_UID	FECA4CEFA05E4E75B9A47B41C47800C8E15F
Died	1 Feb 1940	Camden, Wilcox County, AL
	died at son, Warren's home Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974 Name: Nancy Jane Duke Death Date: 01 Feb 1940 Death Place: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama Gender: Female Age at Death: 83 Estimated Birth Date: 1857 Spouse's Name: Chas. Wm Duke Father's Name: James Bradley Kirk Mother's Name: Louisa Yow Film Number: 1908586 Reference Number: cn 5671
Buried	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. AL
	Grave location with photo of tombstone. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967521&
Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy J Kirk Age in 1860: 4 Birth Year: abt 1856 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama Gender: Female Post Office: Prairie Bluff Household Members: James J Kirk 36 Louisa Kirk 34 Nancy J Kirk 4 James B Kirk 1 Robert Okirk 18 Henry Lukem 18 Gilman Clark 8 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy J Kirk Age in 1870: 13 Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Lower Peach Tree Name: William Clark Age in 1870: 2 Birth Year: abt 1868 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Lower Peach Tree Household Members: James D Clark 50 [step-father] Louisa Clark 44 Nancy J Kirk 13 James B Kirk 11 Lavinia Kirk 9 Anna J Kirk 6 William Clark 2 [half-brother] 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Nannie Duke Age: 23 Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: William Duke Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Note: Lived next to her mother, Louisa and step-father, J. D. Clark plus her siblings James B. Kirk, Lavinia Kirk, and Anna Kirk. 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy J Duke Age: 43 Birth Date: Mar 1857 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co. Alabama Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Charles W Duke Marriage Year: 1877 Years Married: 23 Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother: number of living children: 4 Mother: How many children: 4 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy J Duke Age in 1910: 52 Birth Year: 1858 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1910: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: C William Duke Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: Alabama 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy J Duke Age: 62 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1920: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: William Duke Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy Jane Duke Birth Year: abt 1857 Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: Alabama Marital status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Head Homemaker?: Yes Home in 1930: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama Street address: Suggsville Road House Number: April 30 Dwelling Number: 556 Family Number: 556 Home Owned or Rented: Owned Home Value: 3,000 Radio Set: No Lives on Farm: No Age at first Marriage: 19 Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Able to Speak English: Yes Employment: No Household Members: Name Age Nancy Jane Duke 73 Beulah Murphy 65 She died at her son Warren's home in Camden, Wilcox Co. AL. Cemetery transcription of Pleasant Hill Cemetery Clarke Co. AL by Linda Rabon (lcraybon@pinebelt.net) has the following information DOB 9 Mar 1857 DOD 1 Feb 1910 This is a partial listing of the graves, the cemetery has suffered at the hands of loggers in the county and the original cemetery has been destroyed. No sign of it remains today. This cemetery is beside an old wooden church south of Thomasville, Al. in Clarke County
Person ID	I6084	Master File
Last Modified	26 Apr 2019

Father	James J. KIRK, b. ca 1824, Clarke Co. AL , d. 21 Dec 1863, Rock Island, IL Prisoner of War Camp (Age ~ 39 years)
Mother	Louisa YOW, b. 15 Mar 1825, Randolph Co. NC , d. 25 Aug 1893, Clarke Co. AL (Age 68 years)
Family ID	F4551	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Charles William DUKE, b. 16 May 1854, Clarke Co. AL , d. 21 Apr 1928, Grove Hill, Clarke Co. AL (Age 73 years)

Married 21 Dec 1876 Clarke Co. AL

Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: p. 17 Ancestry, Inc., 1999

James H. Duke and Nancy J. Kidd [transcription error Kirk]
Date: 21 Dec 1876
County: Clarke
Performed by: Justice of the Peace

Children

	1. Alma Eleanor DUKE, b. 7 Oct 1877, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL , d. 24 Oct 1959, Alabama (Age 82 years)
	2. Warren Cornelius DUKE, b. 8 Aug 1879, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL , d. 14 Nov 1957, Selma, AL (Age 78 years)
	3. Clara L. DUKE, b. May 1881, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL
	4. James Wilburn DUKE, b. Aug 1883, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL , d. Bef 1940, Alabama (Age ~ 56 years)

Last Modified 30 Jun 2012

Family ID F4544 Group Sheet | Family Chart