James Johnston KIRK, Sr.

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CENSUS RECORDS

1830 Census

Name: James Kirk
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Clarke, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored: 8

1840 Census
Name: James Kirk
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Wilcox, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 12


LAND RECORDS

Name: James J Kirk
Issue Date: 10 Apr 1848
Place: Wilcox, Alabama, USA
Land Office: St. Stephens
Meridian: St Stephens
Township: 11-N
Range: 4-E
Section: 36
Accession Number: AL1480__.083
Document Number: 9294
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=AL1480__.083&docClass=STA&sid=1hw2vqp5.r2j

MEMOIRS

From W. R. Kirk Journal, 1866

He came to Ala. in 1818, when he was 24 years old. lived several years on Pigeon Creek in Clark County Ala. Father moved to Wilcox County in ___ and bought land on Bear Creek, engaged in farming until his decease.

My father was a man of very limited education. He had a good mind. Nature did much for him in this respect - had a strong memory. He studied no book but the Bible, much of which he had committed to memory. He delighted in the Psalms of David and Proverbs of Solomon. I have met very few ministers who could quote from the Bible so appropriately and readily as he could.

His father and mother were old Seceders "after the strictest sect." It was from them he learned to memorize Scripture. All through his childhood and youth his Sabbaths were employed in the catechetical exercises and he venerated the Sabbath to his last day.

He was always thoughtful, never spoke at random - would rarely speak harshly of anyone before his children. Was kind and obliging to all, and devoted to the interest of his children. There never was a more self-denying, self-sacrificing father for the sake of his children in everything save education. He always seemed to think that to read and write - and a knowledge of the primary rules of arithmetic was sufficient. I have always been astonished at his views on this subject when I think of his good and sound judgment in every thing else. He was decidedly in favor of an educated minister. He was always peaceable, rarely had any difficulties. I never new (sic) him to have a violent personal enemy. He had but little to do with the world outside his own private matters. He never saw the courthouse of his county save as a juror.

He was proverbially honest, frugal and industrious and always had friends. He lived in the Methodist Church the last eighteen years of his life but always favored Calvinism. This was owing to early training by his parents, who as I have already said were rigid Seceders. A more industrious and energetic hard working man never lived. No man was tried harder to moddle (sic) his children after himself than he did.

Buried:
Grave location:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188025915

James married Jane WALKER 1823. Jane (daughter of Andrew WALKER and Elizabeth MOORE) was born 1796, South Carolina; died Sep 1835, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

James married Margaret Drury 5 Nov 1837, Wilcox Co. AL. Margaret was born ca 1805, North Carolina; died aft. 1880, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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He lived in Nishaba County MS.

He was the next oldest. His complexion was every way like Bro. Andrew's. Was about six feet high - large frame - heavy set square shouldered - a little stooped - weighed about two hundred pounds and when dressed up was fine looking. He was always disposed to be wild during his youth. Was easily led off. Never had the moral courage and firmness of my oldest brother. He was passionately fond of fun and was exceedingly mischievous. Would take pleasure in teasing his younger brothers and sisters. Was not meddlesome nor quarrelsome, nor overbearing but would fight anything and anybody when imposed upon. He left father when about twenty one years old and started west, but on arriving at Vicksburg, Miss. changed his mind and concluded to return home. On his return home he stopped in Nishaba County, Miss. where he settled and is still living [in 1864]

It was six years after he first left father before he visited us again. He embraced religion when about thirty years old, joined the Missionary Baptist Church, and finally accepted a license to preach from his church. Don't think he ever preached much. He was poorly educated but had a good mind, was a close observer, and a man of sound judgement and understood human nature well - passionately fond of vocal music - had a musical voice, would have made a fine orator, was gifted in prayer.

Matthew married Huldah JONES. Huldah was born 1835, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

Lived in Clarke Co. AL in 1830, later moved to Wilcox Co. AL.

Served as a private in Co. B 38th AL Infantry. Each man in Company B enlisted for three years or the war. They enlisted at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama on March 29, 1862 and were paid a $50 bonus for signing.

James took part in the Battle of Chicamauga. Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army attacked Gen. William Rosencrans' Union Army forcing a Union retreat to Chattanooga, Tennessee. There were 34,000 total causalties. The 18,000 Confederate losses included 37 men from the 38th Alabama. In addition, 151 soldiers of the 38th were wounded and five were missing.

Missionary Ridge was the site of a major battle in the drive back to Chattanooga. Many members of the 38th Alabama were taken prisoner and sent to Rock Island.
James was captured on Nov. 25, 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN according to his Civil War military records. On 11 December, 1863 he was received at the military prison in Louisville, KY, and was discharged to Rock Isle IL on 12 Dec. 1863.

James died a prisoner of war at Rock Island, IL, on 21 December 1863 of pneumonia and diarrhea. His buried in grave number 44 south of the prison barracks.

Rock Island Prison, built in 1863, was located on a government-owned island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Moline, Illinois. Over 12,000 Confederates were imprisoned there during the war. These included many 38th Infantry soldiers captured at Missionary Ridge.

The island facilities were converted and built in 1863; they were not yet completed in December of that year, when the first Confederate prisoners were incarcerated. The construction was makeshift. The first prisoners were 468 Confederates captured in battles at Chattanooga, Tennessee. That month more than 5,000 total would swell the population of Rock Island Prison.

Rock Island was not without its problems?ignominious punishments, inadequate facilities, malnutrition, and lack of basic supplies. At one time it was called the "Andersonville of the North." Most died from disease or exposure, as sanitation was primitive as in all army encampments. The prison camp operated from December 1863 until July 1865, when the last prisoners were freed.

CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Private, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry Joined Winter 1862;
Captured at Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; POW at Rock Island IL, died December 21, 1863.

http://www.38thalabama.com/


From W. R. Kirk's Journal, James was

"was of fair complexion, red hair, blue eyes, about six feet high - had a strong constitution, a little stooped, of an ardent temperament - he had a taste for farming. Was from his boyhood religiously inclined. Left father after he was twenty one years old and commenced business for himself. His first effort was to work on a farm as a hireling at 50 cts per day. Was never stingy, but when he commenced doing business for himself, practiced rigid economy and in a few years had lands and other property to the value of some fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. He married Louisa Yow. He joined the Confederate Army in winter of 1862. Made a good soldier. Was captured at the battle of Missionary Ridge, carried to Rock Island Ill. where he died soon after. He left four children. His widow married J. D. Clark in 1866."



CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James J Kirk
Age in 1860: 36
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
James J Kirk 36
Louisa Kirk 34
Nancy J Kirk 4
James B Kirk 1
Robert Kirk 18
Henry Luker 18
Gilman Clark 8

1860 Slave Schedule
James J. Kirk owned 7 slaves, 2 males ages 30, 8; 5 females ages 22, 16, 13, 9, 2



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=1977216&GRid=9111816&

Inscription:
KIRK, J.J. PVT
Co. B 38 ALA Reg
CSA
Plot: Grave # 44

Died:
Information from his Civil War Records.

James married Louisa YOW. Louisa (daughter of Bradley YOW and Nancy HARRIS) was born 15 Mar 1825, Randolph Co. NC; died 25 Aug 1893, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

He was the next oldest was complected every way like James. Was not so tall- well made, rather heavy built - and was always steady and possessed more firmness than any of us. Was slow to form his plans, but when they were once formed no small matter could forbid their execution. He embraced religion when young and always tried to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith he was called. He carried his religion with him every where, into his business and in his family. He was for several years a class leader.

He joined the C.S.A. Was under Gen. Joe (Joseph) E. Johnson, was wounded in one of the battles between Dalton and Atlanta. He went with Gen. Hood on his unfortunate campaign into Tenn. and was captured near Nashville and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he died about the time of surrender. He made a faithful soldier and maintained his Christian integrity to the last. In all his life he was timid and reserved, but firm. He endeavored to train his children for the Lord - I think perhaps that he was rather too rigid in his discipline over his children. They are left orphans in this cold and heartless world.

Note: John served with Co. B, 38th Alabama Regiment as a private. According to his Civil War records he was captured 16 Dec 1864. He was sent to Louisville KY and arrived at Camp Chase, OH 6 Jan. 1865. He died of pneumonia 27 March, 1865. His brother James J. Kirk also died as a prisoner of war in Rock Island, IL


CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John M Kirk
Age in 1860: 35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
John M Kirk 35
Mary A M Kirk 29
James M Kirk 9
Martha V Kirk 8
Mary E Kirk 6
Margaret Kirk 3
John S Kirk 11 months

CIVIL WAR RECORDS

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Private, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry; Wounded, captured near Nashville, December 15, 1864; POW Camp Chase, Ohio,
died March 27, 1865.

CAMP CHASE INFORMATION

Camp Chase, named for Sec. of the Treasury and former Ohio governor Salmon P. Chase, began as a training camp for Union volunteers, housing a few political and military prisoners from Kentucky and western Virginia. The camp received its first large influx of captured Confederates from western campaigns, including enlisted men, officers, and a few of the latter's black servants. On oath of honor, Confederate officers were permitted to wander through Columbus, register in hotels, and receive gifts of money and food. The public paid for camp tours, and Chase became a tourist attraction. Complaints over such lax discipline and the camp's state administration provoked investigation, and the situation changed.

As the war wore on, conditions became worse. Shoddy barracks, low muddy ground, open latrines, above ground open cisterns, and a brief smallpox outbreak excited U.S. Sanitary Commission agents who were already demanding reform. Original facilities for 3,500-4,000 men were jammed with close to 7,000. Since parole strictures prohibited service against the Confederacy, many Federals had surrendered believing they would be paroled and sent home. Some parolees, assigned to guard duty at Federal prison camps, were bitter, and rumors increased of maltreatment of prisoners at Camp Chase and elsewhere.

Before the end of hostilities, Union parolee guards were transferred to service in the Indian Wars, some sewage modifications were made, and prisoners were put to work improving barracks and facilities. Prisoner laborers also built larger, stronger fences for their own confinement, a questionable assignment under international law governing prisoners of war. Barracks rebuilt for 7,000 soon overflowed, and crowding and health conditions were never resolved. As many as 10,000 prisoners were reputedly confined there by the time of the Confederate surrender.
(Source: "Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War)

Buried:
Grave location:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1865&GSdyrel=in&GSst=37&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10056771&df=all&

Plot: Row 36, No. 57 Grave No. 1763

Tombstone photo:
http://genealogybug.net/Franklin_Cemeteries/chase/1763.jpg

John married Mary DRURY. Mary was born ca 1831, North Carolina; died 1861, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

John married Nancy CLARK. Nancy was born ca 1843, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

These three half brothers were delivered up to my charge by father on his death bed, hence I have more than a brotherly feeling for them. Owing to the very poor educational facilities in the community where we lived and the extreme hard times I have been unable to educate them. All my brothers and sisters received but little training mental, but their moral training was very good, better than most of others etc.

I was the youngest of my mothers children, born in Wilcox County, Ala. six miles from Lower Peach Tree, was as I have already stated, left without a mother at the age of thirteen months. I had a hard time all through my childhood and youth. Perhaps God was disciplining me for the hardship and privations of an itinerant life. Father learned me to be a farmer an a small scale, but never sent me to school much. Educational facilities were thus and are still sparse in our old neighborhood. We never had a school nearer than 2 1/2 or 3 miles of us, and then I could get to go to school only a few months or weeks at a time, then quit and work awhile, then go to school a little while, then work a little while. And what was worse than all teachers were constantly changed, and they kept on going over the same book and the same thing again and again, without advancing me any at all. So I found a distaste to study the effects of which I feel to this day. Besides this, our teachers were generally ignorant and unskillful and needed being taught themselves. But they proposed to teach Christ, and with many in that country that was the prime qualification of a first rate school teacher.

To look on the farm however was my lot until grown. I embraced religion and joined the M.E. Church South when about twelve years of age. Religion and the ministers of the gospel had much to do with my desire for knowledge. I being little the ministers paid no attention to me, never talked to me, never advised me but still I loved them and always thought it an honor to get to feed the preachers horse when he came to fathers. But I thought then that they were all learned and wise and I wanted to be on (one) too. I worked on without ever receiving any encouragement to acquire an education. But any purpose was fixed sometimes however. In my twenty sixth year I resolved to go to school two years longer and accordingly made my arrangements and in October 1859 went to Summerfield and entered school there which was under the control a Rev. D. C. Bloomsly. I studied hard took but little exercise and consequently my health failed - but I continued the session out studying Latin and mathematics. While there on the 24th of March 1860 I applied for and obtained a license to preach the gospel. An ignorant preacher I was. I tried to preach only three or four times during the session. My first text was "leave thou and all thy house into the ark." I have never tried to preach from it since. During the vacation I went with Bro. G. Garrett on the Camden District. In the fall of sixty I went back to Summerfield and spent another session in studying Latin, Greek, and mathematics. Preached but little during the session. When the school was out went home and taught a small school some four miles from home and boarded with my old and tried friend Jno H. Pate Esqr. I also filled 9 appointments for Bro. Ewing on the Peach Tree Circuit every month for three months. Meanwhile intending to go to Greensboro in Oct., and take a regular collegiate course. But Secession had taken place, war was upon us. Money was not to be had, and I had to succumb. The people for whom I had been preaching during the fall would not pay me neither would the people for whom I had been teaching. So I gathered some pios (pious) and I would become discouraged and try to arrange some other place in my mind to make money or something else. And again I would fall back on my old purpose to go to school and try to make something of myself.

I the meantime father had given me a colt - and when in my twenty-first year having never looked into our English grammar to study it - did not know a noun from an article. Knew but little of arithmetic or geography, did not know the different pauses in reading - my pronunciation not good, and my handwriting hardly legible or intelligible. I sold my colt and went of some twelve miles to a boarding school at Choctaw Corners, in Clark County, Ala. There I stayed six months and got a smattering of Grammar, Arithmetic Geography and composition. I might have learned and improved more but I had no habits of study and I was lazy. After this, I taught a small school at old Bear Creek Church and then at a school house near where Bro. John lived. In my teaching I gained notoriety only in a degree perfecting what I had gone over education wise imperfectly at school. There was no money in the schools that I taught.

I then felt it my duty to go home and stay with my father on the farm and take care of him until his death to which I did and on his deathbed he requested me to settle up his estate and I did so the best I could.

Accepted 18 bushels of potatoes from bro. John and brother in law Brasell. Sent them to Mobile, got about ten dollars for my fees and potatoes and started for Greensboro not to enter college but to join the Ala. Conference which I did and was appointed to Grove Hill circuit. I continued on my circuit until about the last of March 1862 and then joined a company of Militia for which Gov. Shorter had called for coast defense, and went to Mobile. From there we were ordered to Halls Mills, where we stayed about five weeks. While there I received the appointment of Chaplain to the regiment. We were then ordered back to Mobile where we stayed until our three months expired. I then returned to my circuit where I was willing to stay the balance of the year.

At the close of the conference year I attended conference at Auburn Ala. and was appointed to Choctaw Corners Circuit for 1863. At the end of the year I attended conference at Columbus, Miss. where I was ordained a Deacon by Bishop Andrew. I was reappointed to same circuit. The next conference was held at Tuskeegee Ala. and I was appointed to the Snow Hill Circuit. The next conference was held at Lowndsboro where I was elected to Elders Orders and I was stationed at Jacksonville Ala. for the year 1866.

From Lownsboro I went home and spent the month of December with my relatives and first friends. I left home a few days before Christmas to make my way to my new field of labor in the mountainous regions. I passed through Camden and called to bid bro. Ramsey and family farewell at Oak Hill. They know exactly how to entertain a Methodist preacher. I shall never forget them. I then went on to Snow Hill and found my host and hostess with whom I had been staying during 1865, well and preparing for the Christmas festivities. I left them on the 26th and stopping one day and night in Selma with Bro. J. A. Clement arrived at Jacksonville on the 29th Dec. 1865 at about 10 P.M.

I put up at the Hotel and Saturday evening late I was introduced to Bro. M. J. Turnley, with whom I spent the month of January very pleasantly indeed. I soon became acquainted with the members of my charge and was kindly received by all. I soon became attached to the good people of Jacksonville. At the close of my first month I was put at Bro. Grants to stay during the month of Feb. I remained there about six weeks and while there fell in Love with Nora, but concealed it from her as best I could.

Being thus satisfied at boarding round, I was put back at Bro. Turnleys to stay during the year. So I spent two months and twenty days more with. During the latter part of March and the first part of April we had a most gracious revival of religion about 50 souls professed religion and about twenty backsliders professed to be reclaimed. I still found my love for man increasing.


He (William R. Kirk) volunteered in Militia. Was chaplain of his regiment.

He was at the time of his death in charge of First Methodist Church in Avondale.

Dearly beloved throughout the conference where he was so well known - A man of the highest type. A statesman said of him most truly, "A more gentle spirit never lived, a more generous hand never gave, a more honest hear never lived."


CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Chaplain, Clarke Co. Guards
90 day Volunteers

Joined March 1862
Stationed at Halls Mills and Mobile.

William married Margaret Lenora GRANT Jacksonville, AL. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 728F13724AFF4DB8A5ECAEECAF1E435A697E

Notes:

He was the eldest, never married. He was afflicted with Rheumatism. Notwithstanding he had a good mind, which he cultivated, had a great deal of firmness, and unyielding will and untiring energy, persevering in all his undertakings - a right disciplinarian loved to command but was not overbearing. He was always cheerful and delighted with the society of refined women. He was well formed, had black hair, fair skin and blue eyes. He was handsome, intelligent, prudent, cheerful, and strictly moral, and was a general favorite among all, especially the women. He never engaged in anything but that he succeeded.

My oldest brother departed from the propisten faicto of the country, that "ignorance is bliss," and obtained a totally fair English education. In this respect he was my only exemplar and although I was a mere child I observed the wisdom of his course and resolved then that I too would have an education.,

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Notes:

She has the same complexion of John and James. When she was young she was pretty, although I say it myself, was well made, a nice form for a lady - a sweet disposition, a kind sweet and affectionate sister.

Grace married Eli BRASELL. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 689E6EFFD1984800BEBB9EADA47DA24EF998

Notes:

was composed like Grace, was not pretty. She too possessed a good disposition, was quick in all her movements and always cheerful, never despondent. She and her husband commenced life poor, did well and lived happily together. She now has six children. When she was married her husband was addicted to dissipation slightly but by her gentleness, kindness, and affection, influenced him to become sober - he is now a consistent member of the Methodist Church. She had trained her children to pray.

Jane married W. C. CLARK. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: C7EB15024EC44431955E66EB3B4F46096D8D

Notes:

Her complexion was like that of my other sisters, save that she has sandy slight hair. When young was inclined to be flashy - was fine looking - had an unusual sweetness of spirit and disposition. At the age of 17 she married S. G. Davis (Sam), a widower with two children. They lived happily together until the summer of 1860 when he died, and left her with five children, four girls and one little boy. She always lacked self confidence . Gentle, mild, affectionate, unassuming, rather retiring in her manner.

Mary married Sam G. DAVIS. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 4927784DFB8C421CB792CF7921E31416D902

Notes:

He was the oldest half brother. Younger than myself has complexion like John and James, Grace and Jane such that his eyes are dark and his hair unusually red. He is about five feet 11 inches high, very stout considerably rounded about the shoulders - rather fickle very lively - talks a great deal - works hard - energetic, but wants economy - rather fractious at times.

Oliver went through the war without being hurt - was captured once and kept in prison at Camp Chase Ohio for 7 months.,


CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Sergeant, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry, Captured near Atlanta, July 22, 1864; held as POW at Camp Chase Ohio for 7 months.

CAMP CHASE INFORMATION

Camp Chase, named for Sec. of the Treasury and former Ohio governor Salmon P. Chase, began as a training camp for Union volunteers, housing a few political and military prisoners from Kentucky and western Virginia. The camp received its first large influx of captured Confederates from western campaigns, including enlisted men, officers, and a few of the latter's black servants. On oath of honor, Confederate officers were permitted to wander through Columbus, register in hotels, and receive gifts of money and food. The public paid for camp tours, and Chase became a tourist attraction. Complaints over such lax discipline and the camp's state administration provoked investigation, and the situation changed.

As the war wore on, conditions became worse. Shoddy barracks, low muddy ground, open latrines, above ground open cisterns, and a brief smallpox outbreak excited U.S. Sanitary Commission agents who were already demanding reform. Original facilities for 3,500-4,000 men were jammed with close to 7,000. Since parole strictures prohibited service against the Confederacy, many Federals had surrendered believing they would be paroled and sent home. Some parolees, assigned to guard duty at Federal prison camps, were bitter, and rumors increased of maltreatment of prisoners at Camp Chase and elsewhere.

Before the end of hostilities, Union parolee guards were transferred to service in the Indian Wars, some sewage modifications were made, and prisoners were put to work improving barracks and facilities. Prisoner laborers also built larger, stronger fences for their own confinement, a questionable assignment under international law governing prisoners of war. Barracks rebuilt for 7,000 soon overflowed, and crowding and health conditions were never resolved. As many as 10,000 prisoners were reputedly confined there by the time of the Confederate surrender.

(Source: "Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War)

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=59509070&df=all&

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• _UID: FBD2368B44104EED8ACFD55C93CC900298D7

Notes:

He was the next oldest half brother. He had a fair complexion, dark eyes black hair, well formed and like Oliver weighed about one hundred and eighty pounds. He was firm and unshaken in his purposes. He would meddle no one and would suffer no one to meddle with or impose on him. He and Oliver joined the C.S.A. in the fall of '61, I think. Calvin was killed in the battle of Chickamauga, was buried on the battle field in the same grave with twenty seven others of his comrades. A brave and noble boy. I loved him while he lived. I wept over him when he fell. I'll cherish his memory while I have breath. "Calvin rest, thy warfare's o're Sleep the sleep that knows no waking." The cause for which you died is lost but it was no fault of thine. Thou didst thy part well well. May angels guard my brave boy's grave.

[Note; Official Confederate Service Records show that Calvin Cellars Kirk was captured and held as a POW until released at Selma, June 1865.]


CENSUS RECORDS
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Calvin C Kirk
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of his mother Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

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• _UID: 15815FCE7C9C4DCCAF14C504D8A5F6493C73

Notes:

is much like Calvin every way. One description will do for both. He has a good mind but lacks energy. Has a strong attachment for whatever is his.


CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age in 1860: 13
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of his mother, Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age in 1870: 21
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of his mother, Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: J. M. Kirk
Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Martha Kirk
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Margaret Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
J. M. Kirk 32
Martha Kirk 26
Maud Kirk 1
Adella Kirk 8 months
Margaret Kirk 67 [his mother]

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age: 52
Birth Date: May 1848
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Martha A Kirk
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members:
Joseph M Kirk 52
Martha A Kirk 47
Maud Kirk 21
Adel Kirk 19
Richardson C Kirk 19

DEATH RECORD

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Joseph Marshall Kirk
Birth Date: abt 1848
Birth Place: Lower Peach Tree
Death Date: 27 Jul 1931
Death Place: Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama
Burial Date: 28 Jul 1931
Burial Place: Lowder Peach Tree
Death Age: 83
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Kirk
Father Birth Place: Lancaster Deatria, South Carolina
Mother Name: Margaret Drury
Mother Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse Name: Martha Jeffrey

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=KI&GSfn=j&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=1401&GRid=25392275&df=all&

Died:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59
Name: Joseph M. Kirk
Death Date: Jul 1931
Death County: Wilcox
Volume: 35
Roll: 3
Page #: 17082

Joseph married Martha Ann Jeffrey 23 Dec 1878, Alabama. Martha was born 27 Dec 1852, Alabama; died 14 Jan 1935, Wilcox Co. AL; was buried , Lower Peach Tree Cemetery, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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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

Buried:
Grave location with photo of tombstone.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967521&

Died:
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

Nancy married Charles William DUKE 21 Dec 1876, Clarke Co. AL. Charles (son of James Henry DUKE and Ann Elizabeth CLARKE) was born 16 May 1854, Clarke Co. AL; died 21 Apr 1928, Grove Hill, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

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Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James B Kirk
Age in 1860: 1
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
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: James B Kirk
Age in 1870: 11
Birth Year: abt 1859
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
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: James B. Kirk
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: J. D. Clark [step father]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Louisa Clark
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Assists In Farm
Household Members:
J. D. Clark 62
Louisa Clark 54
James B. Kirk 21
Lavinia Kirk 18
Anna Kirk 16
Willie Clark 12

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James B Kirk [James Bradley Kirk]
Age: 41
Birth Date: Apr 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Estelle Kirk
Marriage Year: 1894
Years Married: 6
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members:
James B Kirk 41
Estelle Kirk 26
Cecil B Kirk 4
James F Kirk 1

1910 Federal Census
Name: James B Kerk [Kirk]
Age in 1910: 51
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary E Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members:
James B Kirk 51
Mary E Kirk 36
Cecil B Kirk 15
James F Kirk 12
Jessey Kirk 9
Alban M Kirk 6
Nannie E Kirk 6 months


Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=22114&GRid=62563616&

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Judye Bradley Kirk [James Bradley Kirk]
Birth Date: abt 1860
Death Date: 21 Nov 1910
Death Place: Wilcox, Alabama
Death Age: 50
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1894079

James married Mary Estelle Moseley. Mary was born 09 Jan 1874, Alabama; died 25 Nov 1961, Birmingham, Jefferson Co. AL; was buried , Choctaw Corner Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Lavinia Kirk
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
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: Lavinia Kirk
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter [step daughter]
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: J. D. Clark [step father]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Louisa Clark
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Assists with farm.
Household Members:
J. D. Clark 62
Louisa Clark 54
James B. Kirk 21
Lavinia Kirk 18
Anna Kirk 16
Willie Clark 12

1900 Federal Census
Name: Lewvern Mccurdy [Lavinia McCurdy]
Age: 39
Birth Date: Jan 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Choctaw Corner, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Andrew Mcclurdy [McCurdy]
Marriage Year: 1892
Years Married: 8
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
Household Members:
Andrew McCurdy 53
Lavinia McCurdy 39
Andrew Y McCurdy 8

1910 Federal Census
Name: Lavinia Mccurdy [McCurdy]
Age in 1910: 49
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Beat 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Andrew J Mccurdy
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina [North Carolina]
Household Members:
Andrew J Mccurdy 62
Lavinia Mccurdy 49
Andrew Y Mccurdy 16

1920 Federal Census
Name: Lavinia McCurdy
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Precinct 2, Choctaw, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Andra J McCurdy [Andrew]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Andrew J McCurdy 73
Lavinia McCurdy 58

1930 Federal Census
Name: L Mccurty [McCurdy]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Guest
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
W J Donald 26
Irma L Donald 28
William Donald 2
Jane Donald 1
L McCurdy 69



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kirk&GSiman=1&GScty=9145&GRid=53968239&

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Lavenia McCurdy [Lavenia Kirk]
Birth Date: abt 1857
Death Date: 27 Dec 1931
Death Place: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Burial Date: 28 Dec 1931
Burial Place: Pleasant Hill
Cemetery Name: Pleasant Hill
Death Age: 74
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: James Kirk
Mother Name: Louisa Yow
Spouse Name: A J Mccurdy
FHL Film Number: 1908495

Lavinia married Andrew J. MCCURDY. Andrew was born 25 Oct 1846, Alabama; died 25 Nov 1921, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Anna J Kirk
Age in 1870: 6
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
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: Anna Kirk
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter [step daughter]
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: J. D. Clark [step father]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Louisa Clark
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Assists with farm
Household Members:
J. D. Clark 62
Louisa Clark 54
James B. Kirk 21
Lavinia Kirk 18
Anna Kirk 16
Willie Clark 12

1900 Federal Census
Name: Anna Dortch
Age: 36
Birth Date: Nov 1863
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Hiram P Dortch
Marriage Year: 1885
Years Married: 15
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother: number of living children: 3
Mother: How many children: 3
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 39
Anna Dortch 36
Nora Dortch 14
Kirksey Dortch 13
Hiram J Dortch 10

Name:
One source has her name as Estelle.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53967059&ref=acom

Anna married Hiram P. Dortch 07 Jan 1885, Wilcox Co. AL. Hiram was born 20 Nov 1860, Wilcox Co. AL; died 23 Jul 1926, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James M Kirk
Age in 1860: 9
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: T Monroe Kirk [James Monroe Kirk]
Age in 1870: 19
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of his stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha V Kirk
Age in 1860: 8
Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluf

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha V Kirk
Age in 1870: 17
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Kirk
Age in 1860: 6
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Kirk
Age in 1870: 15
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Kirk
Age in 1860: 3
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret O Kirk
Age in 1870: 12
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Jno S Kirk
Age in 1870: 10
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

1900 United States Federal Census
about John S Kirk
Name: John S Kirk
Age: 40
Birth Date: Oct 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Marriage Year: 1893
Years Married: 7
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
John S Kirk 40
Nettie Kirk 31
Estha Kirk 5
Jeola Kirk 4
Verda Kirk 2
Johnie Kirk 7/12

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: John S Kirk
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Hillsbro Ward 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
John S Kirk 50
Nettie Kirk 41
Estha Kirk 15
Zeola Kirk 1

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: John Kirk
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Hillsboro Ward 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Home Owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
John Kirk 61
Nettie Kirk 60 [50]
Verda Kirk 22
Johnnie Kirk 20 [21]
Evelyn Kirk 17
Lorene Kirk 14
Herman Moore 31
Zeola Moore 23
Herman V Moore 1

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: John S Kirk
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Hillsboro, Hill, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law [in household of daughter Esther Kirk Wooten]
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Melvin H Wooten 37
Esther Wooten 35
Thelma Wooten 17
John R Wooten 10
Maurice R Wooten 5
Nettie Kirk 61
John S Kirk 70
Johnnie Kirk 30
Evelyn Kirk 28

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=24100&GRid=25392277&

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=24100&GRid=25392278&

Notes:

According to his World War One Draft Card, he was a dentist, practicing in Mobile, AL.

Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Richardson Calvin Kirk
County: Mobile
State: Alabama
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1880
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1509443

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Richardson Calvin Kirk
Birth Date: abt 1881
Death Date: 13 Apr 1948
Death Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 67
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Joseph N Kirk
Mother Name: Martha Jeffery
Spouse Name: Mittie Hicks
FHL Film Number: 1908828

Other Events:

• _UID: 582B79E1B93040D79FF80A8306934264401F

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Alma Duke
Age: 2
Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife [daughter]
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name: [Father] William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Alma E Duke
Age: 22
Birth Date: Oct 1877
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Charles W Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Nancy J Duke
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: School teacher

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Alma Duke
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: 1876
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: C William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Nancy J Duke
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Teacher, public school

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: [Miss] Alma Duke
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Precinct 26, Jefferson, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Occupation: Teacher, public school

DOB given as 7 Oct 1879 in cemetery transcription for Pleasant Hill by Linda Raybon (lcraybon@pinebelt.net) with this note:

This is a partial list 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.

Buried:
Grave location with tombstone photo.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967179&

Other Events:

• Education: Southern Dental College which later became part of Emory University in 1917
• Occupation: Dentist
• Religion: Methodist
• _UID: C8AF4BA6D5804471B07FFA4B0BBDCD138EC2

Notes:

He was a dentist who lived and practiced in Wilcox Co. AL

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: No Name Duke [Warren Cornelius]
Age: 10 months
Birth Year: abt 1879
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Warren C Duke
Age: 20
Birth Date: Aug 1879
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co., Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Charles W Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Nancy J Duke
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Dr. W C Duke
Age in 1910: 30
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucy Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Dr. W C Duke 30
Lucy Duke 34
Percy D Duke 1 year 6 months
Warren C Duke 3 months
Lucy Cook 14
Katy Cook 7

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Warren Duke
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mae Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Warren Duke 40
Mae Duke 28
Dashwood Duke 11
Warren Duke 10
Alexander Duke 4
Blanche Duke 2
Percey Young 21 [boarder, male, black, clerk, drug store]

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: W C Duke
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Possum Bend, Wilcox, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Mae W Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer, general farming
Household Members:
W C Duke 50
Mae W Duke 38
Alexander Duke 15
Blanch Duke 13
Kirk Duke 10
Charles Duke 8
James Duke 7
Sarah Duke 5

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Warren C Duke
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Possum Bend, Wilcox, Alabama
Street: Monroeville Road
Farm: Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935: Possum Bend, Wilcox, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same House
Occupation: Doctor, dentistry
Household Members:
Warren C Duke 60
Mae Duke 48
Alexander Duke 25 [operator, picture show]
Blanche Duke 23 [clerk typist, FSA]
Kirk R Duke 19 [salesman, retail grocery]
Charles A Duke 18
James Duke 17
Sarah Jame Duke 15


Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Warren Cornelius Duke
County: Wilcox
Town: Camden
State: Alabama
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1879
Race: White
Occupation: Dentist

Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
Name: Warren C Duke
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1879
Claim Date: 15 Aug 1956
SSN: 419501029
Notes: 15 Aug 1956: Name listed as WARREN C DUKE

Buried:
Also known as Pebble Hill, Gravel Creek and McDowell Cemetery
Leave Camden on Monroeville Highway and turn left on Pebble Hill Road. Cemetery on right.

Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=duke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16344097&df=all&

Died:
died at Vaughn Memorial Hospital

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Warren Cornelius Duke
Death Date: 14 Nov 1957
Death Place: Selma, Dallas, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 78y
Estimated Birth Date: 1879
Father's Name: Charles William Duke
Mother's Name: Marcy [Nancy] J. Kirk
Film Number: 1908925
Reference Number: 25469

Warren married Lucy Owen CAPELL 17 Dec 1901, Wilcox Co. AL. Lucy (daughter of Harvey Simpson Capell and Malvenia Eslava) was born 11 Nov 1874, Wilcox Co. AL; died 2 Dec 1911, Wilcox Co. AL; was buried , Capell Cemetery, Wilcox Co AL. [Group Sheet]

Warren married Elizabeth Mae WILLIAMS 15 Apr 1914, Eufala, Barbour Co. AL. Elizabeth (daughter of Asa Alexander WILLIAMS and Minnie Elizabeth REAVES) was born 5 Jan 1892, Eufaula, AL; died 3 Dec 1973, Selma, AL; was buried , Capell Cemetery, Wilcox Co AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 78766BB6B5B64E949A3231BC555649555E4D

Notes:

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Clara L Duke
Age: 19
Birth Date: May 1881
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Charles W Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Nancy J Duke
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

Other Events:

• _UID: C59E356ED3044FC6BE03B4C62677F87032A2

Notes:

Information from barbara.d.mcleod@gmail.com

"Thomas J always said that his father died when my dad ( T J) was 13 years old. So maybe around 1905?"

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James W Duke
Age: 14
Birth Date: Aug 1883
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co. Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Charles W Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Nancy J Duke
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: James W Dusle [James W Duke]
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Cone Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Daisy E Dusle [Duke]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
James W Duke 36
Daisy E Duke 26
Jamie W Duke 9
Glendine Duke 4 years 11 months
T J Duke 1 year 9 months

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Wilmer Duke [Wilburn]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Daisye Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Wilborn Duke 46
Daisye Duke 39
Jamie Duke 20
Glendine Duke 15
T J Duke 12

James married Emma Daisye Garrick. Emma (daughter of William James Garrick and Lucy DUKE) was born Apr 1890, Scyrene, Clarke Co. AL; died 29 Jul 1966, Mobile, Mobile Co. AL; was buried , Mobile Memorial Gardens, Mobile, Mobile Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Federal Census
Name: Cecil B Kirk [Cecil Bradley Kirk]
Age: 4
Birth Date: Jul 1895
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James B Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Estelle Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
James B Kirk 41
Estelle Kirk 26
Cecil B Kirk 4
James F Kirk 1

1910 Federal Census
Name: Cecil B Kirk
Age in 1910: 15
Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James B Kerk [Kirk]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Mary E Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
James B Kirk 51
Mary E Kirk 36
Cecil B Kirk 15
James F Kirk 12
Jessey Kirk 9
Alban M Kirk 6 [Alvin]
Nannie E Kirk 6 months

1920 Federal Census
Name: Bradley Kirk
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Choctaw Corner, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Estell Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Clerk
Industry: Dry Goods Store
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Estell Kirk 45
Bradley Kirk 24
Alvin Kirk 16
Estel Kirk 10

1930 Federal Census
Name: C Bradly Kirk [Bradley]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: A Stone Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
C Bradly Kirk 34
A Stone Kirk 29
B Stone Kirk 1 year 8 months

1940 Federal Census
Name: Bradley Kirk
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
Street: West Front Street
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Occupation: Merchant Retail Dry Grocer
Household Members:
Bradley Kirk 44
Annie Kirk 40
Bradley Kirk 11
Mary Faith Kirk 8
Carol Ann Kirk 4
Ellen Barrow 33 [lodger, teacher]
Lillian Curry 30 [lodger, teacher]

MILITARY RECORDS

Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917?1918, Select States
Name: Cecil Bradley Kirk
Gender: Male
Entrainment Date: 22 Jul 1918
Military Camp: Camp Hancock
Residence Year: Abt 1918
Local Board: Clarke, Alabama
Box Number: 11


Birth:
World War I Draft Cards
Name: Cecil Bradley Kirk
County: Clarke
State: Alabama
Birthplace: Alabama,United States of America
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1895
Race: Caucasian (White)

Buried:
Grave location:
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=22114&GRid=62563614&

Died:
Social Security Death Records
Name: Cecil Kirk
SSN: 416-34-4514
Last Residence:
36784 Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
BORN: 20 Jul 1895
Died: Sep 1971
State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951)

Alabama Death Records
Name: Cecil B Kirk
Birth Date: abt 1895
Death Date: 17 Sep 1971
Death Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 76
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Kirk
Mother Name: Estelle Moseley
FHL Film Number: 2051655

Cecil married Annie Stone. Annie was born 15 Oct 1899, Alabama; died 22 Jul 1969, Mobile, Mobile Co. AL; was buried , Choctaw Corner Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Federal Census
Name: James F Kirk
Age: 1
Birth Date: Jun 1898
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James B Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Estelle Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
James B Kirk 41
Estelle Kirk 26
Cecil B Kirk 4
James F Kirk 1

1910 Federal Census
Name: James F Kirk
Age in 1910: 12
Birth Year: abt 1898
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James B Kerk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Mary E Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
James B Kirk 51
Mary E Kirk 36
Cecil B Kirk 15
James F Kirk 12
Jessey Kirk 9
Alban M Kirk 6
Nannie E Kirk 6 months

1930 Federal Census
Name: James F Kirk
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1900
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Estelle Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Bookkeeper, Real Estate Office
Household Members:
Estelle Kirk 55
James F Kirk 30
Estelle Kirk 20

1940 Federal Census
Name: J Floyd Kirk
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Street: 14th Street
House Number: 1520
Inferred Residence in 1935: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Auditor
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 72
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 22
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Estelle M Kirk 60
J Floyd Kirk 41
Nannie E Kirk 30



Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards
Name: James Floyd Kirk
County: Clarke
State: Alabama
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1898
Race: White

Died:
Alabama Death and Burials Index 1881-1974
Name: James Floyd Kirk
Birth Date: abt 1898
Death Date: 9 Aug 1963
Death Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Death Age: 65
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Bradley Kirk
Mother Name: Mary Estelle Mosley
FHL Film Number: 1909057

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1910 Federal Census
Name: Jessey Kirk [Jesse Kirk]
Age in 1910: 9
Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James B Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Mary E Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
James B Kirk 51
Mary E Kirk 36
Cecil B Kirk 15
James F Kirk 12
Jessey Kirk 9
Alban M Kirk 6
Nannie E Kirk 6 months

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1910 Federal Census Records
Name: Alban M Kirk [Alvin M Kirk]
Age in 1910: 6
Birth Year: abt 1904
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James B Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Mary E Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
James B Kerk 51
Mary E Kirk 36
Cecil B Kirk 15
James F Kirk 12
Jessey Kirk 9
Alban M Kirk 6
Nannie E Kirk 6 months

1920 Federal Census
Name: Alvin Kirk
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1904
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Choctaw Corner, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Estell Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Estell Kirk 45
Bradley Kirk 24
Alvin Kirk 16
Estel Kirk 10

1930 Federal Census
Name: Alvin Kirk
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1905 [abt 1906]
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Cecilie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Assistant manager, loan company
Household Members:
Alvin Kirk 25 [24]
Cecilie Kirk 23

1940 Federal Census
Name: Alvin M Kirk
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Homewood, Jefferson, Alabama
Street: Broadway
House Number: 400
Inferred Residence in 1935: Homewood, Jefferson, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same House
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Manager, loan company
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $3500
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: $2700
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Alvin M Kirk 37
Cecile Kirk 34
Alvin Kirk 4
Emma Mae Pitts 57 [mother-in-law]

Died:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Alvin Kirk
SSN: 416-07-6294
Last Residence:
35209 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
BORN: 16 Nov 1903
Died: Mar 1985
State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951)

Alvin married Cecile Mae Pitts 10 Oct 1928, Birmingham, Jefferson Co. AL. Cecile was born ca 1906, Alabama; died 01 Jan 1965, Birmingham, Jefferson Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1910 Federal Census
Name: Nannie E Kirk
Age in 1910: 6 months
Birth Year: abt 1910 [abt 1909]
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: James B Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Mary E Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
James B Kirk 51
Mary E Kirk 36
Cecil B Kirk 15
James F Kirk 12
Jessey Kirk 9
Alban M Kirk 6
Nannie E Kirk 6 months

1920 Federal Census
Name: Estel Kirk Jr.
Age: 10
Birth Year: abt 1910
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Choctaw Corner, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Estell Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Estell Kirk 45
Bradley Kirk 24
Alvin Kirk 16
Estel Kirk 10

1930 Federal Census
Name: Estelle Kirk
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1910
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Estelle Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: College student
Household Members:
Estelle Kirk 55
James F Kirk 30
Estelle Kirk 20

1940 Federal Census
Name: Nannie E Kirk
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Street: 14th Street
House Number: 1520
Inferred Residence in 1935: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Welfare Worker
Highest Grade Completed: College, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 44
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 34
Income: $810
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Estelle M Kirk 60
J Floyd Kirk 41
Nannie E Kirk 30

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

The Anniston Star; Sunday, 17 February 1946; Page 25

Estelle Kirk New Travelers Aid Director
Spartanburg USO Worker Succeeds Mable Thomas At Center Here

Miss Estelle Kirk, formerly director of the USD-Travelers' Aid at Spartanburg, S. C., has assumed the directorship of the local USD-Travelers Aid here. R. Clarence Williams, chairman of the operating committee of the Travelers' Aid Board, announced yesterday.

Miss Kirk succeeds Miss Mable Thomas, director here for the past two and one-half years, who left this week to accept employment with the International Business Machine Company. A fellow worker with Miss Thomas in Montgomery several years ago, Miss Kirk has been with Travelers' Aid since early in 1942. As a graduate of Birmingham-Southern she began her welfare work in Birmingham where she served three years with the Jefferson County Child Welfare Department and three years with social welfare work. Miss Kirk was a case worker In Montgomery when Miss Thomas entered the organization as a volunteer.

The new director, whose home is in Birmingham, is a graduate of Tulane School of Social Work, a member of the Methodist Church, and a member of Alpha Omega Pi sorority. She is also a member of the American Association of Social Workers.

Serving as director of the Aid office in Spartanburg since October, 1945, Miss Kirk says she already likes Anniston, and "especially the fine organization of my new office." Miss Kirk will be assisted here by Miss Ann Rhoades and Miss Ann Hewett, case workers, and Grace Hawkins, Negro case worker. Although the peak of the Aid work here has been passed, Miss Kirk expects a real need for continued service to exist for some time to come, and the office here will be maintained as long as there is need, she said. The workers provide aid, financial or just room-hunting, aside from travel services, in helping to meet the transients' problems, Miss Kirk said.

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Federal Census
Name: Andrew Y McClurdy [McCurdy]
Age: 8
Birth Date: May 1892
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Choctaw Corner, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Andrew Mcclurdy [McCurdy]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Lewvern Mccurdy [Levinia McCurdy]
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Andrew McCurdy 53
Lewvern McCurdy 39
Andrew Y McCurdy 8

1910 Federal Census
Name: Andrew Y Mccurdy [McCurdy]
Age in 1910: 16
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Beat 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Andrew J Mccurdy [McCurdy]
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Lavinia Mccurdy [McCurdy]
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Andrew J McCurdy 62
Lavinia McCurdy 49
Andrew Y McCurdy 16

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48364069&ref=acom
Inscription:
Inscription:
Son of A.J. and L. McCurdy
Weep not father and mother for me,
For I am waiting in Glory for thee.

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: A Y McCurdy
Birth Date: abt 1888
Birth Place: United States
Death Date: 28 Sep 1915
Death Place: Demopolis, Marengo, Alabama
Death Age: 27
Occupation: Book Keeper
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Birth Place: United States
FHL Film Number: 1894120

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Federal Census
Name: Nora Dortch
Age: 14
Birth Date: Nov 1885
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Hiram P Dortch
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Anna Dortch
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 39
Anna Dortch 36
Nora Dortch 14
Kirksey Dortch 13
Hiram J Dortch 10

1920 Federal Census
Name: Nora Hallet
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Government Street Loop, Mobile, Alabama
Street: Lettice Fulton
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Robert Hallet
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Robert Hallet 35
Nora Hallet 34
Robert Hallet 8
Anna N Hallet 6
Baby Hallet 5 months [Mary J.]
Laurence Hallet 2
Hiram Johnson 30 [brother-in-law]

1930 Federal Census
Name: Nora D Hallett
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Government Street, Mobile, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Robert D Hallett
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Robert D Hallett 45
Nora D Hallett 44
Robert D Hallett 18
Anna W Hallett 16
Lawrence J Hallett 12
Mary J Hallett 10
Irma Ann Hallett 5
Johness H Dortch 35 [brother]

1940 Federal Census
Name: Nora D Hallett
Respondent: Yes
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Street: Fulton Street
House Number: 256
Inferred Residence in 1935: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same House
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Robert D Hallett 55
Nora D Hallett 54
Robert B Hallett 29
Anna Nora Hallett 27
Laurence J Hallett 22
Mary Jane Hallett 20
Irma Erline Hallett 15
Hiram J Dortch 48 [brother]

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45822540

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Nora Dortch Hallett
Birth Date: abt 1887
Death Date: 3 Mar 1948
Death Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 61
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: Hiram Payne Dortch
Mother Name: Anna Johnson [Kirk]
Spouse Name: Robert D Hallett
FHL Film Number: 1908828

Nora married Robert D. Hallett, Sr.. Robert was born 06 Mar 1885, Alabama; died 20 Dec 1957, Mobile, Mobile Co. AL; was buried , Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Federal Census
Name: Kirksey Dortch
Age: 13
Birth Date: Mar 1887
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Hiram P Dortch
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Anna Dortch
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 39
Anna Dortch 36
Nora Dortch 14
Kirksey Dortch 13
Hiram J Dortch 10

1910 Federal Census
Name: Kecksey Dortch [Kirksey]
Age in 1910: 23
Birth Year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Kirksey Dortch 23
Johnson H Dortch 19

1930 Federal Census
Name: Kerksey Dortch [Kirksey Dortch]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: E Ophelia Dortch
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Kerksey Dortch 43
E Ophelia Dortch 35
Eloise Dortch 12
J Marie Dortch 9
Kirksey Dortch 3 years 4 months

Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Kirksey Dortch
County: Clarke
State: Alabama
Birthplace: Alabama
Birth Date: 6 Mar 1887
Race: Caucasian (White)

Died:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59
Name: Kirksey Dortch
Death Date: Jun 1939
Death County: Clarke
Volume: 25
Certificate: 12262
Roll: 3

Kirksey married Eva Ophelia Spinks. Eva was born 13 Mar 1895, Alabama; died 20 Apr 1990, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Federal Records
Name: Hiram J Dortch
Age: 10
Birth Date: May 1890
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Hiram P Dortch
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Anna Dortch
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Hiram P Dortch 39
Anna Dortch 36
Nora Dortch 14
Kirksey Dortch 13
Hiram J Dortch 10

1910 Federal Census
Name: Johnson H Dortch
Age in 1910: 19
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Kecksey Dortch 23 [Kirksey]
Johnson H Dortch 19

1940 Federal Census
Name: Hiram J Dortch
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Brother-in-law
Home in 1940: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Street: Fulton Street
House Number: 256
Inferred Residence in 1935: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same House
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 3B
Occupation: Mail Clerk
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: $2400
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Robert D Hallett 55
Nora D Hallett 54 [sister]
Robert B Hallett 29
Anna Nora Hallett 27
Laurence J Hallett 22
Mary Jane Hallett 20
Irma Erline Hallett 15
Hiram J Dortch 48

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Hiram Johnson Dortch
Birth Date: abt 1891
Death Date: 27 Oct 1956
Death Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 65
Gender: Male
Father Name: Hiram Payne Dortch
Mother Name: Anna Kirk
FHL Film Number: 1908913