Kelly - Kirby Cemetery, Jackson Co., AL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb Project policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ALGenWeb Archives File Manager - Carolyn Golowka ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contributed by Shari Bennett, ShariBen@aol.com May 2000 Records and Tombstone Inscriptions from the private cemetery of Richard Lawrence KIRBY, Sr. (Called Sauta Dick), Jackson County, Ala. Copied by Mrs. J. A. Proctor on June 3, 1958 () = comments made by Mrs. J. A. Proctor [] = comments made by Shari Bennett ASHMORE, Benjamin Paschal, b. 1880 SEP 09, d. 1885 AUG 05, Sacred to the Memory of Little Pack, son of J. W. & Mary E. ASHMORE -- Age 4 years, 10 mos., 26 days ASHMORE, Infant daughter, b. 1882 JAN 21, Only date, Infant daughter of J. W. & Mary E. ASHMORE ASHMORE, James, Not marked (Brother of Joe ASHMORE. Married Lena KELLY who was a sister of Mary Elsie KELLY, 1st wife of Joe ASHMORE. James ASHMORE & his wife, Lena Kelly ASHMORE, are both buried in this cemetery -- so says Rebecca SKELTON Hollis of Scottsboro, AL -- but their graves are not marked.) ASHMORE, Jos. E., b. 1895 JUL 27, d. 1901 MAY 26 (Son of Jos. W. & Mary E. ASHMORE) ASHMORE, Jos. W., b. 1853 AUG 10, d. 1947 DEC 21 (He is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Scottsboro, Jackson County, AL by the side of his second wife [Amanda SMITH]) ASHMORE, Lena [Orlena Kelly], Not marked [b. abt 1865] ASHMORE, M. Idella, b. 1878 OCT 21, d. 1897 NOV 25 (Daughter of Jos. W. & Mary E. ASHMORE) ASHMORE, Mary E. Kelly, b. 1856 SEP 29, d. 1896 MAY 23 (She was Mary Elsie KELLEY, daughter of [Benj.] Frank KELLEY and the first wife of Joseph W. ASHMORE) BRANDON, Reginal, b. 1904 SEP 18, d. 1910 APR 15 (Son of John Vernon & Mary (SKELTON) BRANDON. He was killed by lightning at Section, AL.) HUNT, Alie, Not marked (Baby girl of Silas H. & Alie HUNT) HUNT, Alie Terry, Not marked (1st wife of Silas H. HUNT. She was from South Carolina.) HUNT, Sarah E. Kirby, Not marked [1840 JAN 16] (She was the 2nd wife of Silas H. HUNT and a daughter of Richard L. KIRBY, Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth GROSS. She was married to Silas HUNT on March 18, 1860 by Roland WOOD, MG) HUNT, Silas H. Not marked [b. abt. 1834] KELLY, Benjamin F., b. 1826 JUL 14, d. 1896 JAN 24, Aged 69 years, 6 mos., 10 days KELLY, Mary E. [Kirby], b. 1833 AUG 21, d. 1881 AUG 20, Aged 47 years, 11 mos., 29 days (She was Mary Emaline KIRBY, a daughter of R. L. KIRBT, Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth GROSS.) KELLY, Richard F., b. 1878 NOV 05, d. 1879 NOV 14, Aged one year and nine days KELLY, Samuel B., b. 1858 MAY 30, d. 1892 NOV 06, Aged 34 years, 5 mos., 7 days (He was the son of Benj. F. & Mary E. KELLY) KIRBY, Elizabeth [Gross], b. 1810 OCT 25, d. 1890 JUL 15 (Elizabeth KIRBY was Elizabeth GROSS, a daughter of John & Eve GROSS.) KIRBY, John Miller, b. 1835 AUG 04, d. 1905 OCT 24 (John M. KIRBY was a son of R. L. KIRBY, Sr. & his wife, Elizabeth GROSS. He was a Civil War soldier, same as his brother, R. L. KIRBY Jr.) KIRBY, Mary Hannah [Cowley], b. 1837 NOV 20, d. 1882 NOV 23 (Mary Hannah KIRBY, wife of John Miller KIRBY, was a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Cowley) KIRBY, R. L. Sr., b. 1805 FEB 28, d. 1896 JAN 5 (This Richard Lawrence KIRBY was a son of John & Jane (Addair) KIRBY.) KIRBY, Richard L., b. 1844 MAY 19, d. 1865 APR 29 (R. L. KIRBY, Jr. was a son of R.L. KIRBY Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth Gross KIRBY and was a Civil War soldier, killed near Woodville, AL by the Tories {Yankees?} and was brought to his father's home, his body carried by horseback. He belonged in Capt. Smith's Company & Russell's Regiment under Gen. Nathan Bedford FORREST.) KIRBY, Robert Lee, b. 1875 OCT 04, d. 1887 AUG 04 (He was a son of John Miller KIRBY and was killed by lightning.) MANNING, Jerome P., b. 1860 MAR 24, d. 1932 JUL 29 MANNING, Jerome Preston Jr., b. 1897 AUG 20, d. 1919 JAN 28, Son of Mr. & Mrs. J.P. MANNING MANNING, Melissa [Kelly], b. 1866 DEC 25, d. 1927 FEB 26 [Wife of Jerome Preston MANNING] PARKS, Julian, b. 1885 AUG 20, d. 1885 OCT 06 SKELTON, Ada M. [Bishop], b. 1876 MAY 22, d. 1947 MAR 28 (Wife of M.J. SKELTON and daughter of Sampson & [Nancy] Jane BISHOP. Jane BISHOP was [Nancy] Jane GROSS daughter of Jacob GROSS) SKELTON, Infant Daughter, b. 1890 SEP 12, d. 1890 OCT 17, Infant daughter of J.W. & N.D. SKELTON -- "Budded on earth to bloom in heaven." SKELTON, M. J. [Mark Jefferson], b. 1876 FEB 15, d. 1904 MAY 20, "Though lost to sight, to memory dear - Beloved one farewell." SKELTON, Maggie, b. 1884 DEC 19, d. 1885 AUG 21, "In Memory of Maggie - Infant daughter of J.W. & N.D SKELTON -- 'Happy now is little Maggie, Far away from pain and weeping, Far from all that e'er might trouble, Safe within the Saviours keeping'" VANDIVER, George W., b, 1884 FEB 10, d. 1920 MAY 05, "Faithful to Their Trust, even unto death" VANDIVER, Maymie M., b. 1889 OCT 12, d. 1924 JAN 01, "Faithful to Their Trust, even unto death" WALLS, [Not listed], b. 1910 JAN 09, d. 1920 JAN 20 (Son of H.D. Jr. & A.N. WALLS) WALLS, Alma N. [Manning], b. 1887 AUG 27, d. 1943 FEB 10 (She was the daughter of Jerome & Melissa (Kelly) MANNING) WALLS, H. D. Jr., b. 1888 JUN 15, d. 1913 JUL 17 WALLS, J. D., b. 1911 MAR 9, d. 1939 NOV 17