Gwinnett-Troup County GaArchives Obituaries.....Kirby, James Ransom "Uncle Ranse' March 24, 1924
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"The Roanoke Leader" -- Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, March 26, 1924

ROCK STAND News

Mr. J.R. Kirby, the oldest citizen of our section and well known as "Uncle 
Ranse", died here Monday afternoon, March 24th, at the home of his son Mr. 
M.B. Kirby.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, April 2, 1924

THE PASSING OF J.R. KIRBY, A GOOD MAN

J.R. Kirby was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia on May 17, 1835. His 
ancestors came from the Carolinas and settled in Georgia where the subject 
of this sketch was born and reared. On May 15, 1861 he was married to Miss 
Elizabeth Gilliam. To this union thirteen children were born, eleven of whom 
still survive their father and all were with him when he breathed his last. 
Shortly after marrying, Mr. and Mrs. Kirby came to Alabama from which state 
he entered the service of the Confederacy. He served his state faithfully in 
that capacity during the trying period of the war and was honorably 
discharged after the surrender of Lee at Appomatox. For half a century 
"Uncle Ranse" has resided in this section and the remarkable thing about it 
is there is no one to gainsay a single act of his life.

He numbered his friends by his acquaintances. An index to his character is 
the life being lived by his children. It was a prayer of his to see his 
children in the church before he died. This prayer was answered several 
years before he died. Another prayer was that his children might be with him 
to the last; this was granted; still another was that he might not survive 
his companion; this also was granted. His faith in right, justice and final 
triumph of the saints was implicit. Truly an extraordinary citizen has been 
transplanted to the Home land of the skies.

Additional Comments:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 
Name: Fance Kerby 
Death Date: Mar 1924  
Death County: Randolph  
Volume: 14  
Roll: 2  
Page #: 6820  
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: James Kirby 
Age: 83 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1837 
Birthplace: Georgia 
Race: White 
Home in 1920: Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama 
Home owned: Rent  
Sex: Male  
Marital status: Married  
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Able to Write: No  
Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina  
Father's Birth Place: South Carolina  
Image: 936  
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Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: RANSOM KIRB 
Spouse: ELIZABETH GILHAM 
Marriage Date: 05 May 1861  
County: Troup  
State: GA  
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Civil War Soldiers Buried In Randolph County 

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Kirby, James R. born May 17, 1836, died Mar 24, 1924, Private in Higginbotham’s 
Company and Talladega Camp of Instruction, buried Rock Stand Randolph County




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