Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Frederick KIRBY

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889.  
published by Goodspeed, 1889;  Pg. 822

Frederick Kirby, another prominent agriculturist of Morgan Township, was 
born in Dade County, Mo., September 16, 1848, and is the son of Tully C. 
and Nancy (Hernington) Kirby.  Mr. Kirby was born in Kentucky in 1802, and 
was of English-Welsh descent.  He was a farmer by occupation, and emigrated 
from his native State to what is now Dade County, Mo., in 1837.  He was one 
of the first settlers, locating in the county before the village of 
Dadeville was laid out for a town.  His wife was born in Kentucky in 1805, 
and they were married in that State.  Their family consisted of eleven 
children, five now living, four in Dade County, and one in Cedar County.  
Both parents are living, and make their home with their son, Frederick 
Kirby, who is the youngest member of the family.  He received his education 
in the county schools of Dade County, and in 1864 he enlisted in Company A, 
Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry, served about ten months, and partly lost his 
eyesight during service.  March 7, 1882, he married Miss Lauraetta Walker, 
who was born in Ohio in 1863, and who is the daughter of Amos J. and Martha 
Walker.  Mr. and Mrs. Walker came to Dade County, Mo., from Illinois in 
1878, and both are living.  After marriage Frederick Kirby located on the 
old homestead where he was born, resided there one year, and then moved to 
Dadeville, where he now resides.  The homestead contains 300 acres of land, 
but has since been divided among the children.  Four children, three sons 
and one daughter, were the result of his marriage.  He is a Republican in 
politics, and is a member of the Baptist Church.

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