Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kirby, Joseph A. May 27, 1905
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Virginian Pilot May 28, 1905
     
                         Little Boy Drowned
The drowning of the seven-year-old son of Mrs. Joseph A. Kirby in the 
Fosburg Lumber company's dock at the foot of Liberty street yesterday 
afternoon about 3 o'clock caused quite a gloom over that neighborhood.
The little fellow and a brother about four years of age were amusing 
themselves by throwing sticks into the water when the unfortunate lost his 
hold on a railway trestle by the side of the dock and fell into the water 
head foremost.  His brother ran for his mother and when he had notified her 
went for his grandfather, Capt. William H. Kirby, and by the time of their 
arrival the lad had been in the water some thirty minutes.  The body was 
quickly recovered by Capt. W.H. French, but too late, as life was extinct.
Drs. F.M. Morgan and F. Lawford were summoned, who did all they could to 
restore life.  The mother, whose husband died three months ago, is grief 
stricken, as are the other relatives. He was the second of three boys.
The funeral will be conducted from the residence this afternoon at 5:30 
o'clock, Rev. R.A. Robinson, pastor of Colley Memorial Presbyterian Church, 
Atlantic City, officiating.  The interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery.


Additional Comments:
Possibly a Jr. - Son of Joseph A and Martha Kirby

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