Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Wesley Kerby    
                Born: ca 1835              in Greene Co, PA  1
              Buried:                      in Hur Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV  2
              Father: William H. Kerby   (1800 - 1881) 
              Mother: Harriet Riggs   (1814 -     ) 
 
                Wife: Ruhama Stallman     
             Married: Jun-10-1862          in Calhoun Co, WV  3
                Born: Aug-16-1842           1 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec- 1-1901          in Calhoun Co, WV  1
              Father: Peter Stallman 
              Mother: Jane Holbert   (1810 -     ) 
           F Child 1: D. F. Kerby      
                Born: ca 1865               4
             Husband: A. F. Smith  b. ca 1863  
             Married: Jan-30-1888          in Calhoun Co, WV  5
           M Child 2: John Lee Kerby      
                Born: Aug-  -1868          in Calhoun Co, WV  6,7 (see note 2)
                Died: 1946                  7
              Buried:                      in Sylvester Stump Cemetery, Racoon Run Rd (CR 7/8), Dodrill, Calhoun Co, WV  8
              Census: 1900                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
                Wife: Biddie A. Wright  b. Jan-  -1883  d. 1945  
             Married: May- 7-1899          in Calhoun Co, WV  9
           F Child 3: Mary Bell Kerby      
                Born: ca 1869               4
             Husband: William A. Sampson  b. ca 1860  
             Married: Apr-12-1885          in Calhoun Co, WV  4
           F Child 4: Lida Eveline Kerby 10     
       Also known as: Lydia 11
                Born: Nov- 2-1873          in Hur, Calhoun Co, WV  10,7
                Died: Jul-14-1956          in Rocksdale, Calhoun Co, WV  10,7
              Buried:                      in Starcher Cemetery, Rocksdale, Calhoun Co, WV  12
             Husband: Edwin Starcher  b. Feb- 9-1873  d. Sep-26-1919  
       Also known as: Joseph Edwin Starcher 10
             Married: Jun-16-1895          in Hur, Calhoun Co, WV  10,13
           F Child 5: Elizabeth F. Kerby      
                Born: ca 1878               4
             Resided: 1929                 in Henrietta, Calhoun Co, WV  14
             Husband: Emery J. Bennett  b. ca 1875  d. Jun-26-1929  
             Married: May-29-1900          in Calhoun Co, WV  15
           F Child 6: Almina A. Kerby      
                Born: Oct-  -1879           6
              Census: 1900                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
           M Child 7: Joseph J. Kerby      
                Born: Jul-25-1882           2
                Died: Sep-22-1884           2
              Buried:                      in Hur Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV  2
           M Child 8: James H. Kerby      
                Born: Jul-  -1885           6
              Census: 1900                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Polly Walker Kreaps, Walker WV 26180, , Walker Family GEDCOM 
(http://txnetwork.net/walker/gedcoms/pkreaps/html/pkreaps.html) 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as 
John W. Kerby, age 27, b. in Pennsylvania, res. Calhoun Co, parents not listed; and Ruhamah Stallman, age 18, b. in 
Gilmer Co, res. Calhoun Co, dau of Peter.  Married Jun 19 1862. 
(4) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) 
(5) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as A. 
F. Smith, age 25, of Calhoun Co, son of Thomas & Emily; and D. F. Kerby, age 23, of Calhoun Co, dau of J. W. & Ruhama.  
Married Jan 30 1888. 
(6) 1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) Findagrave.com. 
(9) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as 
John L. Kerby, age 26, of Calhoun Co, son of J. W. & Ruhama; and Biddie A. Wright, age 16, of Calhoun Co, dau of E. B. & 
M.  Married May 7 1899. 
(10) Jane Lynch, Descendants of Jacob Starcher (http://www.wvgenweb.org/calhoun/jstarcher.txt) 
(11) Marriage record of daughter. 
(12) Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Grantsville Printing Co, 
Grantsville WV (1985) 
(13) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Death record of husband. 
(15) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as 
Emery J. Bennett, 25, of Calhoun Co, son of James A. & S.; and Elizabeth F. Kerby, 22, of Calhoun Co, dau of J. W. & 
Ruhama.  Married May 29 1900. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Pollee Walker Kreaps gives birthdate as Aug 16 1842 in Lewis Co, but online
cemetery readings (www.rootsweb.com/~wvcalhou/cemetery/hurcem.htm) show
headstone inscription as Aug 16 1841, and Ruhama's marriage record in June 1862
gives her age as 18 and birthplace as Gilmer Co.
Note (2) Age 26 given at time of May 1899 marriage would put birth in about 1873, but
1900 Census gives age as 31 and states birth date as Aug 1868.







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