Jul-28-2018
Husband: William H. Kerby
Born: Sep- 4-1800 in Greene Co, PA 1
Died: Apr- 7-1881 in Hur, Calhoun Co, WV 1
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Harriet Riggs 1,2
Born: ca 1814 1,2 (see note 1)
Census: 1900 in Calhoun Co, WV
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: John Wesley Kerby
Born: ca 1835 in Greene Co, PA 1
Buried: in Hur Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV 3
Wife: Ruhama Stallman b. Aug-16-1842 d. Dec- 1-1901
Married: Jun-10-1862 in Calhoun Co, WV 4
F Child 2: Elizabeth E. Kerby
Born: Oct-20-1846 in Pennsylvania 5,6 (see note 2)
Died: Jan-19-1923 in Calhoun Co, WV 5
Buried: in Slider Cemetery, Barnes Run (Mt. Zion), Calhoun Co, WV 5
Husband: Joseph Slider b. Jun-10-1843 d. May-31-1914
Married: Aug-11-1866 in Calhoun Co, WV 6
F Child 3: Susanna Kerby
Born: ca 1850 in Greene Co, PA 7,6
Husband: Jehu Starcher b. Sep-20-1845 d. Aug-14-1874
Married: Jun-15-1868 in Calhoun Co, WV 8
F Child 4: Rebecca Kerby
Born: ca 1851 in Greene Co, PA 6
Husband: James McCralic b. ca 1850
Married: Jun- 7-1873 in Calhoun Co, WV 6
M Child 5: William H. Kerby, Jr.
Born: Dec- -1852 in Greene Co, PA 9,6
Census: 1900 in Calhoun Co, WV
Wife: Mary E. Riggs b. ca 1853 d. bef Jun 1900
Married: Sep-13-1873 in Calhoun Co, WV 6
M Child 6: Grigsby Kerby
Born: Feb- -1859 6
Census: 1900 in Calhoun Co, WV
Wife: Virginia E. Sword b. Dec- -1863
Married: May-23-1880 in Calhoun Co, WV 6
M Child 7: Sylvester Kerby
Born: Mar-17-1862 10,6
Died: Jul- 2-1935 10
Buried: in Hur Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV 10
Wife: Rosanna J. Starcher b. Jan- -1862 d. 1908
Married: May-23-1880 in Calhoun Co, WV 6
Wife: Lillie Jane Shock b. ca 1869
Married: Nov-14-1909 in Calhoun Co, WV 11
Sources:
(1) Polly Walker Kreaps, Walker WV 26180, , Walker Family GEDCOM
(http://txnetwork.net/walker/gedcoms/pkreaps/html/pkreaps.html)
(2) Death record of daughter.
(3) Headstone.
(4) 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.
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(6) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989)
(7) Jane Lynch, Descendants of Jacob Starcher (http://www.wvgenweb.org/calhoun/jstarcher.txt)
(8) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as
Jehu Starcher, age 22, b. Gilmer Co, res. Calhoun Co, son of Adam & Phebe; and Susanna Kerby, age 18, b. Greene Co PA,
res. Calhoun Co, dau of William & Harriet. Married Jun 15 1868.
(9) 1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV.
(10) Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Grantsville Printing Co,
Grantsville WV (1985)
(11) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as
Sylvester Kerby, widowed, 47, of Calhoun Co; and Lillie Uldrich, widowed, 40, of Calhoun Co, dau of Jacob Shock.
Married Nov 14 1909.
Event Notes
Note (1) Some researchers have reported birth in about 1821 in Pennsylvania, but 1900
Census (in household of son Sylvester) shows her age as 86, with birthplace in
Virginia.
Note (2) 1900 Census, enumerated in June 1900, gives her age as 54, with birth date
Oct 1845.
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