Unnamed DUKE

Other Events:

• _UID: AA0B9C2CE5F04519818C34CB1C778FD4B27A

Other Events:

• Education: Southern Dental College which later became part of Emory University in 1917
• Occupation: Dentist
• Religion: Methodist
• _UID: C8AF4BA6D5804471B07FFA4B0BBDCD138EC2

Notes:

He was a dentist who lived and practiced in Wilcox Co. AL

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: No Name Duke [Warren Cornelius]
Age: 10 months
Birth Year: abt 1879
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Warren C Duke
Age: 20
Birth Date: Aug 1879
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co., Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Charles W Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's name: Nancy J Duke
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Dr. W C Duke
Age in 1910: 30
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucy Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Dr. W C Duke 30
Lucy Duke 34
Percy D Duke 1 year 6 months
Warren C Duke 3 months
Lucy Cook 14
Katy Cook 7

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Warren Duke
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mae Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Warren Duke 40
Mae Duke 28
Dashwood Duke 11
Warren Duke 10
Alexander Duke 4
Blanche Duke 2
Percey Young 21 [boarder, male, black, clerk, drug store]

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: W C Duke
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Possum Bend, Wilcox, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Mae W Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer, general farming
Household Members:
W C Duke 50
Mae W Duke 38
Alexander Duke 15
Blanch Duke 13
Kirk Duke 10
Charles Duke 8
James Duke 7
Sarah Duke 5

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Warren C Duke
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Possum Bend, Wilcox, Alabama
Street: Monroeville Road
Farm: Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935: Possum Bend, Wilcox, Alabama
Residence in 1935: Same House
Occupation: Doctor, dentistry
Household Members:
Warren C Duke 60
Mae Duke 48
Alexander Duke 25 [operator, picture show]
Blanche Duke 23 [clerk typist, FSA]
Kirk R Duke 19 [salesman, retail grocery]
Charles A Duke 18
James Duke 17
Sarah Jame Duke 15


Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Warren Cornelius Duke
County: Wilcox
Town: Camden
State: Alabama
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1879
Race: White
Occupation: Dentist

Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
Name: Warren C Duke
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1879
Claim Date: 15 Aug 1956
SSN: 419501029
Notes: 15 Aug 1956: Name listed as WARREN C DUKE

Buried:
Also known as Pebble Hill, Gravel Creek and McDowell Cemetery
Leave Camden on Monroeville Highway and turn left on Pebble Hill Road. Cemetery on right.

Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=duke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16344097&df=all&

Died:
died at Vaughn Memorial Hospital

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Warren Cornelius Duke
Death Date: 14 Nov 1957
Death Place: Selma, Dallas, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 78y
Estimated Birth Date: 1879
Father's Name: Charles William Duke
Mother's Name: Marcy [Nancy] J. Kirk
Film Number: 1908925
Reference Number: 25469

Warren married Lucy Owen CAPELL 17 Dec 1901, Wilcox Co. AL. Lucy (daughter of Harvey Simpson Capell and Malvenia Eslava) was born 11 Nov 1874, Wilcox Co. AL; died 2 Dec 1911, Wilcox Co. AL; was buried , Capell Cemetery, Wilcox Co AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 69BB37E9C5914D8E88C30254EF0DA2FAAE39

Notes:

Cammie Capell (m. Ashby Capell) and Lucy Capell (m. Warren Duke) were married in a double wedding ceremony in 1901.

Joan Coker says Lucy had a baby who was born and died on December 3, 1911. After the baby died and was buried, Lucy died. They exhumed the baby and Lucy with the baby in her arms.

Info from Massey family Bible (T. A. Capell).

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kithandkin2000/capellthomaseslava.htm

CENSUS RECORDS

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Lucy Duke
Age in 1910: 34
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: W C Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Dr. W C Duke 30
Lucy Duke 34
Percy D Duke 1 year 6 months
Warren C Duke 3 months
Lucy Cook 14 [niece]
Katy Cook 7 [niece]


Buried:
Also known as Pebble Hill, Gravel Creek and McDowell Cemetery
Leave Camden on Monroeville Highway and turn left on Pebble Hill Road. Cemetery on right.

Notes:

Married:
Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957
Groom's Name: Warren C. Duke
Bride's Name: Lucy Owen Capell
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1901
Marriage Place: Wilcox, Alabama
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59347-4
System Origin: Alabama-EASy
Source Film Number: 1290217

Other Events:

• _UID: DE409FA789D243FDBA4E8989C4488CF3A48A

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles W Dukes
Age in 1860: 6
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of James H. and Anne E. Dukes]
Post Office: Grove Hill
Household Members:
Name Age
James H Dukes 39
Ann E Dukes 32
Susanna J Dukes 12
James H Dukes 10
Olivia C Dukes 8
Charles W Dukes 6
Emma Dukes 3
Thomas L Dukes 1
David A Dukes 2 months

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: William Duke
Age in 1870: 16
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
Name Age
J H Duke 41
Ann Duke 40
William Duke 16
Emma Duke 14
Thomas Duke 12
Nancy Duke 8
Alice Duke 1

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: William Duke [Charles William Duke]
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nannie Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
William Duke 24
Annie Duke 23
Alma Duke 2
[No Name]Duke 10 months [Warren Cornelius Duke]

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles W Duke
Age: 46
Birth Date: May 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy J Duke
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Charles W Duke 46
Nancy J Duke 43
Alma E Duke 22
Warren C Duke 20
Clara L Duke 19
James W Duke 14

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: C William Duke [Charles William Duke]
Age in 1910: 55
Birth Year: 1855
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy J Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer, home farm
Household Members:
C William Duke 55
Nancy J Duke 52
Alma Duke 34

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: William Duke [Charles William Duke]
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy J Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer, General Farm
Home Owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
William Duke 65
Nancy J Duke 62

CEMETERY RECORDS

Cemetery transcription of Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. AL by Linda Rabon (lcraybon@pinebelt.net) has the following information

This is a partial listing of the graves , the cemetery has suffered at the hands of loggers in the county and the original cemetery has been destroyed. No sign of it remains today. This cemetery is beside an old wooden church south of Thomasville, Al. in Clarke County

Charles William Duke may have been one of the charter members of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church along with members of the Kirk and Rutledge families who married into the Dukes.

Source: Ancestors and Kin: © Copyright by Mary Kennedy Reynolds, 1991 p. 882

Buried:
Link to grave site with photo of tombstone.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967351&

Died:
Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Ott. Duke [Charles William Duke]
Event Date: 22 Apr 1928
Event Place: Allen, Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 73y 11m 24d
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Spouse's Name: Nancy Jane Kirk
Father's Name: Henry Duke
Mother's Name: Louisa Yard [Yow]
[Not having seen the original record, I can't explain why his name was indexed in this manner. However, based on his wife's name, his father's name, and his mother's first name, this most likely is Charles William Duke.]

Charles married Nancy Jane KIRK 21 Dec 1876, Clarke Co. AL. Nancy (daughter of James J. KIRK and Louisa YOW) was born 09 Mar 1857, Clarke Co. AL; died 1 Feb 1940, Camden, Wilcox County, AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: FECA4CEFA05E4E75B9A47B41C47800C8E15F

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Kirk
Age in 1860: 4
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
James J Kirk 36
Louisa Kirk 34
Nancy J Kirk 4
James B Kirk 1
Robert Okirk 18
Henry Lukem 18
Gilman Clark 8

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Kirk
Age in 1870: 13
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Name: William Clark
Age in 1870: 2
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
James D Clark 50 [step-father]
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2 [half-brother]

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Nannie Duke
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Note: Lived next to her mother, Louisa and step-father, J. D. Clark plus her siblings James B. Kirk, Lavinia Kirk, and Anna Kirk.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age: 43
Birth Date: Mar 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Pleasant Hill, Clarke Co. Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Charles W Duke
Marriage Year: 1877
Years Married: 23
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 4

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age in 1910: 52
Birth Year: 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: C William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy J Duke
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William Duke
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Jane Duke
Birth Year: abt 1857
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Marital status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama
Street address: Suggsville Road
House Number: April 30
Dwelling Number: 556
Family Number: 556
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 3,000
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at first Marriage: 19
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Speak English: Yes
Employment: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Nancy Jane Duke 73
Beulah Murphy 65

She died at her son Warren's home in Camden, Wilcox Co. AL.

Cemetery transcription of Pleasant Hill Cemetery Clarke Co. AL by Linda Rabon (lcraybon@pinebelt.net) has the following information

DOB 9 Mar 1857
DOD 1 Feb 1910

This is a partial listing of the graves, the cemetery has suffered at the hands of loggers in the county and the original cemetery has been destroyed. No sign of it remains today. This cemetery is beside an old wooden church south of Thomasville, Al. in Clarke County

Buried:
Grave location with photo of tombstone.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Duke&GSiman=1&GScid=2285822&GRid=53967521&

Died:
died at son, Warren's home

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Nancy Jane Duke
Death Date: 01 Feb 1940
Death Place: Camden, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Age at Death: 83
Estimated Birth Date: 1857
Spouse's Name: Chas. Wm Duke
Father's Name: James Bradley Kirk
Mother's Name: Louisa Yow
Film Number: 1908586
Reference Number: cn 5671

Notes:

Married:
Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: p. 17 Ancestry, Inc., 1999

James H. Duke and Nancy J. Kidd [transcription error Kirk]
Date: 21 Dec 1876
County: Clarke
Performed by: Justice of the Peace

Notes:

Source: Billie Capell
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kithandkin2000/capellmalveniaeslava.htm

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=capell&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=91&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16353422&df=all&

Harvey married Malvenia Eslava 11 Dec 1849, Mobile, AL. Malvenia was born 14 Jul 1831, Mobile, AL; was christened 23 Nov 1833, Mobile, AL; died 11 Nov 1888, Wilcox Co. AL; was buried , Capell Cemetery Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She is Spanish and French ancestry. Her father was Joachim Eslava, born ca. 1812 in Mobile, AL, died June 27, 1887 in Baldwin, Alabama. Her mother was Mary Emeline Cook, born October 18, 1811 in Mobile, AL died April 30, 1849 in Mobile, AL. Joachim Eslava ran a cotton pickery and grist mill, corner of Conception and Madison Streets, Mobile.

Her grandfather was Don Miguel de Siderio Eslava I, born ca 1740 in San Sebastian, Spain; died September 17, 1832 in Mobile, AL. He was the son of Don Thomas Eslava and Dona Maria Giron.

Miguel married Hypolite Alexandre June 10, 1794 in Mobile, AL.
Hypolite Alexandre, born June 29, 1767 in Mobile, AL died January 03, 1849 in Mobile, AL. She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Alexandre III and Dame Catherine Angelica de Ardaux Loiselle.

More information on this family can be found at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kithandkin2000/capellmalveniaeslava.htm

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16353506

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Book 11:24 (Mobile County Marriages 1813-1855).

Other Events:

• _UID: 451E77B6D11948F7AC5B9CF83C18FB9D4058

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James H Dukes
Age in 1860: 39
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Grove Hill
Value of real estate: $350
Value of personal property: $1775
Household Members:
James H Dukes 39
Ann E Dukes 32
Susanna J Dukes 12
James H Dukes 10
Olivia C Dukes 8
Charles W Dukes 6
Emma Dukes 3
Thomas L Dukes 1
David A Dukes 2 months

1860 Slave Schedule
James H. Dukes owned 2 slaves, 1 black female aged 24 and 1 black male age 3.

Listed as 41 years old on US Census, 1870, Clarke Co. AL. Cane Creek Beat, Page 217. Post Office: Lower Peachtree

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: J H Duke
Age in 1870: 41
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Value of real estate: $200, Personal property: $300
Household Members:
J H Duke 41
Ann Duke 40
William Duke 16
Emma Duke 14
Thomas Duke 12
Nancy Duke 8
Alice Duke 1

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: James H. Duke
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1822
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Anne E. Duke
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
James H. Duke 58
Anne E. Duke 57
Thomas L. Duke 21
Nancy A. Duke 19
Alice L. Duke 13

James married Ann Elizabeth CLARKE 10 Dec 1846, Clarke Co. AL. Ann (daughter of William H. CLARKE and Melinda BREWER) was born 28 Sep 1828, Clarke Co. AL; died 17 Nov 1904, Brooksville, Hernando Co. FL; was buried , McGeachy Cemetary Hernando Co. FL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 3C5E3FBF38964FC89D1538B885ED07F78FDA

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Ann E Dukes
Age in 1860: 32
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Clarke, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of James H. Dukes]
Post Office: Grove Hill

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Ann Duke
Age in 1870: 40
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of her husband, J. H. Duke]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

Note: Neighbors were the families of W. H. Clarke and Ed Clarke, probably her brothers.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Amlza E. Duke
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1880: Cane Creek, Clarke, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James H. Duke
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Housekeeper

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Ann E Duke
Age: 71
Birth Date: Jul 1828
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Precinct 6, Hernando, Florida
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law [in household of William Rutledge and Olivia Duke Rutledge]
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=DU&GSfn=a&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=201&GRid=15438600&df=all&

Notes:

Married:
Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920
Spouse 1: J. H. Duke
Spouse 2: Ann Clarke
Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1846
Marriage Place: Clarke
Performed By: Justice Peace
OSPage: 118

Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Orem, UT: p. 118 Ancestry, Inc., 1999

Other Events:

• _UID: 29889AD2E4914D13BB4E9E17ACDF28C225B6

Notes:

Lived in Clarke Co. AL in 1830, later moved to Wilcox Co. AL.

Served as a private in Co. B 38th AL Infantry. Each man in Company B enlisted for three years or the war. They enlisted at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama on March 29, 1862 and were paid a $50 bonus for signing.

James took part in the Battle of Chicamauga. Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army attacked Gen. William Rosencrans' Union Army forcing a Union retreat to Chattanooga, Tennessee. There were 34,000 total causalties. The 18,000 Confederate losses included 37 men from the 38th Alabama. In addition, 151 soldiers of the 38th were wounded and five were missing.

Missionary Ridge was the site of a major battle in the drive back to Chattanooga. Many members of the 38th Alabama were taken prisoner and sent to Rock Island.
James was captured on Nov. 25, 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN according to his Civil War military records. On 11 December, 1863 he was received at the military prison in Louisville, KY, and was discharged to Rock Isle IL on 12 Dec. 1863.

James died a prisoner of war at Rock Island, IL, on 21 December 1863 of pneumonia and diarrhea. His buried in grave number 44 south of the prison barracks.

Rock Island Prison, built in 1863, was located on a government-owned island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Moline, Illinois. Over 12,000 Confederates were imprisoned there during the war. These included many 38th Infantry soldiers captured at Missionary Ridge.

The island facilities were converted and built in 1863; they were not yet completed in December of that year, when the first Confederate prisoners were incarcerated. The construction was makeshift. The first prisoners were 468 Confederates captured in battles at Chattanooga, Tennessee. That month more than 5,000 total would swell the population of Rock Island Prison.

Rock Island was not without its problems?ignominious punishments, inadequate facilities, malnutrition, and lack of basic supplies. At one time it was called the "Andersonville of the North." Most died from disease or exposure, as sanitation was primitive as in all army encampments. The prison camp operated from December 1863 until July 1865, when the last prisoners were freed.

CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Private, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry Joined Winter 1862;
Captured at Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; POW at Rock Island IL, died December 21, 1863.

http://www.38thalabama.com/


From W. R. Kirk's Journal, James was

"was of fair complexion, red hair, blue eyes, about six feet high - had a strong constitution, a little stooped, of an ardent temperament - he had a taste for farming. Was from his boyhood religiously inclined. Left father after he was twenty one years old and commenced business for himself. His first effort was to work on a farm as a hireling at 50 cts per day. Was never stingy, but when he commenced doing business for himself, practiced rigid economy and in a few years had lands and other property to the value of some fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. He married Louisa Yow. He joined the Confederate Army in winter of 1862. Made a good soldier. Was captured at the battle of Missionary Ridge, carried to Rock Island Ill. where he died soon after. He left four children. His widow married J. D. Clark in 1866."



CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James J Kirk
Age in 1860: 36
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
James J Kirk 36
Louisa Kirk 34
Nancy J Kirk 4
James B Kirk 1
Robert Kirk 18
Henry Luker 18
Gilman Clark 8

1860 Slave Schedule
James J. Kirk owned 7 slaves, 2 males ages 30, 8; 5 females ages 22, 16, 13, 9, 2



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=1977216&GRid=9111816&

Inscription:
KIRK, J.J. PVT
Co. B 38 ALA Reg
CSA
Plot: Grave # 44

Died:
Information from his Civil War Records.

James married Louisa YOW. Louisa (daughter of Bradley YOW and Nancy HARRIS) was born 15 Mar 1825, Randolph Co. NC; died 25 Aug 1893, Clarke Co. AL; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: C33F9F2A087C47A292D05E509EAA0429BD8C

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Yow
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Family Number: 426
Household Members:
Bradley Yow 44
Nancy Yow 52
Louisa Yow 23
Spencer Yow 18
Winny Yow 18
Eli Yow 16

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Kirk
Age in 1860: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of her husband James J. Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Clark
Age in 1870: 44
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree
Household Members:
James D Clark 50
Louisa Clark 44
Nancy J Kirk 13
James B Kirk 11
Lavinia Kirk 9
Anna J Kirk 6
William Clark 2

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Louisa Clark
Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: J. D. Clark
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Assists In Farm
Household Members:
J. D. Clark 62
Louisa Clark 54
James B. Kirk 21
Lavinia Kirk 18
Anna Kirk 16
Willie Clark 12


Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=clark&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=38&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=32129548&df=all&

Notes:

Source: Billie Capell
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kithandkin2000/capell2.htm

Charles married Sallie Cook Richards 28 Jan 1817, Northampton Co. NC. [Group Sheet]