Margaret Drury

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Notes:

She was a widow, her maiden name was Drury. She had an unhappy disposition.


CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Kirk
Age in 1860: 55
Birth Year: abt 1805
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
Margaret Kirk 55
William Southall 24
Calvin C Kirk 15
Joseph M Kirk 13

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Kirk
Age in 1870: 59
Birth Year: abt 1811
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Kirk
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1880: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother [in household of Joseph M. Kirk]
Marital Status: Na [widow]
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Margaret married William SOUTHALL 25 Dec 1825, Franklin Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

Margaret married James Johnston KIRK, Sr. 5 Nov 1837, Wilcox Co. AL. James (son of Matthew KIRK and Grace JOHNSON) was born 10 May 1794, Lancaster Co, SC; died 21 Jun 1857, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL; was buried , Liberty Methodist Church Cemetery, Hestle, Wilcox Co. AL . [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

William Southall and I were raised together and I loved him more than I did any my own brothers, because we were always together I suppose. He joined the C.S.A. and fell in the battle of Seven Pines. Brave boy: "Peace to thy ashes."

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: William Southall
Age in 1860: 24
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of his mother Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

Private, Co. C (later I), 6th Alabama Infantry

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Notes:

He was the oldest half brother. Younger than myself has complexion like John and James, Grace and Jane such that his eyes are dark and his hair unusually red. He is about five feet 11 inches high, very stout considerably rounded about the shoulders - rather fickle very lively - talks a great deal - works hard - energetic, but wants economy - rather fractious at times.

Oliver went through the war without being hurt - was captured once and kept in prison at Camp Chase Ohio for 7 months.,


CIVIL WAR INFORMATION

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

Sergeant, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry, Captured near Atlanta, July 22, 1864; held as POW at Camp Chase Ohio for 7 months.

CAMP CHASE INFORMATION

Camp Chase, named for Sec. of the Treasury and former Ohio governor Salmon P. Chase, began as a training camp for Union volunteers, housing a few political and military prisoners from Kentucky and western Virginia. The camp received its first large influx of captured Confederates from western campaigns, including enlisted men, officers, and a few of the latter's black servants. On oath of honor, Confederate officers were permitted to wander through Columbus, register in hotels, and receive gifts of money and food. The public paid for camp tours, and Chase became a tourist attraction. Complaints over such lax discipline and the camp's state administration provoked investigation, and the situation changed.

As the war wore on, conditions became worse. Shoddy barracks, low muddy ground, open latrines, above ground open cisterns, and a brief smallpox outbreak excited U.S. Sanitary Commission agents who were already demanding reform. Original facilities for 3,500-4,000 men were jammed with close to 7,000. Since parole strictures prohibited service against the Confederacy, many Federals had surrendered believing they would be paroled and sent home. Some parolees, assigned to guard duty at Federal prison camps, were bitter, and rumors increased of maltreatment of prisoners at Camp Chase and elsewhere.

Before the end of hostilities, Union parolee guards were transferred to service in the Indian Wars, some sewage modifications were made, and prisoners were put to work improving barracks and facilities. Prisoner laborers also built larger, stronger fences for their own confinement, a questionable assignment under international law governing prisoners of war. Barracks rebuilt for 7,000 soon overflowed, and crowding and health conditions were never resolved. As many as 10,000 prisoners were reputedly confined there by the time of the Confederate surrender.

(Source: "Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War)

Buried:
Grave location:
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Notes:

He was the next oldest half brother. He had a fair complexion, dark eyes black hair, well formed and like Oliver weighed about one hundred and eighty pounds. He was firm and unshaken in his purposes. He would meddle no one and would suffer no one to meddle with or impose on him. He and Oliver joined the C.S.A. in the fall of '61, I think. Calvin was killed in the battle of Chickamauga, was buried on the battle field in the same grave with twenty seven others of his comrades. A brave and noble boy. I loved him while he lived. I wept over him when he fell. I'll cherish his memory while I have breath. "Calvin rest, thy warfare's o're Sleep the sleep that knows no waking." The cause for which you died is lost but it was no fault of thine. Thou didst thy part well well. May angels guard my brave boy's grave.

[Note; Official Confederate Service Records show that Calvin Cellars Kirk was captured and held as a POW until released at Selma, June 1865.]


CENSUS RECORDS
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Calvin C Kirk
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of his mother Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

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Notes:

is much like Calvin every way. One description will do for both. He has a good mind but lacks energy. Has a strong attachment for whatever is his.


CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age in 1860: 13
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of his mother, Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age in 1870: 21
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of his mother, Margaret Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: J. M. Kirk
Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1848
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: Martha Kirk
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Margaret Kirk
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
J. M. Kirk 32
Martha Kirk 26
Maud Kirk 1
Adella Kirk 8 months
Margaret Kirk 67 [his mother]

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph M Kirk
Age: 52
Birth Date: May 1848
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Martha A Kirk
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members:
Joseph M Kirk 52
Martha A Kirk 47
Maud Kirk 21
Adel Kirk 19
Richardson C Kirk 19

DEATH RECORD

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Joseph Marshall Kirk
Birth Date: abt 1848
Birth Place: Lower Peach Tree
Death Date: 27 Jul 1931
Death Place: Peach Tree, Wilcox County, Alabama
Burial Date: 28 Jul 1931
Burial Place: Lowder Peach Tree
Death Age: 83
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: James Kirk
Father Birth Place: Lancaster Deatria, South Carolina
Mother Name: Margaret Drury
Mother Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse Name: Martha Jeffrey

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone:
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Died:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59
Name: Joseph M. Kirk
Death Date: Jul 1931
Death County: Wilcox
Volume: 35
Roll: 3
Page #: 17082

Joseph married Martha Ann Jeffrey 23 Dec 1878, Alabama. Martha was born 27 Dec 1852, Alabama; died 14 Jan 1935, Wilcox Co. AL; was buried , Lower Peach Tree Cemetery, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
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Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSiman=1&GScid=24100&GRid=25392278&

Notes:

According to his World War One Draft Card, he was a dentist, practicing in Mobile, AL.

Birth:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Richardson Calvin Kirk
County: Mobile
State: Alabama
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1880
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1509443

Died:
Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Richardson Calvin Kirk
Birth Date: abt 1881
Death Date: 13 Apr 1948
Death Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 67
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Joseph N Kirk
Mother Name: Martha Jeffery
Spouse Name: Mittie Hicks
FHL Film Number: 1908828