James N. S. KIRBY, farmer, soldier CSA, b. 1842 MS or AL d. aft. 1920 Blackton, AR bur. Blackton Cemetery, Blackton, AR (no date on grave marker) m. unknown Martha E. unknown, b. 1856 MS, d. after 1880 AR. Children: George, b. 6 May 1875 MS, d. 28 Sep 1947 Blackton, AR; Ruth Mae, b. 1877 MS, d. 29 Sep 1937; Charles J., b. 1879 MS. They may have had seven other children. In 1880, a nephew, King KIRBY, b. abt. 1870 MS was living with the KIRBY family in Pine Ridge, Monroe Co., AR, but by the 1920 Census he is no longer listed as living in the home.