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Sarah F. "Cumi" Kirby formerly Grant

Born Oct 1866 in Wedowee, Randolph, Alabama, United States

Daughter of [father unknown] and Sarah Ann (Fuller) Grant McGaha

Sister of John William Grant [half], Martha Elizabeth Grant [half] and Robert Lincoln Grant [half]

Wife of Robert Reddrick Kirby — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Otis Kirby, Ellis Grover Kirby, Eva Pearl (Kirby) French, William Howard Kirby, Robert Marvin Kirby, Ellen Mae Kirby, Lola Bell Kirby, Sarah Lona (Kirby) Johnson, Thomas Gladstone Kirby, Arthur Durward Kirby, Nancy Ann (Kirby) Brumbeloe and James Oliver Kirby

Died 9 Nov 1932 at age 66 in Wedowee, Randolph, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Sarah F (Cumi) Grant was born in Oct 1866 in Wedowee, Randolph, Alabama to parents William Alcie Grant and Sarah Ann Fuller. She married Robert Reddick Kirby about 1883 in Alabama. Children: Ellis Grover, Eva Pearl, William Howard, Robert Marvin, Ellen Mae, Lola Bell, Sarah Iona, Otis Grant, Thomas Gladstone, Arthur Durward, Nancy Annie, James Oliver. She died on 9 Nov 1932 in Wedowee, Randolph, Alabama and was buried in the Lebanon Christian Church Cemetery, Springfield Randolph, Alabama.

The Randolph Press - Apr 11, 1979, Obituary: "MRS. ELLEN KIRBY ALLEN - Mrs. Ellen Kirby Allen, age 84, of 202 North Main Street, Roanoke, died in the West Georgia Medical Center on Saturday, April 7, 1979. Mrs. Allen is survived by three sons, Fred May of Roanoke, Grant May Sr. of Shawmut, and Joe Bob May of Huntsville; two daughters, Mrs. Loyette Hester of West Point, Ga., and Mrs. Lucille Henderson of Hendersonville, N.C.; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. R. L. Johnson of Fairborn, Ga., Mrs. R. Y. Roberts of Dothan and Mrs. Morris Brumbeloe of Roanoke.

Funeral services for Mrs. Allen were conducted Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the Church of Christ in Roanoke, Gerald Romine and Dr. Hugh Peacock officiating, with burial in the White's Chapel Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jimmy Hester, George Hester, Charles H. May, Grant May, Jr. Stephen May and Joey Henderson. Quattlebaum's Brown-Service Funeral Home in charge of arrangements."

Sources

US Federal Census 1910 Image. Precinct 5, Randolph, Alabama; Roll: T624_31; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0143; FHL microfilm: 1374044; database online, Lehi, Utah, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah: