William
James
Irby
Jr.
Born in Pittsylvania County, VA
Ancestors 
Son of James Irby Sr
and Martha J. (Keatts) Irby
Brother of
Christopher Irby
Husband of
Sarah Jane (Pugh) Irby
— married
19 Dec 1851 in Pittsylvania Co VA
Husband of
Rebecca A. (Keesee) Irby
— married
25 Dec 1866 in Pittsylvania Co, VA
Descendants 
Father of
John D Irby, James W. Irby, Coleman Harrison Irby, William Alexander Irby CSA, Thomas Richard Irby and Ed Lee Irby
Died
at about age 57
in Brutus, VA
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2011
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Biography
William was a private in Company G of the Virginia 53d Regiment. He was captured at Five Forks, VA, on April 1, 1865, took the Oath of Allegiance on June 14, 1865, and was released from Point Lookout, MD, that same day. At the time of his release, he was described as having a fair complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes and stood 5 feet 8 1/4 inches tall.[1]
Death
Death information taken from Rebecca A. Irby's Civil War Pension application on file at the Library of Virginia (http://image.lva.virginia.gov/CP/html/34927.html).
Military
Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - VA (pages 1-13); fold3.com [2]
Marriage
Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 (Sarah J. Pugh); familysearch.org [3]
Residence
1850 Census; Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia; ancestry.com [4]
1860 Census; North District, Pittsylvania, Virginia; familysearch.org[5]
1870 Census; Subdivision North of Dan River, Pittsylvania, Virginia; familysearch.org [6]
Sources
- Note: ancestry.com and Fold3.com are subscription sites
- ↑ Civil War service information taken from William's Compiled Military Service Record at the National Archives.
- ↑ Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - VA
- ↑ Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 (Sarah J. Pugh)
- ↑ 1850 Census; Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia
- ↑ 1860 Census; North District, Pittsylvania, Virginia
- ↑ 1870 Census; Subdivision North of Dan River, Pittsylvania, Virginia
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ronald Irby
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #n136965
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~12.50%
Gay (Irby) Balter :
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Alva (Balter) Noonan :
23andMe, GEDmatch B160180 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Greg Balter :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MR2002944 [compare], FTDNA kit #862690
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch MR2002944 [compare]
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~0.78%
Francis Stenger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fjstenger87
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Rejected matches › William Ratcliffe Irby (1860-1926) › William Irby Sr. M.D. (1625-1680) › William Irby Jr, MD (abt.1640-abt.1687)
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