Andrew Jackson Kirksey (1835 - 1909)

Born 13 Apr 1835 in Butts County, Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ellizabeth Dickson — married 12 May 1867 in Taylor County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1909 at age 74 in Taylor County, Georgia

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Biography

It is not clear when Jack Kirksey married Melissa. They appear on the 1860 Brooks Co., census. He is listed as an overseer. Melissa died within two years and Jack moved his family to Taylor Co. where his family lived and he would have help with his young children. It is not clear if Jack and Melissa had three or four children. Benjamin Franklin, Julia, and Nancy appear on the 1860 census but Belle appears later and says she was born in 1862. Are Nancy and Belle different children or are they the same person?

He met the widow, Betty Griffith nee Dickson, and they married. She had 2 children by John Griffith.

Grandpa Jack and Grandma Betty (Sarah Elizabeth) had eight of their own children.

According to a news article in the Butler Herald, as he left the mill he had a run-in with a 50 pound beaver. He killed it with a stick. Was his father working at the mill? Was he? Did he purchase flour or other grain there that day?

Sources

Bible Record

1850 Henry Co. , GA census

1860 Brooks Co., GA census

12 May 1867 marriage to Sarah Elizabeth Dickson Griffith (widow of John M. Griffith)

1870 Taylor Co., GA census

1880 Taylor Co., GA census

Year: 1900; Census Place: Panhandle, Taylor, Georgia; Roll: 223; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1240223

Newspaper article 1909-09-18 Macon Telegraph Reynolds, Ga, Sept. 17, Mr. A.J. Kirksey, a prominent citizen, fell dead in his garden this morning. He was in fine health apparently. He was a merchant and was highly respected. He leaves a wife and several children.

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