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Biography
Service started: May 29, 1917
Unit(s): Company G, 37 Infantry
Service ended: Mar 20, 1919
John Corbett Kirby was born in 1898 in Alabama, his father, Benjamin Kirby, was 29 and his mother, Mary Stain, was 26. John Corbett entered the service on May 29, 1917 served in the army as a private with company G 37th Infantry. After the service John Corbett married Fannie Jewel Stoval in the year of 1928 (1930 Cencus). He had one daughter with Fannie Jewel Stovall. He died on March 18, 1932, in Villa Rica, Georgia, at the age of 34, and was buried in Douglasville, Georgia. John Corbett Kirby died March 18th 1932 from a gun shot wound, and interred at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
Residence
- 1910: Palmetto, Campbell, Georgia
- 1920: Pumpkintown Road, Fairplay, Douglas, Georgia
- 1930: Beecher Street, Fullerville, Carroll, Georgia
- 1932: Villa Rica, Carroll County, Georgia
- 1932: Burial :Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia
John C Kirby in the 1910 United States Federal Census Name: John C Kirby Age in 1910: 15 Birth Year: abt 1895 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1910: Palmetto, Campbell, Georgia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son (Child) Marital Status: Single Father's name: Ben D Kirby Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's name: Mary C Kirby Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Neighbors: View others on page
- Household Members:
- Name Age
- Ben D Kirby 41
- Mary C Kirby 38
- David Kirby 16
- John C Kirby 15
- Charles D Kirby 10
- Burance W Kirby 8
- Dollie D Kirby 5
- Floyd Kirby 1
Corbett Kirby in the 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Corbett Kirby Age: 23 Birth Year: abt 1897 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1920: Fairplay, Douglas, Georgia Street: Pumpkintown Road Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son (Child) Marital Status: Widowed [Widow] Father's name: Ben Hill Kirby Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's name: Mollie Kirby Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Farmer Industry: General Farm Employment Field: Own Account Neighbors: View others on page
- Household Members:
- Name Age
- Ben Hill Kirby 51
- Mollie Kirby 48
- Corbett Kirby 23
- Bernice Kirby 18
- Dolly Kirby 13
- Floyd Kirby 11
- Annie Mae Kirby 8
- Wilson Kirby 5
John C Kirby in the 1930 United States Federal Census Name: John C Kirby Birth Year: abt 1896 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Georgia Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1930: Fullerville, Carroll, Georgia Map of Home: View Map Street address: Beecher St. Dwelling Number: 232 Family Number: 274 Home Owned or Rented: Rented Home Value: 7 Radio Set: No Lives on Farm: No Age at First Marriage: 28 Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Able to Speak English: Yes Veteran: Yes War: WW Neighbors: View others on page
- Household Members:
- Name Age
- John C Kirby 34
- Fannie J Kirby 21
- Dorothy L Kirby 3 [3 11/12]
Military
Corbet Kirby in the Georgia, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
- Name: Corbet Kirby
- Gender: Male
- Birth Date: abt 1896
- Birth Place: Wedowee Ala
- Enlistment Date: 29 May 1917
- Age at Enlistment: 21
- Residence Place: Winston, Douglas, Georgia
- Card Type: Army Statement of Service Card
- Box Title: WWI Statement of Service Summary Cards, CLM-410
Died
- Death: Corbet Kirby in the Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
- Name: Corbet Kirby
- Death Date: 18 Mar 1932
- County of Death: Carroll
- Certificate: 4826
John Corbett Kirby in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
- Birth: 1898 Alabama, USA
- Death: Mar. 18, 1932 Villa Rica, Carroll County, Georgia, USA
- Spouse: Fannie Jewel (Stovall) Kirby
- Mother: Mary Katherine Kirby
- URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...
Find A Grave:
A World War I Veteran, Corbett was a farmer. His final breath was taken at the home of his father. He took the life of his wife, then took his own life with a gun shot through the heart, instant death. (pistol) Physician BC Powell noted that time of death on the death certificate was 3:30pm.
Survived by a four year old daughter named Dorothy. She went to live with her mother's parents. Predeceased by a stillborn child that they buried in a shoebox in the country. The family thought he experienced shell shock from World War I. Buried in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery. Undertaker Cleghorn Brothers.
- Burial:
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglasville, Douglas County Georgia, USA
Sources
- Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Palmetto, Campbell, Georgia; Roll: T624_175; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1374188 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7884&h=146585545&ssrc=pt&tid=68479445&pid=40352901472&usePUB=true
- Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Fairplay, Douglas, Georgia; Roll: T625_254; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 38; Image: 753 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6061&h=9125461&ssrc=pt&tid=68479445&pid=40352901472&usePUB=true
- Source Citation
Year: 1930; Census Place: Fullerville, Carroll, Georgia; Roll: 342; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 791.0; FHL microfilm: 2340077 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6224&h=18987009&ssrc=pt&tid=68479445&pid=40352901472&usePUB=true
- Source Information
Ancestry.com. Georgia, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Georgia Adjutant General’s Office. World War I Statements of Service Cards. Georgia State Archives, Morrow, Georgia. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=georgiawwiservicecards&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=john+corbet&gsfn_x=0&gsln=kirby+&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1898&msrpn__ftp=Georgia%2c+USA&msrpn=13&msrpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3245%7c13%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&cp=0&MSAV=1&uidh=ikq&pcat=39&fh=2&h=105071&recoff=7+8&ml_rpos=3
- Source Citation
Certificate Number: 4826 Source Information Ancestry.com. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Original data: State of Georgia. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998. Georgia, USA: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998.http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=gadeath&h=449375&tid=68479445&pid=40352901472&usePUB=true&rhSource=6224
- Created by: Connie Meeks Duffey
Record added: Jul 27, 2014 Find A Grave: Memorial #133396182
