Jul-28-2018
Husband: Joseph Kerby Census name: Joseph Kirby 1
Born: Dec- 7-1874 2 Died: Nov-10-1944 2 Buried: in Bryner Chapel Cemetery, Joker, Calhoun Co, WV 2,3 Father: James Kerby (1853 - ) Mother: Mary Jemima Wade (1853 - 1926) Other spouse 2
Wife: Sarah Jane Husk Also known as: Jane 4 Married: Mar-26-1897 in Calhoun Co, WV 5,6
Born: Aug-19-1879 in Roane Co, WV 7,8 (see note 1) Died: Mar-21-1918 in Joker, Calhoun Co, WV 9,2 Buried: in Bryner Chapel Cemetery, Joker, Calhoun Co, WV 2,3 Census: 1880 in Roane Co, WV Father: Absalom Husk (1849 - 1941) Mother: Eliza Jane "Lisa" West (1852 - 1920) Notes
M Child 1: Edward Austin "Eddie" Kerby Born: Apr-12-1899 in Calhoun Co, WV Died: Nov- 3-1993 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV Buried: in Bryner Chapel Cemetery, Joker, Calhoun Co, WV Resided: in Big Bend, Calhoun Co, WV Occupation: Teacher & Postmaster Wife: Tressie Dove Paxton b. Aug- 7-1910 d. Sep-19-1996 No children:
F Child 2: Ada O. Kerby Born: Feb-16-1904 in Calhoun Co, WV 10,11 Died: May-18-1994 in Coshocton, Coshocton Co, OH 12 Buried: in Bryner Chapel Cemetery, Joker, Calhoun Co, WV 10 Resided: in Coshocton, Coshocton Co, OH 10,13 Resided: 1993 in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co, MI 4 Resided: 1983 in Elyria, Lorain Co, OH 14 Resided: formerly in Joker, Calhoun Co, WV 10 Census: 1940 in Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV Census: 1930 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV Husband: Lora Snoden Gibson b. ca 1903 d. bef May 1994 Also known as: Snowden Gibson 15,1 Married: May-25-1925 in Calhoun Co, WV 16
M Child 3: Loney Richard Kerby Born: Dec-29-1905 in Calhoun Co, WV 2,5 Died: Nov- 3-1979 2 Buried: in Bryner Chapel Cemetery, Joker, Calhoun Co, WV 2,3 Wife: Effie A. Cunningham b. Dec-31-1903 d. Apr- 8-1961 Married: Dec-25-1925 in Calhoun Co, WV 17
M Child 4: Holly G. Kerby Born: Jun-21-1908 in Calhoun Co, WV 10,11,18 Died: Jun- 3-1994 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19,11 Buried: in Hur Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV 10,3 Resided: in Mt. Zion, Calhoun Co, WV 10,11 Census: 1940 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV Occupation: Calhoun Co Board of Education 10 Occupation: 1940 laborer for W.P.A. 20 Wife: Elizabeth "Lizzy" Gibson b. Jun-29-1911 d. Feb- -1965 Also known as: Lizzie Gibson 21 Married: Jun-23-1930 in Calhoun Co, WV 22 Wife: Beulah Mace
F Child 5: Elah Leona Kerby Born: Sep-12-1911 at Joker, Calhoun Co, WV 10 Died: Jun-22-2005 in Ravenna, Portage Co, OH 23 Buried: in Bryner Chapel Cemetery, Joker, Calhoun Co, WV 10 Resided: in Ravenna, Portage Co, OH 10 Resided: 1983, 94 in Mt. Zion, Calhoun Co, WV 14,24 Husband: George Clifford Gibson b. Sep-18-1906 d. Jul-18-2001
M Child 6: Denver Steven Kerby Born: Apr- 2-1914 in Calhoun Co, WV 10 Died: Feb-26-1983 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19 Resided: in Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Hilda Catherine Ingram b. Jul-12-1923 d. Apr-19-2007 Married: May-21-1942 in Doddridge Co, WV 25 Wife: Olla Gladys "Ollie" Rogers b. Feb- 1-1921
M Child 7: Fred Kerby Born: Mar- 7-1916 Died: bef Jun 2005 24 Resided: 1994 in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV 24,14 Resided: 1983 in El Paso, El Paso Co, TX 14 Wife: Geneva "Peggy" French b. May-17-1921 d. Aug- 8-2005
Sources: (1) 1930 Census, Calhoun County, WV. (2) Headstone. (3) Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Grantsville Printing Co, Grantsville WV (1985) (4) Obituary of son. (5) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) (6) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (7) 1880 Census, Roane County, WV. (8) Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, BR 63. (9) William Fred Spuhler Jr. (1940-2004), Richfield, MN, a Husk descendant and genealogist. (10) Obituary. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) Obituary - Hospital, SSDI entry lists death date as May 15 1994, but obituary specifies Wednesday, May 18 1994, a date that was indeed a Wednesday. (13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio in 1965. (14) Obituary of brother. (15) Obituary of wife. (16) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as L. Snoden Gibson, 22, of Calhoun Co, son of George & Hannah; and Ada Kerby, 21, of Calhoun Co, dau of Joseph & (blank). Married May 25 1925. (17) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as Loney Kerby, 21, b. & res. in Calhoun Co, son of Joe & Jane; and Effie Cunningham, 22, b. & res. in Calhoun Co, dau of S. J. & A. C. Married Dec 25 1925. (18) Headstone (year only) (19) Obituary - St. Joseph's Hospital. (20) 1940 Census, Calhoun County, WV. (21) Obituary of daughter. (22) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1927-1947, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 2005), Identified as Hollie Kerby, 22, of Calhoun Co, son of Joe Kerby; and Lizzie Gibson, 19, of Calhoun Co, dau of George Gibson. Married June 23 1930. (23) Obituary - Nursing home. (24) Obituary of sister. (25) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, MR Bk 15, p. 127. Event Notes Note (1) Although birth date is shown in records and on headstone as Aug 1880, she was listed in the 1880 Census, enumerated in June 1880, with age given as 10 months and month of birth given as August.Name Index