FROSTBURG
MONDAY.
News was received here Sunday afternoon of the death at his home of Mr. William Kirby Sr., at three o'clock, after a lingering illness from pneumonia. He was one of the oldest citizens of Eckhart Mine and was sixty years old. Mr. Kirby was well known by a number of people at this place. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Kirby, and the following children, William Kirby Jr., John R. Kirby, Mrs. Charley Atkinson, Misses Rose and Ella Kirby, all of Eckhart mines and Mrs. Charley Welsh, of Borden mine. The funeral will take place Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Michael's Catholic church, of which the deceased was a consistent member.

Published Thursday, June 2, 1904 in THE CUMBERLAND ALLEGANIAN, Cumberland, Maryland on page 6, col. 3.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: William Kirby
Age: 56
Birth Date: Jan 1844
Birthplace: Ireland
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Home in 1900: Eckhart, Allegany, Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1860
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Margaret Kirby
Marriage Year: 1872
Years Married: 28
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
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Household Members:
Name Age
William Kirby 56
Margaret Kirby 46
John Kirby 24
Rosy C Kirby 19
Ella Kirby 17
Samuel M Porter 77

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: William Kerby [William Kirby]
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1880: Parkersburg, Allegany, Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Margaret Kerby
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
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Household Members:
Name Age
William Kerby 35
Margaret Kerby 30
William Kerby 8
Mary Kerby 5
John Kerby 3
Annie Kerby 3m
Becky Falk 13