Person:Ephraim Kirby Smith (2)

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Ephraim Kirby Smith
b.30 Aug 1884 Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
d.6 Jul 1938 Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
Parents and Siblings
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m. 24 Sep 1861
  1. Caroline Selden Kirby Smith1862 - 1941
  2. Frances Kirby Smith1864 - 1952
  3. Edmund Kirby Smith, Jr.1866 - 1938
  4. Lydia Kirby SmithAbt 1868 - 1943
  5. Rowena Selden Kirby Smith1870 - 1965
  6. Elizabeth Chaplin Kirby Smith1872 - 1917
  7. Dr. Reynold Marvin Kirby Smith1874 - 1962
  8. William Selden Kirby Smith1876 - 1941
  9. Josephine B. Kirby Smith1878 - 1961
  10. Dr. Joseph Lee Kirby Smith1882 - 1939
  11. Ephraim Kirby Smith1884 - 1938
Spouse and Children
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m. 18 Nov 1907
  1. Mary Brooks Kirby Smith1912 - 1980
  2. Catherine Kirby Smith1917 - 1996
  3. Ellen Clair Kirby Smith1926 - 2003
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][5][7] Ephraim Kirby Smith
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][5][7] 30 Aug 1884 Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
Marriage 18 Nov 1907 Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee(4 children)
to Mary Carroll Brooks
Death[1][3] 6 Jul 1938 Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
Burial[1] University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.

    Ephraim Kirby-Smith

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Franklin, Kentucky, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 32, p. 14A.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tennessee, United States. Death Certificates
    No. 16967.
  4.   United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
    12 Sep 1918.

    Name: Kirby Smith, Ephraim
    Address: Sewanee, Tenn.
    Born: 30 Aug 1884 (34 yrs)
    Occupatioin: Agriculture (Terr_____ Sugar, Terr_____, Cuba)
    Nearest Relative: Mrs. Mary Carroll Kirby-Smith (Sewanee, Tenn.)
    Description: Medium height & build, dark eyes & hair, no disabilities.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives)
    26 Sep 1917.

    Name: Kirby Smith, Ephraim
    Born: 30 Aug 1884 Sewanee, Tennessee
    Permanent residence: Sewanee, Tennessee ("I have recently returned from Mexico - where I own a sugar plantation.")
    Intend to visit Cuba, "to be an employee of the Tunica Sugar Company."
    "I intend to leave the United States from the port of Key West, Florida, sailing on one of the boats of the P. & G. Line on Wednesday, Sept. 26th, or as soon thereafter as I am able to."

    Sworn 24 Sep 1917 in the district court of Nashville, Tennessee.

    Description: 33 yrs, 5'11", high forehead, gray eyes, large nose, large mouth, medium chin, broan hair, fair complexion, oval face.

    J. R. Jackson, resident of Nashville, swears he has personally known Ephraim Kirby Smith for ten years.

    Send passport to: American Legation, Havana, Cuba, c/o Tunica Sugar Company.

  6.   Tennessee, United States. The Tennesseean (Nashville, Tennessee)
    7 Jul 1938.

    Sewanee, Tenn---July 6 - Ephraim Kirby-Smith, 54, of Franklin, Louisiana, died unexpectedly here tonite at the home of his brother, Dr. R. M. Kirby-Smith.

    A son of the late Confederate General and Mrs. Edmund Kirby-Smith, he was educated at the University of the South here, where his father was Professor of Mathematics.

    He was for many years engaged in mining operations in Mexico, later being affiliated with sugar refineries in Cuba. For the last several years, he had made his home at Franklin, where he had been connected with a sugar refinery.

    He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Polly Brooks of Sewanee; one son, Ephraim Jr., 3 daughters, Mrs. Harold Henshaw, Misses Catherine and Ellen Kirby-Smith, all of Franklin, La.; one brother, Dr. Kirby-Smith of Sewanee and 4 sisters, Mrs. Lydia Hale and Mrs. Caroline Krolly of Sewanee; Mrs. Frances Wade of Union City, Tenn., and Mrs. Roades Fayerweather of Baltimore, Md.

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Florida, United States. Passenger Lists, 1898-1963
    1 Aug 1929.

    SS Governor Cobb, sailing from Havana, 2 Aug 1929, arriving at Key West, 2 Aug 1929.

    Line 23: Kirby Smith, Ephraim 44 yrs, marr., b. 30 Aug 1884 Sewanee, Tenn. Address: Sewanee, Tenn.

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