Person:Rowena Kirby Smith (1)

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Rowena Selden Kirby Smith
b.2 Oct 1870 New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky
d.11 Dec 1965 Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
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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  • H.  Randolph Buck1870 - 1933
  • W.  Rowena Selden Kirby Smith1870 - 1965
m. 22 May 1889
  1. Juliana Randolph Buck1891 - 1978
  2. Rowena Kirby Smith Buck1893 - 1989
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Rowena Selden Kirby Smith
Alt Name[3] Nina Kirby Smith
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 2 Oct 1870 New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky
Marriage 22 May 1889 Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennesseeto Randolph Buck
Death[1] 11 Dec 1965 Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
Burial[1] University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.

    Rowena Buck

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Henry, Kentucky, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 340A.
  3. ↑ United States. Social Security Administration. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015).
  4.   New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States. New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963. (Ancestry.com (database online))
    26 Mar 1926.

    SS Abangarez, sailing from Cristobal, Canal Zone, 18 Mar 1926, arriving New Orleans, 24 Mar 1926.

    Line 1: Buck, Randolph 56 yrs, b. 1 Mar 1870 Vicksburg, Miss. Address: Hubbard Woods, Ill.
    Line 2: Buck, Nina K. 55 yrs, b. 2 Oct 1870 Newcastle, Ky. Address: "with husband as per Line #1"

  5.   National Archives and Records Administration. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    26 Feb 1931.

    SS Sixaola, sailing from Kingston, Jamaica, 20 Feb 1931, arriving New York, 26 Feb 1931.

    Line 4: Buck, Randolph 61 yrs, b. 1 Mar 1870 Vicksburg, Miss. Address: 1290 Scott Ave, Hubbard Woods, Ill.
    Line 5: Buck, Nina 60 yrs, b. 4 Oct 1871 Newcastle, Ky. Address: 1290 Scott Ave, Hubbard Woods, Ill.

  6.   National Archives and Records Administration. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    9 Apr 1934.

    SS Statendam, sailing from Southampton, 1 Apr 1934, arriving New York, 9 Apr 1934.

    Line 9: Buck, Nina K. S. 63 yrs, wid., b. 2 Oct 1870 New Castle, Ky. Address: Winnetka, Ill.

  7.   Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959
    13 Apr 1936.

    Ship name unknow. Sailing from Auckland, New Zealand, 4 Apr 1936, arriving at Honolulu, 13 Apr 1936.

    (no other details available)

  8.   Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. Chicago Tribune. (Chicago, Illinois)
    12 Dec 1965.

    Mrs. Rowena Buck, 95, died yesterday in an Evanston convalescent home. She was the widow of Randolph Buck, former Chicago Insurance man who died in 1933, and the daughter of General E. Kirby-Smith, a general in the Confederate Army in the Civil War, who was later professor of mathematics and botany at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn.

    She leaves two daughters, Mrs W. O. Coleman and Mrs Eugene Ackerman.

    Services will be held in Sewanee, Tenn.

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