Thomas Evans Irby

b. 17 December 1823, d. 5 May 1862
  • Thomas Evans Irby was born on 17 December 1823 in Cheraw, South Carolina.
  • Christopher Pegues Irby appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Thomas Evans Irby, Elizabeth Irby and William Irby.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • He married Tempe A. Perry, daughter of Samuel Perry and Elizabeth Barker Williams, on 10 June 1852 in Perry County, Alabama, and Thomas' brother Christopher married Tempe's sister Lucie Perry.
  • Thomas Evans Irby and Tempe A. Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Cahaba Beat, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Perry Irby, Josiah Evans Irby and Lucy T. Irby. Daughter Rebecca is unaccountably absent from the household in 1860. Also in the household is overseer Thomas Curtis.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • He served as a major, then lieutenant colonel, 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA.
  • Thomas Evans Irby died on 5 May 1862 at age 38 in Virginia at the Battle of Williamsburg.
  • His wife Tempe A. Perry became a widow at his death.
  • Last Edited: 16 Mar 2015

Family: Tempe A. Perry b. circa 1831