Samuel Perry Irby
b. November 1854, d. 10 April 1913
- Father: Christopher Pegues Irby b. circa 1820, d. circa 1866
- Mother: Lucie Tunstall Perry b. December 1834, d. 27 June 1886
- Samuel Perry Irby was born in November 1854 in Gee's Bend, Wilcox County, Alabama.
- Christopher Pegues Irby and Lucie Tunstall Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Rehoboth PO, Wilcox County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Samuel Perry Irby, J. M. Irby and Elizabeth Irby. Also in the household was overseer J. A. Going.
- Charles Irby and Julia Ann Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Rehoboth Precinct, Wilcox County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Samuel Perry Irby, Lucie Tunstall Perry, Christopher Perry Irby and Thomas Evans Irby.
- Lucie Tunstall Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Rehoboth Beat, Wilcox County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Samuel Perry Irby, Christopher Perry Irby, Thomas Evans Irby, Tempe A. Perry, Rebecca Evans Irby and Virginia Clay Irby. Also in the household is grandson John Irby (age 3), apparently Sam's son.
- He was a farmer and widower, according to the 1880 census.
- He married Julia Cobb Shields, daughter of William Bryan Shields and Elizabeth Jane Cochran, say 1885.
- Samuel Perry Irby became a widower at the 11 April 1910 death of his wife Julia Cobb Shields.
- Samuel Perry Irby died on 10 April 1913 at age 58 in Marion, Perry County, Alabama.
- He was interred at Marion Cemetery, Marion, Perry County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 16 Mar 2015
Family: Julia Cobb Shields b. 1861, d. 11 April 1910
- Samuel Perry Irby Jr. b. 28 July 1886, d. 19 August 1931
- Robert Paulding Irby b. 1900, d. 1934