Christopher Perry Irby

b. 30 May 1863, d. 9 November 1942
  • Christopher Perry Irby was born on 30 May 1863 in Gee's Bend, Wilcox County, Alabama.
  • He was known as Kit during his younger years.
  • 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 Christopher Perry Irby, Lucie Tunstall Perry, Samuel 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 Christopher Perry Irby, Samuel 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 working on the farm, according to the 1880 census.
  • He married Mary Vernon Pegues, daughter of Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues and Ann Elizabeth Saunders, on 11 February 1885 in Dallas County, Alabama.
  • Christopher Perry Irby and Mary Vernon Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Lucie Tunstall Irby, Christopher Pegues Irby, Helen Earle Irby, Annie Pegues Irby and Joseph Young Irby.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • Christopher Perry Irby became a widower at the 3 May 1908 death of his wife Mary Vernon Pegues.
  • The following appeared on 16 January 1910 in The Montgomery Advertiser: (Uniontown, Jan. 15) C. P. Irby and daughter,s Mrs. James B. Chambers, and Miss Annie Irby, returned Wedensday from Atlanta, where they attended the marriage of their son and brother, Christopher P. Irby, Jr., to Miss Pauline Hope of that city.
  • Christopher Perry Irby appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama, at Pitts Street. Other members of the household included Annie Pegues Irby and Mary Pegues Irby.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
  • Christopher Perry Irby appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. Also in the household were one female domestic servant and her three children.
  • Christopher Perry Irby died on 9 November 1942 at age 79 in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama.
  • He was interred at Rosemont Cemetery, Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 17 Mar 2015

Family: Mary Vernon Pegues b. 4 July 1865, d. 3 May 1908