Thomas Augustus Kirkland(1845-1914)
This picture was made between 1900 and 1905 at the Kirkland home in
the Osage Community of Coryell County, TX.
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
Published in a Gatesville, TX,
Newspaper, 4 January, 1900
[This newspaper article was shared by
Rayburn A. Metcalfe, a great-great grandson of Jehu Chaney Kirkland, an
older brother of Dr. William Wilson Kirkland.
Tuesday, January 2, it was our privilege to attend the
80th birthday celebration of Dr. W. W. Kirkland near Osage.
The early part of the morning the clouds hung dark and lowering, but by
nine o-clock the sun came out bright, and we vainly thought it warm. We
put on extra raiment, and with a hot rock to our feet, and heavy buggy
robes, we took our seat beside our other half behind a spirited livery
team and started on our trip of 15 miles. ‘Tis so seldom that we have
a chance to take a little lark together, that we drew the robe about us,
wrapped our veil more closely about our face and settled ourself back to
enjoy the ride, while baked turkey, cakes, pies, etc., loomed up in our
imagination at the other end of the 15 miles.
The recent rains have made the roads extremely rough
and it was impossible to travel in any but a very moderate gait. Before
we had gone a great distance, we discovered that it was very cold, but
not wising to complain, said nothing about feeling the chill morning
air. Every stream was frozen over, the crushing of the ice as we broke
through while crossing over sent an extra shiver down our spinal column
and made us wonder if Owen Fauntleroy had not brought some of the
Klondike weather back with him, and distributed it out about the Coryell
mountains.
Occasionally we would travel for a shot distance along
a part of the road sheltered by the mountainside with warm sun beaming
down upon us, and we would thaw out a little, but a sudden turn in our
route would bring us facing the keen north wind. At least we struck the
bare, bleak prairie, over which we would have traveled four miles had we
gone direct, but we missed the way and went three miles out of the
course. At 12:30 we reached Mr. Felix Boyd’s, the place we had started
for. The place was thronged with guests and everybody seemed to be
having a good time.
We were almost frozen, could not talk for chattering
teeth, and Mrs. Boyd [Sarah Emeline
"Emma", "Em" (Kirkland) Boyd] had to take off
our wraps for we were utterly powerless to use our benumbed hands.
Two long tables were set in the yard and fairly
groaned beneath their load of good things.
While warming we had a pleasant conversation with Dr.
Kirkland, the old gentleman to whom this dinner was given. He is a
courtly, intelligent gentleman, and to judge from his present appearance
you would take him to be about 60 years of age.
At last having sufficiently thawed we went out to the
table. It has never been my good fortune to sit down to a finer dinner.
There are certainly some very fine cooks in that connection. And such
quantities of everything! There was something near one hundred guests
and there was enough left to feed as many more.
After spending a very pleasant time after dinner we
left at 3:30 for home. When we got ready to leave Mrs. John Boyd [Rose
Clementine (Kirkland) Boyd] of our town who had gone out the day
before and carried an extra amount of comforts, blankets, cloaks, etc.,
made us take a comfort and another cape and wrapped us up so warm that
we did not know it was cold at all.
Notwithstanding the bitter cold ride of the morning we
had a delightful outing and promised the Doctor that we would go to his
birthday dinner next year if we were all alive. We sincerely trust that
our venerable friend may live to see many returns of his birthday.
Dr. Kirkland’s wife [Polly Ann
(Kellum)] died about six years ago [Polly
Ann died 21 June, 1893 and was buried in the Osage Cemetery.],
after they had peacefully and happily traveled life’s uneven pathway,
hand in hand for more than half a century.
[William Wilson Kirkland married Polly Ann Kellum on 14 September, 1837,
in Winston County, MS]
The descendants of William W. and Polly Ann Kirkland
now living are:
Mrs. P. J. Cole [Parmelia Jane
(Kirkland) (Bramble) Cole, consort of the late J. N. Cole,
deceased. [James Nun Cole, M.D.];
E. P. Kirkland and wife Lou G. Kirkland
[Edward Pickens "Pick" Kirkland and Louisiana Gregory (Hartfield)];
T. A. Kirkland and wife Laura A. Kirkland [Thomas
Augustus "Tom" Kirkland, Sr. and Laura A. (Allen) Kirkland.];
Mrs. M. M. Stribling and husband, T. E. Stribling [Martha
Mariah "Mattie: (Kirkland) Stribling and Thomas Edwin Stribling.];
Mrs. R. C. Boyd and husband, J. W. Boyd [Rose
Clementine (Kirkland) Boyd and John Wellington Boyd];
Mrs. Sarah E. Boyd and husband Felix Boyd [Sarah
Emeline "Emma" "Em" (Kirkland) Boyd and Felix Boyd].
Grandchildren–Mary L. Reaves, consort of the late R.
F. Reaves [Mary Louise
(Bramble) Reaves]
William N. Cole and wife, Virginia M. Cole [William
Nunn Cole]
H. A. Oliver and husband, T. L. Oliver; [Henrietta/Henryeta
Agness (Cole) Oliver and Thomas Lee "Dock" Oliver];
M. J. M. Moore and husband V. L. Moore; [Martha
Mary Jane "May" (Cole) Moore and Virgil Lagarus Moore]
Iva A. Boyd and husband J. H. Boyd [Iva
B. (Cole) Boyd and J. Hardy Boyd];
W. A. Kirkland and wife, Rosa Kirkland [William
Augustus Kirkland and Rosa Mae (Gooding) Kirkland.];
E. V. Gooding and husband, T. J. Gooding, [Emma
Viola "Ola’ (Kirkland) Gooding and Thomas Jefferson
"Jeff" Gooding];
F. W. Kirkland and wife Jessie Kirkland; [Franklin
Woodville Kirkland and Jessie Coleman (Overstreet) Kirkland];
Amanda E. Craine and husband J. W. Craine [Amanda
Elizabeth (Stribling) Crain and James Wesley Crain];
William W. Boyd and wife, Johnnie May Boyd. [William
Wellington Boyd and Johnny Mae (Daves) Boyd];
These compose the grandchildren and their companions.
Summary.–There is now living 6 children; their
companions, 5; grandchildren, 37; their companions, 10; great
grandchildren, 27; total, 87. There were present on this occasion,
children, 6; grandchildren, 23; great grandchildren, 11; consorts 6.
The family has resided in Texas 37 years and have had
only ten deaths in all of that time.
There were also present representatives of the
families of five of the Doctor’s brothers and sisters.
Several special friends, who were present, appeared to
enjoy the reunion as much as did the members of the family. Speaking for
ourselves, we don’t remember to have ever enjoyed an occasion more.
1904 KIRKLAND REUNION
AT THE OSAGE HOME OF FELIX AND EMMA (KIRKLAND) BOYD
First Row Seated on the ground:
Boy, Boy with dog, Robert Verne Crain,
boy, James Edwin Crain
First Row Seated in chairs:
Man, Lady, Lady holding Baby, Amanda
Elizabeth "Mandy" (Stribling) Crain [Mrs.
James Wesley Crain], Ruby Pearl Crain standing in front of
Amanda Elizabeth, Lady, Edward Pickens Kirkland, William Wilson
Kirkland, Thomas Augustus Kirkland, Felix Boyd, Thomas Edwin Stribling
First row standing:
Man, lady, Josiah Betram "Bertie"
Foster, Lady, Permelia Jane (Kirkland) (Bramble) Cole, Sarah Emeline
"Emma" (Kirkland) Boyd [Mrs. Felix
Boyd], Rose Clementine (Kirkland) Boyd [Mrs.
John Wellington Boyd],
Martha Mariah "Mattie" (Kirkland) Stribling [Mrs.
Thomas Edwin Stribling], skip some people and the
3rd lady from the right end--Mary
Amanda "Molly" Kirkland, Anna Jane Stribling, Mary Lavenia Boyd
Back Row
James Wesley Crain, skip 10 heads, Neil
Augustus Stribling wearing bow tie,
skip 3 heads, William Joseph Stribling,
Eugene Perry Stribling.
1908 Kirkland Reunion
at the home of
Martha Mariah "Mattie" (Kirkland) Stribling and Thomas
Edwin Stribling,
Blue Ridge, Hamilton County, TX.
Shared by James
H. Perry
First row seated on the ground:
Ruby Pearl Crain--left end
Second Row-kneeling:
William Joseph "Joe" Stribling,
James Edwin Crain, Boy with most of head hidden, Robert Verne
Crain, Boy,
Second Row-seated
Thomas Augustus Kirkland, Edward Pickens
Kirkland
First Row Standing--middle of the row
Sarah Emeline "Emma" (Kirkland)
Stribling [Mrs. Felix Boyd]--on left side of Thomas Augustus Kirkland, Permelia
Jane (Kirkland) (Bramble) (Cole) Herring/Hessing--behind Thomas
Augustus, Thomas Edwin Stribling, Martha Mariah
"Mattie" (Kirkland) Stribling [Mrs.
Thomas Edwin Stribling], Rose Clementine (Kirkland) Boyd [Mrs.
John Wellington Boyd],
Second Row Standing:
Middle of the row between Jane Herring/Hessing and Mattie
Stribling--Thomas Edwin Stribling
Back Row:
Man, Anna Jane Stribling, Minnie
Clementine Boyd--leaning against 2nd porch post,
Between the 2nd and 3rd porch posts:
Lady, Lady, Tallest man in picture, James
Wesley Crain, Lura Bernice Crain--curly headed child being held up by
her parents, Amanda Elizabeth (Stribling) Crain [Mrs.
James Wesley Crain]
To the right of last porch post
Felix Boyd, John
Thaddeus "Jack" Stribling, Neil Augustus Stribling standing
in front of Jack, Josiah Betram "Bertie" Foster, Eugene
Perry "Pet" Stribling
KIRKLAND REUNION, Summer, 1918
AT THE HOME OF THOMAS EDWIN & MARTHA "MATTIE" (KIRKLAND)
STRIBLING
BLUE RIDGE, HAMILTON COUNTY, TX
Back
row: Clara Esther (Loyd) Crain [Mrs. James Edwin
Crain], Annie
Mae (Roe) Boyd [Mrs. Fred Jehu Boyd], Lady, Lena Ann Foster, Lady, Lady,
Lady, Charity Ann (Boyd) Simmons [Mrs. Frank
Simmons], Minnie Clementine
Boyd, Neil Augustus Stribling, Fred Jehu Boyd, James Sumner
"Babe" Boyd, Robert Verne Crain, Neil Simmons Foster, Henry
Royal Boyd, John Thaddeus "Jack" Stribling, and Thomas
Harrison "Tom" Boyd.
Next
Row: Lady, Franka Lois Simmons, Edith Inez Boyd, Minnie
Elizabeth "Minnie Beth" Boyd being held by her mother--Julia
Isabel (Neavitt) Boyd [Mrs. Thomas Harrison Boyd], Felix Boyd, Anna Jane
Stribling, Amanda Elizabeth "Mandy" (Stribling) Crain [Mrs.
James Wesley Crain], Thomas Edwin Stribling, husband of Permelia Jane
(Kirkland) (Bramble) (Cole) Herring, Neil Edward "Ed"
Foster, Della Elizabeth (Simmons) Foster [Mrs. Neil Edward
"Ed" Foster] {Ed Foster's first wife was Sarah Elizabeth
"Sallie" Doherty, daughter of John F. F. Doherty. How were the
Doherty's related to the Kirklands?}, Josiah
Betram "Bertie" Foster, Man, Claude Edwin Boyd, James Edwin
Crain, Bertie Mae (Ward) Boyd [Mrs. Henry Royal
Boyd] holding Laura
Irene "Laurene" Boyd, Man, William Joseph "Joe"
Stribling.
Row seated in
chairs: James Wesley "Jim" Crain, Ruby Pearl Crain, Willie
Eunice "Bill" Stribling, Lady, Lady, Sarah Emeline
"Emma" "Em" (Kirkland) Boyd [Mrs. Felix
Boyd],
Martha Mariah "Mattie" (Kirkland) Stribling [Mrs. Thomas Edwin
Stribling], Permelia Jane (Kirkland) (Bramble) (Cole) Herring [married
1st. W. R. Bramble; married 2nd Dr. James Nun Cole; married 3rd.
Herring/Hessing], Rose Clementine (Kirkland) Boyd [Mrs. John Wellington
Boyd], Lena (Foster) Gamblin [daughter of Josiah William Foster, sister
of Neil Edward "Ed" Foster and granddaughter of Lucy Henderson
(Stribling) Foster. The Fosters were related to the Kirklands--HOW?], Eva Graves Boyd, Lady, Edith Estella
"Stella" (Carter) Stribling [Mrs. Eugene Perry "Pet"
Stribling] holding Mary Ruth Stribling, Eugene Perry "Pet"
Stribling, Lillian E. "Lillie" (Dooley) Stribling [Mrs.
William Joseph "Joe" Stribling]
Front
Row--seated on the ground: Thomas Edgar Stribling, Man, Child,
Child, Child, Wayne Harrison Boyd, Freda Mae Boyd, Lena Jewell Boyd,
Child, Child, Child, Jessie Simmons, Jessie Laura "Polly"
Stribling--1st taller girl, Lura Bernice Crain, with Thomas Carter
"Tom Carter" Stribling in front of her, Lucille Simmons,
and Girl.
KIRKLAND COUSINS
Summer, 1918
Blue Ridge, Hamilton County, TX
Back Row: William Joseph
"Joe" Stribling, Neil Simmons Foster, Fred Jehu Boyd, Perry
Eugene Stribling, James Sumner "Babe" Boyd, Robert Verne
Crain, and James Edwin Crain.
Front Row: Thomas Harrison
"Tom" Boyd, John Thaddeus "Jack" Stribling, Henry
Royal Boyd, Claude Edwin Boyd, Neil Augustus Stribling, Josiah Betram
"Bertie" Foster, and William Pitson "Pit" Boyd.
JEHU CHANEY, "HUGH" "J.
C." KIRKLAND
BROTHER OF WILLIAM WILSON KIRKLAND
4 April, 1812--12 November, 1888
General Assembly of Alabama representing Fayette County, AL--1855-1856,
1874-1877, 1880-1881
Alabama State Legislator, Farmer
DANIEL G. KIRKLAND
BROTHER OF WILLIAM WILSON KIRKLAND
22 February, 1814---24 January, 1897
Buried in the Osage Cemetery, Coryell County, TX
MARY ANN D. (KIRKLAND) MOORE [MRS.
WILLIAM OWEN MOORE]
SISTER OF WILLIAM WILSON KIRKLAND
1816--after 1878 and before 1880
KIRKLAND - MY KIRKLAND FAMILY