Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County. DAVID KIRBY, who ranks among the wealthy and prominent farmers of Warren County, was born May 31, 1829; near Three Springs, Ky. He is the third child and only son of four children born to David and Mary (Dues) Kirby. David Kirby was born in 1777, in South Carolina, immigrated with his parents to Warren County, about 1790; settled in south part of county, and became one of the substantial and leading farmers and slave owners. He put a substitute in the war of 1812. He had married for his first wife a Miss Anderson, by whom four sons and four daughters were born. He died May 10, 1831. His father, Jesse Kirby, of Irish origin, married Sophia Choice; both were born and reared in South Carolina. He was one of the soldiers of the war for independence; was one of the first pioneers of Warren County, endured all the hardships of a pioneer life, and was a farmer and slave holder. Mary (Dues) Kirby was born in Virginia, where she married James B. Taylor, by whom four sons were born. Aftr the birth of her first child she and husband rode on horseback from Virginia to Warren County, Ky., a tiresome journey through the wilderness. She was a daughter of Samuel Dues, who married for his first wife a Miss Sedgwick, who was the grandmother of our subject. Samuel Dues married for his second wife a Mrs. Rickett. He was also a soldier in the war for independence, and was one of the early settlers of Warrren County, where he became a substantial farmer and slave owner. David Kirby lost his father May 10, 1831. He remained with his mother until her death in 1844, when he went to Missouri, where he remained one year, when he returned to Kentucky and made his home with his sister till marriage, December 20, 1849, to Lydia Bohannon, of Warren County. She came with her parents, Ludwell and Elizabeth (Pratt) Bohannon, from Virginia to Warren County, in 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby have had born to bless their union nine children: James R., William M., Joan Mackey, Pres. E., Milton B., Elizabeth, Jennie Downer, David and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. After his marriage he lived for the first year on the homestead where he was born; then moved in the fork of Drake's Creek and Barren River, where he remained for eight years; then further up on Drake's Creek, where he lived for seven years; in January, 1864, he moved to where he now resides, near Smith Grove, and located on 216 acres, all of which is in a high state of cultivation, well improved, with a fine residence and good substantial barn and out-buildings. Mr. Kirby by good management has succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune, owning nine farms, containing in all, 1,531 acres, mostly in the vicinity of Smith Grove, perhaps the richest and best lands in Warren County. He also lost several negroes by the war. He is a member of the I. O. O. F, and was also a member of the Grange. He cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Taylor, in 1848. Since the war he has been a Democrat, and has never missed a presidential vote. Kirby Dues Anderson Choice Taylor Sedgwick Rickett Bohannon Pratt Downer = SC VA MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/warren/kirby.d.txt