On This Day – Birth of Eliza Kirby 12 Nov 1876
Eliza Kirby was born in Faulkner County, Arkansas on 12 November 1876 to Robert R. Kirby and Sarah Cathrine Howard. [1] She had two brothers and four sisters; all four sisters died in infancy. In 1880, the family was living in Hardin Township in Faulkner County. [2] Their household included her grandmother, Francis Howard and an aunt, Eliza Hinsley. Is it possible she was named after this aunt? When Eliza was just seven years old, her father died in 1883. [3] Her mother remarried 23 Oct 1887 to James J. Robinson. [4] Eliza married George Alonzo “Lon” Loveless on 20 Jan 1898. [5] They were both of 21 years of age and living in Linder, a community in Faulkner County. P.H. Glover, the minister at the Greenbrier Baptist Church married them. Faulkner County, Arkansas, marriage between GL Loveless and Eliza Kirby Lon and Eliza had three children, all who grew to adulthood and married: Doyle Elbin Loveless Meda Orthal Lovelss Gladys Loveless Lon purcha...