Harriet Anne "Hattie" Kirby
1865 - 1918 (53 years)
Generation: 1
1. Harriet Anne "Hattie" Kirby was born on 26 Apr 1865 in Iowa; died on 2 Aug 1918 in Bourbon County, Kansas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas. Notes:
"The death of Mrs. Mattie Grimes, wife of E. C. Grimes, a farmer living four and a half miles west of the city, on the Humboldt road, occurred yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. She has been in failing health for three years and for over a year has been bed-fast, bearing her sufferings with fortitude.
Besides her husband she is survived by five children, five sisters and one brother. Mrs. Grimes was born in Iowa April 26, 1865, and was 53 years, 3 months and 6 days of age. She has been a resident of Fort Scott and Bourbon county for 22 years.
The funeral services will be held from the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Campbell of the United Brethren church. Interment will be made in Oak Grove cemetery."
Fort Scott Daily Tribune and Fort Scott Daily Monitor, 03 Aug 1918, Sat, Page 1
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197890461/mattie-grimesHarriet married William Lewis Menges on 24 Nov 1889 in Sheridan, Linn County, Kansas, and was divorced before 1910. William was born in Dec 1865 in Indiana; died in 1946 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Harriet married Elisha Grimes about 1910. Elisha (son of Lloyd H. Grimes and Sarah E. Gritton) was born on 19 Feb 1874 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died in 1941 in Bourbon County, Kansas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]