JOSHUA KIRBY, born
in Spartanburg County, S.C., on the 28th day of December,
1846; enlisted in the Confederate army October 1, 1864,
becoming a member of Company I, 4th South Carolina Regiment,
commanded by Colonel Ferguson and Major Towns of Smith
County. He was a true and noble man through life and will be
missed by the few remaining Confederate comrades of Benton, Mo.,
where he died. Only six are left in that county, as now
known.
[ James D. Rogers, Benton
,Mo.]Generously transcribed and
donated by Nancie
O'Sullivan