S F Cooksey District 1, Calloway, KY abt 1845 Kentucky 1850
Stephen F Kirksey Not Stated, Calloway, KY 15 1844 North Carolina Male 1860
Stephen Kirksey Brinkley, Calloway, KY abt 1847 Kentucky White Male 1870
Stephen F. Kirksey Mayfield, Graves, KY <1850> Kentucky Something other than a direct relationship 1880
S F Kirksey Waco Ward 3, McLennan, Texas abt 1853 Kentucky White Head 1900

Stephen Hieksey San Antonio Ward 4, Bexar, Texas abt 1856 Kentucky White 1920
Stephen F Kirksey Rose T Kirksey San Antonio, Bexar, TX abt 1854 Kentucky Head 1930




Good Evening Terry,My friend and I just got back the Civil War records of William A. ( his grandfather), and his brothers: Stephen and James Kirksey. They were all wounded in Ms with James Kirksey died in Ms. Our plan now is to find the battle which they werein and have this insert with their names, etc. for the family tree history. William A. Kirksey was wounded and came back to Marshall Co. Ky and married Barbaray Travis on Dec. 8, 1864. William A. Kirksey was on the 1910 census, Kentuckystarted recording death in 1911. We are still trying to locate his obit, and find the cemetery. We found his wife death, however, we cant find the cemetery where she was taken to. We think they were buried in Marshall co. Ky as Oak level was East of Paducah according to the map. That is what we need help on if anyone has information. Hope we can find him. William A. Kirksey is the son of Eaton and Prscilla Kirksey. Kerry 






In 1982 I visited Kirksey, Kentucky to research the name origin & I talked to the local historian. He stated that Kirksey, Kentucky was founded by Stephen F. Kirksey and he was the postmaster there for sometime.I later inquired from another source asking for information that might have been included with his postmaster position, but I found nothing more. Perhaps others in the group will have answers.
Gayle Jetton


From: Bettye Chumney:

Kirksey Kentucky

In 1871 there was a farming community in Calloway County Kentucky that wanted a post office. Before this was possible they had to have a name for the community. There were several families named Reed and Rose. Reedville and Rosedale were suggested. However, Stephen Franklin Kirksey owned the community store where the post office would be located and he would be the postmaster, so he gave the Kirksey for the post office. The community decide to accept the name of Kirksey.

The post office was established on July 14, 1871. Stephen was postmaster from 7/14/1871 until 8/11/1873 when he moved away from the community.

The day we visited Kirksey and the Murray Library, I talked to Mr. Joe Pat James on the phone. Later he wrote me and gave me the above story. Mr. James lives in Murray but owns the family farm he grew up on in Kirksey. He said there are 300 to 350 people in the Kirksey community now, but no Kirkseys.

There is a service station/convenience store, a feed mill, and a Methodist Church, a Church of Christ church and a new Post Ofiice with a zip code of 42054. It is a very neat farming community about 12 miles northeast of Murray, Kentucky.


Database: Waco, Texas Directory, 1890 January 19, 2006 11:53 AM

Name: Stephen F. Kirksey
Location 2: northeast corner Austin avenue, 14th
Business Name: Slayden-Kirksey Woolen mill
Occupation: Mgr
Year: 1888, 1889
City: Waco
State: TX

Database: Waco, Texas Directory, 1890 January 19, 2006 11:55 AM

Name: Stephen F. Kirksey
Location 1: Slayden-Kirksey Woolen mill
Location 2: 1325 Austin avenue corner N. 14th
Occupation: Mgr
Year: 1890, 1891
City: Waco
State: TX

Source Information:Ancestry.com. Waco, Texas Directory, 1890 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Waco, Texas Directory, 1890. Waco, TX: n.p., 1890.

1. Stephen Franklin Kirksey Jr b: ABT 1885 in , , Texas

1. Repository:
   Name: Murray Kentucky Library
   
   Title: Kirksey Bible
   Author: Bettye Chumney
   Publication: Bible Records of Calloway County Kentucky and Adjoining Counties
   Text: Mary An Kirksey b. Oct. 17, 1836
   William Abram Kirksey b. Feb. 17, 1838
   Sarah Elizabeth Kirksey b. Feb. 13, 1839
   P. L. Kirksey b. Sept. 5, 1840
   Mary Kirksey b. July 9, 1842
   Stephen F. Kirksey b. ___ 15, 1845
   James Hiram Kirksey b. Jan. 4, 1847
   Martha E. Kirksey b. Aug. 12, 1848
   Thomas Lucien Kirksey b. Feb. 4, 1850
   T. O. Kirksey b. Feb. 4 1852
   E. L. Kirksey b. Dec. 4, 1853 (E. L. Kirksey's name was Eton LaFayette and he was my husband's father. I have an old picture of Susan who married S. J. Goheen and many other pictures with no names given.)
   Susan F. Kirksey b. July 15, 1855
   
   P. L. Kirksey d. Oct. 19, 1841
   James H. Kirksey d. July 5, 1864, Fort Lauderdale Springs, Miss.
   Sarah Elizabeth Kirksey Edwards d. July 28, 1868
   Nancy Carolin Kirksey Radford d. Jan. 4, 1969 (1869?)
   Thos. L. Kirksey d. July 28, 1870
   Martha Kirksey, wife of Thos. West, d. May 27, 1872
   N. E. Edwards d. Mar. 21, 1884