Moses H. Kirby

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Moses H. Kirby

Moses H. Kirby (born May 21, 1798 in Halifax County , Virginia , † March 3, 1889/1893 in Upper Sandusky , Ohio ) was an American lawyer and politician . He was a member of the Ohio General Assembly and was Secretary of State of Ohio from 1831 to 1834 .

Career

Moses H. Kirby and his twin brother Jacob were born in Halifax County in 1798. They were the third and fourth of five sons of the Quakers Ruth Hendrix and Obediah Kirby. Her father died in Halifax County in 1808. The eldest son, Samuel, died defending Norfolk during the British-American War . Then Ruth moved with her four remaining sons to Hillsboro (Ohio) in 1814 . Ruth sent Moses and Jacob to a classical school in Ripley, Ohio, and then to the University of North Carolina , where they graduated in 1819. Moses H. Kirby studied law and after his admission to the bar, he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney in Highland County - a position he held between 1825 and 1830. During this time he sat intermittently between 1826 and 1831 in the Ohio House of Representatives . The Ohio General Assembly elected him in 1831 in the sixth ballot as third Secretary of State with a three-year term. In the election, he came out as the winner over six competitors. He held the post until 1834.

After his tenure as Secretary of State ended, he settled near Upper Sandusky, which is now part of Wyandot County . Kirby served there as a lawyer and agent for the Wyandot Reservation until she was relocated from the state. He was one of the city's first residents after the Indians were relocated in 1843. The first session of the Court of Common Pleas in the newly formed Wyandot County was held in Kirby's office in 1845. He also received public funding from the Upper Sandusky Federal Land Office during President John Tyler's tenure .

Moses H. Kirby was a member of the Whig Party until it fell apart . He then joined the Republican Party . Between 1880 and 1884 he then sat in the Ohio Senate .

Kirby was married to Emma Miner. Their three sons fought during the civil war . Kirby was the oldest living Mason in the state when he died in Upper Sandusky on March 3, 1889 or 1893.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Family Tree Maker
  2. ^ A b c d e Smith, Joseph Patterson: History of the Republican Party in Ohio , Volume 1, Lewis Publishing Company, 1898, p. 763
  3. ^ A b Obituary notice of Kirby's twin brother, Wyandot County Republican, April 17, 1873
  4. ^ A b Ohio General Assembly: Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1917, pp. 245, 248, 262, and 266
  5. ^ William Alexander Taylor and Aubrey Clarence Taylor: Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress , Press of the Westbote Company, 1899, p. 151
  6. ↑ Knapp, Horace S .: History of the Maumee Valley , Blade Mammoth Printing and Publishing House, 1872, p. 485
  7. ^ Winter, Nevin Otto: A History of Northwest Ohio , Volume 1, Lewis Publishing Company, 1917, p. 654
  8. ^ Baughman, Abraham J .: Past and Present of Wyandot County, Ohio , Clarke Publishing Company, 1913, p. 258
personal data
SURNAME Kirby, Moses H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Halifax County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1889 or March 3, 1893
Place of death Upper Sandusky , Ohio