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Census: 1880 census at Wilson Creek, Grayson, VA shows James W. Neikirk, 23, farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA/VA; Wife's name illegible, could be Virginia, 21, b. NC, parents b. VA/VA. ames is enumerated directly after his parents. Census: 1900 census at Wilson, Grayson, VA shows James W. Neikirk, b. Sep 1856, 43, married 20 years, b. VA, parents b. VA/VA, farmer; Elizabeth V., b. Mar 1859, 41, 6 children born / 6 living, b. NC, parents b. NC/NC; children b. VA: Floyd, b. Jan 1882, 18; Minnie, b. Jun 1884, 15; Charles b., b. Feb 1887, 13; Virginia L., b. Jan 1891, 9; Ola D., b. Apr 1893, 7; John b. Jun 1896, 3. Census: 1910 census at Marion, Smyth, VA shows James W. Neikirk, 53, married 30 years, b. VA, parents b. VA/VA, no occupation is listed; Virginia, 51, 6 children born / 5 living, b. NC, parents b. VA/VA; children b. VA, parents b. VA/NC; Ola D., 16; grandchildren b. VA, parents b. VA/VA: Myrtle R. (although looks like Mayetta R.), 7; Margaret L., 5; Charles B., 2. Census: 1920 census at Dublin, Harford, MD shows James W. Neikirk, 63, b. VA, parents b. VA/VA, farmer; Elizabeth V., 61, b. NC, parents b. VA/VA; children b. VA, Floyd C., 36, married, farmer; Ola D., 25, single; grandchildren b. VA, parents b. VA/VA: Myrtle Rose, 16; Margaret L., 15; Charles B., 12. Census: 1930 census at District 4, Harford, MD shows James W. Neikirk, 73, married at 23, b. VA, parents b. VA/VA, farmer; Elizabeth V., 71, married at 21, b. NC, parents b. VA/VA; grandchildren b. VA, parents b. VA/VA: Myrtle R, 26, school teacher, county school; Margaret L., 24, school teacher, county school. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
James married Elizabeth Virginia PIERCE on 27 Jul 1879. Elizabeth (daughter of Rufus Kincannon PIERCE and Eliza SCOTT) was born on 9 Mar 1859 in Ashe Co., NC; died on 22 Jun 1932 in Cooptown, Harford, MD; was buried on 25 Jun 1932 in Highland Church Cemetery, Harford Co., MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Military Note: On Sept. 12, 1918 Floyd Conley registered for the WWI draft, he gives his residence as Pylesville, Harford Co., MD and states he was born January 2, 1882. He lists his occupation as farming for James Wilborn Neikirk of Pylesville, MD. The registrar notes he is tall (5'10") and of medium build with dark eyes and black hair. Died: Floyd's death certificate lists wife, Hattie Greer. Hattie is not present in the 1920 census although Floyd is listed as married. The 1930 census clearly lists wife Stella and a stepson named Robertson. The informant for the death certificate was Henry Burgard, husband of Floyd's daughter Ola. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Floyd married Hattie Augusta GREER in 1901. Hattie was born in 1880 in Grayson Co., VA; died before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Floyd married Stella I. UNKNOWN about 1925. Stella was born about 1886 in Grayson Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Minnie married William Wallace GREER on 6 Nov 1901. William (son of Paul Jones GREER and Millie Jestin BRYANT) was born on 6 Apr 1879 in Grayson, Ashe, NC; died on 3 Nov 1945; was buried in Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Charles married Myrtle DOXON about 1915. Myrtle (daughter of Jacob DOXON and Elizabeth M. UNKNOWN) was born in Oct 1890 in MD; died in 1967; was buried in Mount Zion United Methodist Cemetery, Bel Air, Harford, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Obituary: Roanoke Times, page 4 Jan. 15, 1971 Mrs. Louis J. Wilburn Mrs. Virginia Louise Neikirk Wilburn, age 80, of 420 Allison Ave. S.W., passed away in a local hospital Tuesday night. She was a former employee of The Book Nook and was the widow of Louis J. Wilburn, a former Civil Service government worker. Surviving are her son, Raymond N. Wilburn of White Plains, N.Y.; her daughter, Mrs. Samuel B. Bird Jr. of Pelham, NY; her sister, Mrs. H. C. Burgard of Street, Maryland; four grandchildren: Christopher, James and Molly Wilburn of New York, Miss Elizabeth R. Bird of Pelham, N.Y., and one great grandchild, Christopher Wilburn, Jr. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's Roanoke chapel at 10 a.m. Friday by Dr. Edgar A. Potts and Rev. Samuel B. Bird, Jr. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Roundhill Cemetery in Marion. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be mad to The Roanoke Valley Heart Association. Died: Cause of death, acute cardiac arythmia, acute myocardial infarction. Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Virginia married Louis Jordan WILBURN on 16 Jan 1910 in Smyth Co., VA. Louis (son of George Chapman WILBURN and Mary Josephine MEADOWS) was born on 4 Nov 1880 in Grayson Co., VA; died on 6 Aug 1946 in Roanoke, Roanoke, VA; was buried on 9 Aug 1946 in Round Hill Cemetery, Marion, Smyth, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Ola married Henry Clymer BURGARD on 16 Oct 1920. Henry was born on 7 Jan 1894 in East Berlin, Wayne, PA; died on 18 Nov 1961; was buried in Paradise Holtzschwamm Lutheran Cemetery, Thomasville, York, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Myrtle married Charles Howard SCARFF on 16 Jul 1932 in Slateville Presbyterian Church, Delta, York, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Census: 1940 census shows Raymond Wilburn, 25, b. VA, 1935 residence; Charlottesville, VA, general tutor, St. John's College; Jeanne A., wife, 25, b. NY, 1935 residence, Brooklyn, NY, manager college book store; Elizabeth, sister, 17, b. VA, 1935 residence, Roanoke, VA.
Raymond married Ella Jeanne Alexander in 1938. Ella was born about 1914 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Raymond married Margaret Ann MCGOLDRICK on 1 Jun 1954 in MD. Margaret (daughter of William James MCGOLDRICK, Sr. and Margaret Mary MAHER) was born on 22 Mar 1922 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; died on 1 Jul 2015 in Mt. Kisco, Westchester, Ny; was buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Oak Bluffs, Dukes, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Elizabeth married Samuel Bancroft BIRD, Jr. on 30 Oct 1948 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]