Tara Bell Kirk

Brief Life History of Tara Bell

When Tara Bell Kirk was born on 6 April 1876, in Giles, Virginia, United States, her father, William Harvey Kirk, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Journell, was 46. She married Adam Witt on 21 December 1892, in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Dublin, Pulaski, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 September 1950, in Richlands, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Claypool Hill, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adam Witt
1875–1931
Tara Bell Kirk
1876–1950
Marriage: 21 December 1892
Charles W Witt
1897–1901
William Sanders Witt
1899–1970
Isaac Jackson Witt
1901–1984
Victoria Elizabeth Witt
1904–1970
Sallie Madeline Witt
1905–1937
Luther Dillon Witt
1909–1932
Viola Witt
1909–
Grover Dale Witt
1911–1982
Virginia Belle Witt
1911–1983
Clinton Edward Witt
1915–1983
Richard Herbert Whitt
1919–1964
Geneta D Witt
1921–
Amandey AKA "Mandy, Amanda" Nordine Witt Roberts
1925–1998

Sources (32)

  • Belle Will in household of Adam J Will, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Bell Kirk, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Tura Belle Witt, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

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Name Meaning

Scottish, English, and Danish: from Middle English, Danish kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja), a topographic name for someone who lived near a church. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century or earlier.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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