.            Joshua Dickens, c1852-56 -   , s/o Ransom Dickens .                                                                                                        (INDEX) .                                                                  author: Michael D. Nestor, email: mdn3557@yahoo.com 133   Joshua Dickens,5                                                                                                      13   (Ransom,4,Benford,3,Thomas,2) . .             b ca 1852-56 Va. .             m 26 Jun 1874 to his 1st cousin Isabelle Hughett, b Jul 1858 Va, d/o Stephen Hughett (#23) and Rhoda Duncan. .                 She was Francis Hughett in dau Elmira's death rec. .             1880 Floyd Co census, Indian Valley, p 300C, #125/126, Joshua Dickens,24 Va, laborer, Isabelle,20 Va, Jackson,3 Va, Elmira F.,1 .                      Va. .             1900 and 1910 census', family not located. .             issue: 1331      1.   Jackson Dickens (Jack), b 5 Dec 1876 Carroll Co, Va (b Mar 1878 acc to 1900 census), m Rosetta Dickerson (Zetta). .                   Moved to Roanoke, Va. .             2.   Elmira F. Dickens, b ca 1879 Pulaski Co, d 1 Jan 1959 Pulaski Co, "d/o Joshua Dickens and Francis Hughett", bur Thorn- .                   springs Methodist Church Cem, Pulaski, m Albert Matheson Sirt, b ca 1887 Bland Co, Va, d 21 Jan 1957 Pulaski Co, bur .                   Thornsprings Methodist Church Cem, s/o James Sirt and Elizabeth Tickle. .                   1910 and 1920 census', family not located. .                   1930 Pulaski Co census, Pulaski, ED 78-11, sheet 21B, #365/455, Albert Sirt,46 Va (marr age 18), laborer, odd jobs, Elmira,46 .                            Va (marr age 18), Willie,20 Va (D), cook, restaurant, Edith,13 Va, Monroe,12 Va. .                   1940 Pulaski Co census, Pulaski Dist, ED 78-17, sheet 1A, #8, Albert M. Sirt,64 Va (father), laborer, farm, Elmire L.,57 Va .                            (mother), living with James E. Sirt family. .                   issue: .                   a.   James Elbert Sirt, b 1 Aug 1902 Va, d 22 Jan 1968 Pulaski Co, "s/o Albert Sirt and Elmira Dickens", bur Thornsprings .                         Methodist Church Cem, m Callie B. Shoemaker, b 25 Aug 1914 Va, d 5 Mar 2002, bur Thornsprings Methodist Church .                         Cem, d/o Thomas Franklin Shoemaker and Cora Adell Reynolds.  Callie m(2) 21 Apr 1976 Pulaski Co to Henry Mike .                         Maxwell, b 26 Jun 1906 Va, s/o John Henry Maxwell and Mary Sayers. .                   b.   Virginia Mary Sirt Wolfe (Virgie), b 1 Aug 1904 Va, d 6 Aug 1984 Pulaski Co, m 9 Nov 1929 Mercer Co, WVa to .                         Edward Elias Pennington (Ed), b 24 May 1887 WVa, d 9 Jul 1959 Pulaski Co, bur Thornsprings Methodist Church Cem, .                         Pulaski, Pulaski Co, s/o John Albert Pennington and Margaret E. Simpkins.  Edward had m(1) 1906 Monroe Co, WVa to .                         Maude Everna Brown.  Edward had m(2) 6 Feb 1918 Pulaski Co to Nannie Florence Largen, b ca 1900-01 Pulaski Co, d/o .                         Wesley Largen (#112) and Rhoda Ellen Hughett (Ellen). .                   c.   John Willie Sirt (Willie, Bill), b 1 Aug 1906 Pulaski Co, d 7 Dec 1987 Pulaski Co (SSDI 230-10-6682 Va), bur Thorn- .                         springs Methodist Church Cem, m(1) ____, and they div.  Willie m(2) 23 Jul 1932 Pulaski Co to Margaret Meredith John- .                         son, div, b ca 1902 Pulaski Co, d/o H. C. Meredith and Pearl Akers.  Willie and Margaret div 11 Nov 1935 Pulaski Co. .                         Willie m(2) 25 Sep 1937 Pulaski Co to Anna Mae Horton, b 4 May 1917 Pulaski Co, d 11 Oct 1987 Rocky Mount, .                         Franklin Co, Va, d/o Charles Everett Horton (Charlie) (#215) and Sarah EllenTaylor.  Willie and Anna div 9 Oct 1941 .                         Pulaski Co.  Willie m(4) 29 Aug 1942 Roanoke to Ruby Josephine Little Mills, b 22 Nov 1914 Barlow, WVa, d 14 Feb .                         1997 Pulaski (SSDI 230-10-7171 Va), d/o Edgar B. Little and Edna Hughes.  John's and Ruby's LR: Pulaski, Pulaski Co .                         24301. .                   d.   Emma Sirt (Emily), b 23 May 1910 Wythe or Bland Co, d 1 Oct 2002 Radford, bur Westview Cem, Blacksburg, Mont- .                         gomery Co, m(1) 27 Oct 1928 Pulaski Co to Hobart L. Phillips, b ca 1907 Pulaski Co, s/o .                         G. W. Phillips and Dollie Odell.  Emma m(2) 14 Apr 1930 Pulaski Co to Oakley Twiggs, b ca 1903 Wise Co, s/o John .                         Twiggs and Hannah Wampler.  Emma and Oakley div 10 Mar 1938 Pulaski Co.  Oakley m(2) 8 Nov 1945 Botetourt Co .                         to Flora Belle Collier, b ca 1909 Tarboro, NC, and they div 6 Dec 1950 Botetourt Co.  Emma m(2) Tony Revin, b 2 Jun .                         1890 Poland, d 11 Nov 1960 Radford, bur Thornsprings Methodist Church Cem, Pulaski, Pulaski Co. .                   e.   Edith Sirt, b 10 Jul 1914 Pulaski Co, d 15 Feb 1996 Elkin, NC (SSDI 231-24-8471 Va), m 23 Aug 1930 Pulaski Co to .                         Tazewell Elliott Sutphin, b 23 Aug 1913 Va, d 2 Sep 1985 Carroll Co, s/o Tazewell Ellett Sutphin (Ellett (#14212) and .                         Olive Matilds Jarrells (Ollie). .                   f.    Monroe Sirt, b 2 Jan 1917 Pulaski Co, d 23 May 1960 Pulaski Co, m 8 Sep 1934 Pulaski Co to Maggie Draper, b 6 May .                         1906 Pulaski Co, d 26 Apr 1973 Pulaski, d/o James Draper (Jim) and Bessie Donithan (or Sadie Tickle) . .                  Ref:   www.findagrave.com, info by David Simpson. .