Ira was the son of John and Lawsie West Hurt. He married Sarah Frances Warden on the 26th day of March 1853 in Raleigh County, Virginia (which is now West Virginia).

Ira and Sarah's 12 known children are:
Arlisha Hurt Smith (1854–1934)
Emily Jane (Emma) Hurt Hunt (1855–Between 1890 and 1900)
Elizabeth Mariah (Lizza) Hurt Teel (1856–1948)
Thomas Jefferson Hurt (1858–1921)
Julia Anne Hurt Coleman (1860–1893)
William Alfred "Bub" Hurt (1862–1921)
Stuart Laing Hurt, Senior (1864–1944)
Sarah Amanda Hurt (1867–1907)
Millard Filmore Hurt (1870–1920)
Algar Belle Hurt (1873–1877)
Ira Dickerson "Deet" Hurt (1878–1941)
Martha Daisy Hurt (1880–1965)

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From Some Descendants of Thomas Warden

By Thomas A. Warden

Sarah Frances Warden was born on November 27, 1834, the first of Thomas and Martha's children to be born in Fayette County, Virginia. She married Ira Hurt on March 24, 1853, in Raleigh County, Virginia. Ira (1834-1915) is son of John and Lawsey West Hurt. Sarah Frances and Ira lived on Stonewall Road in Piney View. They are both buried in the Ira Hurt Cemetery at the end of Stonewall. Sarah Frances died of pneumonia on June 17, 1927. They had 12 children: 1. Arlisha Smith, 2. Emily Jane "Emma" Hunt, 3. Elizabeth Marie "Lizzie" Teel, 4. Thomas Jefferson, 5. Julia Ann "Annie" Coleman, 6. William Alfred "Bub", 7. Stuart Laing, 8. Sarah Amanda, 9. Millard Fillmore, 10. Ira "Deet," 11. Martha Daisy Article ends without listing #12- (12. Algar Belle).
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U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 about Ira D Hurt

Name:Ira D Hurt
Birth Date: abt 1839
Age: 22
Enlistment Date: 1861
Military Unit: Thirty-sixth Infantry (Second Kanawha Infantry).
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HURT, John - A native of Patrick County, Va., he moved to the Radford place top of Batoff Mountain. His sons John, Ira, and Alfred were Confederate soldiers.
HISTORY OF BECKLEY AND RALEIGH COUNTY
Early Settlers of Raleigh County, West Virginia
The following article by Judge W. A. Riffe appeared in the Beckley Post-Herald Centennial Edition on Aug. 26, 1950.