Marriage
Clay Co WV., 23 Jan 1872
James E. Sirk 22 b. Braxton Co s/o John A. & Lucinda (Frame)
Rachel Eagle 27 b. Nicholas Co d/o Enoch & Cynthia (Lilly)
Married by S. B. Grose

1860 CLAY CO VA (WV) CENSUS
SIRK, JOHN A. age ..32
.....Lucinda age .....30
.....John E. age ......12
.....JAMES E.. age ....10
.....Mary E. age ......4
.....William M. age.. 2

1880 CLAY CO WV CENSUS
SIRK, JAMES E. age ......30
.....Rachel age .............38 wife
.....Susan E. age ...........7 dau
.....Ella M. age ..............5 dau
.....Edward F.a age .......4 son
.....James O. age ..........3 son
.....Mary age ................1 dau

1900 CLAY CO WV CENSUS:
# 109
SIRK, JAMES E. b. May 1850 age .50 married 27 years
........Rachel b. Feb 1844 age ..............56 married 27 years , 10 children with only 8 alive (sic)
........Edward F. b. Dec 1875 age ........24 single b. WV
........James A. b. Nov 1877 age ..........22 single
........Curtis E. b. Oct 1881 age ............18 single b. WV
........Annie b. Mar 1883 age ...............17 b. single WV
........Sarah B. b. Mar 1885 age ...........15 single b. WV
........Rosa b. Apr 1889 age .................11 single b. WV

1910 CLAY CO WV CENSUS
# 41, Ott2r Dist., ED# 4, page 13 A, read April 15, 1910
JAMES E. SIRK, ........59, married 38 years, he and his parents b. VA
Rachel, ...................64, wife, married for 38 years, she adnher parents b. VA, Rachel had had 9 children with 7 alive in 1910( sic)
Sarah,................. ....25, dau, b. WV

1920 CLAY CO WV CENSUS
# 170, O'Brion Creek Road, Dist # 30, Otter Dist # 4, image 21 of 39, read 26,27, 28, January 1920 by McLaughlin, P. Al
Rachel Sirk, ...75, head, she and parents b. West Virginia (sic), farmer/general farm*
James Sirk, ...68, husband, he and parents b.West Vorginia, (sic), laborer on farsm
LISTED AS SISK in ancestry.com INDEX with Rachel not listed in INDEX
Yes, the enumerator listed Rachel first and as head of family?
* WV not a state until 1863!