The Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 28 Aug 1938, Sunday

Winchester, TN, Aug 27 - News was received here today of the death of Edmund Kirby-Smith, 72, eldest son of the late Confederate General E Kirby-Smith, which occurred on Friday night at his home at Long Beach, CA

Mr Kirby-Smith was born in New Castle, KY and was educated at the University of the South at Sewanee. Following his graduation, he was a Civil and Mining Engineer in Mexico for many years.

He was married in 1895 to Miss Virginia Tellez in Galtepas, Mexico.

He was a thirty-third degree Mason and a Shriner.

Surviving: His widow; 2 sons, Lt Edmund Kirby-Smith of the US Navy and Dr Hayden Kirby-Smith of Washington, DC. 2 daughters, Mrs Edgar Skidmore of Mexico City and Miss Mary Kirby-Smith of Long Beach.

5 Sisters: Mrs Carolina Crolly and Mrs Rowland Hale of Sewanee
Mrs Fannie Wade of Union City
Mrs Roades Fayerweather of Baltimore, MD
Mrs Randolph Buck of Winnetka, IL

3 Brothers: Dr R M Kirby-Smith of Sewanee
William M Kirby-Smith of El Paso, TX
Dr J Lee Kirby-Smith of Jacksonville, FL

Burial in Long Beach
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The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) · Sun, Mar 29, 1931

Mexico City, March 28 - The original site of the Aztec Club of 1847, second to the Society of the Cincinnati in point of age among American patriotic societies, has been found here after years of search by Major Otto Holstein and Edmund Kirby-Smith, American residents in Mexico City.

For several decades, the historic spot marking the birthplace of this club and its original home had been lost, perhaps due to the fact that names of streets in Mexico City are changed frequently.

Members of the organization are the oldest sons or nearest blood relatives of officers who participated in the Mexican War, just as members of the Society of Cincinnati are descendants of Revolutionary War veterans.

Major Holstein, Kirby-Smith and Gordon Granger are the only members of the club who live in Mexico. All three are native Kentuckians, Holstein having been born in Lexington and Kirby-Smith and Granger in Louisville.

Kirby-Smith is a son of General Edmund Kirby-Smith, who has gone down in American history as a famous Civil War General. General Kirby-Smith was in command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate Army, with headquarters at Shreveport, LA and was the last Confederate General to surrender.

Ephraim Kirby-Smith, Uncle of the present member of the Aztec Club of 1847, was killed in the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican War.

Edmund Kirby-Smith, Jr, a son, is a Lt in the US Navy.

The original home of the club, which now has been located, once was the residence of Senor Boca Negra, former minister to the US from Mexico and was near the headquarters of General Winfield Scott, Commander in Chief of the American Army, which at the time of organization, October 13, 1847, was in possession of Mexico City. The building is located at the streets now called Cinco de Mayo and Isabel la Catolica. The club was formed originally by officers of the American Army as a place for recreation.