Jackson County AlArchives Biographies.....Kirk, Walter F. January 16 1860 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 27, 2004, 9:44 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) WALTER F. KIRK, attorney-at-law of Bridgeport, Ala., was born in Russellville Franklin county, Ala., January 16, 1860. He was educated at Winchester Normal school, Winchester, Tenn., and graduated in law from the university of Lebanon, Tenn., in 1884. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin county the same year. He then located in Scottsboro, Ala., and practiced there with J. E. Brown until February, 1891. He then removed to Bridgeport and has been engaged in the practice of his profession at that point ever since. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. He was married in 1888 to Lelia Parks, daughter of Mrs. Maggie Parks, and to their marriage there were born two children, James D. and Arleen. The father of Mr. Kirk was Frank Kirk, a native of Franklin county, Ala., and a farmer by occupation. He entered the Confederate service at the beginning of the war, and was killed at the battle of Shiloh in 1862. He married Miss Sue Drake, by whom he had two children, of whom only one, Walter F. Kirk, survives. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1141 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb