Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Kirk, John 1840 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JOHN KIRK, son of William Kirk, a farmer, P. O. Robinson, was born in Licking
County, Ohio, November 4, 1840. At the age of eleven, came with his parents to
Crawford County, Ill., and located in west part of Robinson Township. His
education was obtained in the common schools of the county. He was married,
March 28, 1865, in this county, to Miss Emeline V. Holmes, and engaged in
farming. Purchased a farm of 260 acres in Sections 30 and 31, Robinson Township.
He raises mostly corn and wheat, and a fair amount of grass, also stock. He is a
member of the Grange society. Politically, he is a Democrat. He has a family of
four living and one dead-Victor Lee, William D., Elliot, Allen J. Palmer, Addie
Anna, and one dead, Arthur E.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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