Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Shirk, Miles B 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Miles B. Shirk, of the mercantile firm of Shirk Bros., at Morrison, dealers in 
clothing and furnishing goods for gentlemen, was born May 23d, 1840, in 
Clarion Co. Pa. He is a son of Charles and Sarah (Galbraith) Shirk, residents 
of Morrison, of whom an extended sketch, with a record of their several 
children, may be found on another page of this work. The father of Mr. Shirk 
has been and is still an extensive land proprietor of Whiteside County, and 
the son was reared on a farm. He lived on a farm until the fall of 1878, when, 
in company with his brother William, he came to Morrison and embarked in the 
business in which they have since been engaged, and have operated with 
success. Mr. Shirk formed a matrimonial alliance with Jennie G. Gates Dec. 20, 
1864, at Cooperstown, Venango Co., Pa., and they have had three children, 
namely: Elizabeth, George and Mary. Mrs. Shirk was born in Clarion Co., Pa., 
and is the daughter of George and Elizabeth Gates.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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