Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Kirk, Thomas J 1854 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

THOMAS J. KIRK, whose pleasant home in Florence Township, is a native of 
Janesville, Wis. and was born July 18, 1854. His parents, James and Elizabeth 
(Forsythe) Kirk, were born in the Emerald Isle and married in Ogdensburgh, N. 
Y., whence they removed to Janesville. In 1860 they changed their place of 
abode to Will County, Ill., locating on a farm in Florence Township, where 
both subsequently died. The elder Kirk was a cooper by trade and also a 
farmer. The family consisted of six children—Mary J. now wife of Joseph 
Whalen, a Dakota farmer; our subject; Elizabeth, still unmarried; Andrew, 
James and William, farmers in this county, two of them having homes in the 
same township. The gentleman of whom we write wras reared in this township 
from about his sixth year, and has followed farming since youth. He owns 
eighty acres of fertile land, which is carefully and intelligently tilled and 
bears adequate improvements. At present the attention of Mr. Kirk is divided 
between his agricultural work, threshing and well drilling. He stands well in 
the estimation of his fellowmen, being reliable and energetic in his business 
affairs, kindly in social and domestic life, and useful as a citizen of the 
county and State. Mr. Kirk has served five years as Collector of Florence 
Township and is now acting for the second term in the capacity of Assessor. 
His political affiliation is with the Democrat party. The order and 
attractiveness of his home are due to the housewifely skill and pleasing 
qualities of his wife who bore the maiden name of Fannie Jackson. She was born 
in Florence Township, August 4, 1855, to Charles and Ellen (Gating) Jackson, 
and became the wife of our subject January 7, 1880. Four charming daughters 
have come to bless the union. They are named respectively: Laura E., Ethel B., 
Alice and Elinor.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 
 


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