Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Kirk, O. D. 1849 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 5, 2007, 1:47 am Author: O. H. Bentley (1910) O. D. Kirk, the present incumbent of the Probate Court at Wichita, Kan., is a native of Monticello, White county, Indiana, and was born March 29, 1849, to Henry C. and Mary A. Kirk. He acquired his early education at Battle Ground, Ind., and then took up the study of law at Lafayette, where he was admitted to the bar April 18, 1875. Mr. Kirk began the practice of his profession at Lafayette, but in 1877 removed to Wichita and opened an office at No. 103 West Douglas street. In 1899 he was elected judge of the City Court. At the close of his term, in 1901, he resumed his practice and continued it till 1906. He was then elected judge of the Probate Court for two years, and at the close of his term, in 1908, was re-elected for a second term. In politics Judge Kirk has always been a Democrat. On August 18, 1878, he married Miss Mary E. Viele, of Schuylerville, N. Y. Their only child, Viele, born in June, 1883, married Miss Edith Seamans, of Wichita, and is now employed with the Long-Bell Lumber Company. Judge Kirk is a Mason, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Grand Army of the Republic, and also belongs to the Wichita Chamber of Commerce. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/kirk352gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb