BIO: George Breon KIRK, M. D., Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 893 & 894.
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  GEORGE BREON KIRK, M. D., a well known physician and surgeon of Clearfield 
County, whose field of practice is the thriving town of Kylertown, Pa., has been 
located here for the past thirteen years, and is a member of one of Clearfield 
County's old and honored families.  Dr. Kirk was born at Luthersburg, in Brady 
Township, Clearfield County, Pa., May 10, 1873, and is a son of Joseph H. and 
Anna (Goodlander) Kirk.
  William Kirk, the grandfather of Dr. Kirk, carried on agricultural operations 
in the vicinity of Luthersburg, where his father had been an early settler.  On 
the maternal side, Dr. Kirk is descended from another early settler of 
Luthersburg who was a farmer and hotel keeper and the proprietor of a shoemaking 
establishment.  The children of William Kirk were as follows:  Dr. M. A. Kirk, 
of Bellefonte; Dr. Thomas Kirk, of Burr Oak, Kans.; Brady, also of Burr Oak, 
Kans,; Dr. Ellis Kirk (deceased), formerly of Cleveland, O.; John (deceased); 
three who died in infancy; Mary, also deceased (Mrs. Erastus Luther of 
Troutville); and Joseph H.  The mother of Dr. Kirk also belonged to a large 
family, her sisters and brothers being:  Hon. George B. deceased, who resided in 
Clearfield; Daniel, deceased, who lived in Luthersburg; Charles, residing on a 
farm near DuBois; Sophia, who is the wife of George Nolder of Luthersburg; Mary, 
who is the widow of the late Jospeh Shugarts of Luthersburg; Jane, who is the 
widow of the later James Schofield; Clara, who is the wife of William Dilley; 
Mrs. Fred Arnold, Reynoldsville, deceased; Sadie, wife of Wm. Porter, of 
Brookville, Pa., Catherine deceased; Margaret, deceased; and one who died in 
infancy.
  Joseph H. Kirk was born at Luthersburg, Brady Township, and as a young man 
learned the trade of wagon and carriage maker, spending his entire life in 
Luthersburg except the last two years.  He is of Quaker origin, although his 
wife's family were all Lutherans.  Mrs. Kirk died in about 1900.  Nine children 
were born to Joseph H. and Anna Kirk, namely:  Alice, who married D. A. Moyer of 
Kylertown; Lorana, who is living at home; Nora, also residing at home; Harvey, a 
bookkeeper of Philadelphia, who married Agnes Clark; George Breon; Dr. Charles, 
who is engaged in practice at Troutville; Elizabeth, who is the wife of the Rev. 
James Heron, of Iowa, a Presbyterian minister; Mary, who is a teacher in the 
Clearfield public schools and Ralph, who is a student at the State College, 
taking a course in mining engineering.
  George Breon Kirk attended the public schools of Brady Township, the Bellfonte 
High school and the State normal school at Lockhaven, and then taught school for 
four years in Brady Township.  At the end of this time he entered the Baltimore 
Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1898, immediately 
after which he located in Kylertown, where he has since built up a large and 
lucrative practice.
  In the spring of 1899, Dr. Kirk was married to Miss Alice Barrett Moore, of 
Luthersburg, and three sons have been born to this union, namely:  Robert, 
Thomas and John.  Mrs. Kirk was educated in the public schools of DuBois, where 
her parents, H. R. and Henrietta (Barrett) Moore, resided for some years.  Dr. 
Kirk is a member of the Clearfield County Medical Society, of which he is 
secretary, and also holds membership in the West Branch, State and National 
associations, and of Moshannon Lodge No. 391 of Philipsburg, F. & A. M.  He is a 
Democrat in his political views.