BIO: James E. KIRK, 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, page 976.
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  JAMES E. KIRK,* president of the Madera National Bank and also owner and 
proprietor of a large hardware business, at Madera, Pa., is one of the leading 
men of the borough and one of the most substantial citizens of the place.  He 
was born at Utahville, Clearfield County, Pa., September 27, 1863, and is a son 
of Samuel and Rebecca S. (Beyer) Kirk, and a grandson of James E. Kirk, who was 
also born in Clearfield County.  Samuel Kirk survives and resides with his son 
at Madera.  He was born in Cumberland County and his wife in Clearfield County, 
Pa.
  James E. Kirk enjoyed excellent educational advantages, after completing the 
public school course entering Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, later taking a 
course in Birmingham Seminary and finally a course in business at the Bryant and 
Stratton Commercial College, Philadelphia.  Afterward, for about eighteen years, 
Mr. Kirk was in the employ of Beyer & Kirk, lumber men at Madera, and then 
became identified with the interests which are his own.  His hardware and house 
furnishing establishment is a leading business enterprise of the town, while the 
Madera National Bank enjoys a large amount of patronage.  He is also a 
stockholder in the Madera Water Company and is a one-half owner of fifty houses 
and 100 building lots at this place.
  Mr. Kirk was married to Miss Della M. Heck, who was born in Huntingdon County, 
Pa., and they have the following children:  Samuel R. S., who is attending 
school at Clearfield; and James E., David John and Ninevah Viana.  Mr. Kirk and 
family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.  In politics both he and his 
father are Republicans and he has served two terms as treasurer of Bigler 
Township.  He is identified with the Masonic lodge at Tyrone.