BIO: Kirk, Daniel gs/o Kirk, Daniel - Marion Co

"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE AND BROWN, INDIANA HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
Charles Blanchard, Editor.  Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers  1884.
F. A. Battey, F.W. Tepple

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JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA

DANIEL KIRK was born in Shelby County, Ind., October 1, 1828.  His parents
were William H. and Elizabeth (Depew) Kirk, natives of Kentucky.  The
grandfather of our subject, Daniel Kirk, was an early settler of Marion
County, Ky., where he died, the father of two children--Lydia and William H.
The latter was born March 1, 1799.  In 1819, he, and his wife, moved to
Shelby County, Ind., where Mrs. Kirk died.  Mr. Kirk subsequently married
Susanna R. Sloan, and in 1838 came to this county, where he died in 1865,
the father of sixteen children.  Daniel Kirk, the subject of this sketch,
married December 7, 1857, Martha E., daughter of Nathan and Matilda Dow, and
a native of Clarke County, Ind., born September 9, 1835.  This union was
cemented by thirteen children--Ellen M., William H. (deceased), Charles H.,
Harvey A., Mary E., Benjamin R. (deceased), Susan M. (deceased), James E.,
Daniel P., Nathan F., Benjamin A., Martha J. (deceased) and Maggie R.
(deceased).  Mr. Kirk is a generally respected citizen.

Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
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Date: 25 Jul 1997