Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.
MORGAN COUNTY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
PAGE 330
DANIEL KIRK was born in Shelby County, Ind., October 1, 1828. His
parents were William H. and Elizabaeth (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, 1856,
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.
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