[p. 731] agent for the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad at Ellwood City, was born near Noblestown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1867, and is a son of James and Catherine (Campbell) Kirk.
The parents of Mr. Kirk are highly respected residents of Smith's Ferry, Beaver County. They reared a family of four sons and two daughters, namely: Sarah Agnes, who married Dr. R. B. Dawson, is a resident of Esther, Beaver County; D. C., who is superintendent of the Robinson Run cemetery, resides near McDonald, Pennsylvania; George A., who is an oil contractor, lives at Beaver; Jennie T. and R. H., both reside with their parents; and William James, of Ellwood City.
Mr. Kirk attended the public schools through boyhood and later Oak Dale Academy and after leaving school, when nineteen years of age, still further prepared himself for future usefulness by taking a Correspondence School course in certain branches. He then became assistant and later clerk in a Noblestown business house, where he remained until 1892, and then went into railroad work, serving as a brakeman for the Panhandle Railroad for a year, at Cleveland, Ohio, and then for the Pennsylvania at East Liverpool, until 1897. He then worked at Jacob's Creek in the scale office, after which he became agent at the West Ellwood Junction, for one year and one month. When transferred from there to Bentley, Ohio, he entered upon a period of fifteen months of very hard work after which he was transferred to Ellwood City, where, for thirty-three months he has been both ticket and freight agent for the Pittsburg & Lake Erie system. Mr. Kirk is not only capable but also obliging and has made himself very popular with the patrons of the line.
On September 9, 1902, Mr. Kirk was married to Elizabeth J. Anderson, who is a daughter of Eli and Margaret Anderson, residents of Tarentum, Allegheny County. One child was born to this marriage but it passed away in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk are members of the United Presbyterian Church of Ellwood City. Their beautiful home is situated at No. 418 Spring Avenue. Mr. Kirk is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Ellwood City.
In political sentiment, Mr. Kirk is a Republican. At present he is serving as president of the borough council. During his ten years of residence here he has consistently advocated good government and has given generously to objects designed to advance the city's prosperity. He is a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M., at Youngstown, Ohio; Alma Lodge, No. 420, Knights of Pythias, at Ellwood City; and Ellwood Lodge, No. 1953, Knights and Ladies of Honor.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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