BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Pages 506-507.

THOMAS W. KIRK, an enterprising merchant of Rock Hill, Belmont Co., Ohio, 
is the son of Robert and Sarah Jane Kirk. The former was born in 1837, and 
married October 1, 1858, being the father of seven children: Anna L., born 
August 19, 1859; Thomas W., born February 15, 1862; Flora L., born January 
17, 1866, died March 25, 1873; James E., born September 25, 1871, died 
March 5, 1873; George B., born January 9, 1876; Chester C., born August 1, 
1878, and Robert J., born September 4, 1880. Thomas W. was brought up in 
his father's family, attending school in Flushing, and later graduating 
from the Zanesville Business college. He married Miss Louie E. Judkins, 
April 20, 1887. She is a daughter of James E. and Lucinda (Vance) Judkins. 
One child has come of this mariage, Brenton S., born November 17, 1888. Mr. 
and Mrs. Kirk are active members of the Flushing Methodist Episcopal 
church, and are very popular with their many friends and acquaintances, Mr. 
Kirk being regarded as one of the most promising young business men in the 
county. Mrs. Kirk's grandfather came to Ohio from Virginia at a very early 
date, living to be eighty-five xears of age; he and his wife now sleep side 
by side in the Rock Hill cemetery. The family have been prominently 
identified with the settlement and growth of Belmont county. Mr. Kirk is a 
member of Flushing lodge, No. 291, of the K. of P., Uniform Rank, No. 92, 
and is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, Flushing lodge, No. 298.