History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p.
687.

JAMES A. KIRK (deceased) was born in Shelby County, Ky., Dec. 18, 1818. 
His parents were James and Jane (Tyler) Kirk, natives of Virginia. 
James A. was but two years old when he came with his parents to Daviess
County, and settled on a farm in Masonville Precinct.  He married
Elizabeth Cottrell, Sept. 28, 1848.  She was born in Shelby County, Ky.,
Nov. 15, 1824, and was a daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Bryant) Cottrell,
natives of Virginia and Kentucky.  After Mr. and Mrs. Kirk were married
they lived on a farm in Knottsville Precinct four years, then moved on
the old homestead farm, where he died June 15, 1878.  He was a member of
the Bethabara church.  He and wife had a family of eight children, six
living--Lucy I., born Aug. 30, 1844; Benjamin C., born Feb. 14, 1856;
Burr P., born July 28, 1858, married Dora Arnold, Feb. 23, 1881; John N.
E., born Dec. 18, 1860; Thomas J., born Jan. 7, 1864, and Anna M., born
Dec. 8, 1867.  Mrs. Kirk resides on the old homestead farm with her
children.  She is now in the fifty-seventh year of her age; is a member
of the Baptist church at Bethabara.

Kirk Tyler Cottrell Bryant Arnold
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Shelby-KY VA

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