Husband: Alexander KIRK
Birthdate: 8 February 1805
Birthplace: Knox County, Tennessee
Death date: 19 March 1877
Place of death: Umatilla County, Oregon
Father: John KIRK
Mother: Eva NOSLER

Marriage date: 8 January 1826
Marriage place: Anderson County, Tennessee

Wife: Sarah SWEETEN
Birthdate: 14 May 1811
Birthplace: Tennessee
Death date: 29 May 1858
Place of death: Linn County, Oregon
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William Riley KIRK
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 November 1826
Birthplace: Tennessee
Death date: 24 September 1901
Place of death: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Marriage date: 19 May 1846
Marriage place: Platte County, Missouri
Spouse's name: Sarah W. EADS

Child No. 2: Mary Ann "Polly" KIRK
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 August 1827
Birthplace: Anderson County, Tennessee
Death date: about 3 March 1866
Place of death: Crawfordsville, Linn County, Oregon
Marriage date: 18 December 1841
Marriage place: Platte County, Missouri
Spouse's name: Richard Chism FINLEY

Child No. 3: Henry Harrison KIRK
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 April 1836
Birthplace: Monroe County, Indiana
Death date: 13 July 1910
Place of death: Halsey, Linn County, Oregon
Marriage date: 28 December 1854
Marriage place: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Spouse's name: Isabel Caroline PEARL

Child No. 4: Thomas Jefferson KIRK
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12 August 1839
Birthplace: Platte County, Missouri
Death date: 26 January 1910
Place of death: Umatilla County, Oregon
Marriage date: 12 October 1860
Marriage place: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Spouse's name: Ann COYLE

Child No. 5: Elizabeth KIRK
Sex:
Birthdate: 19 September 1842
Birthplace: Platte County, Missouri
Death date: 23 September 1857
Place of death: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Marriage date: 23 July 1857
Marriage place: Linn County, Oregon
Spouse's name: William BURDEN

Child No. 6: Orpha Clay KIRK
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1844
Birthplace: Platte County, Missouri
Death date: Before 1869
Place of death: Linn County, Oregon
Marriage date: 26 March 1859
Marriage place: Linn County, Oregon
Spouse's name: William Henry WISHARD

Child No. 7: Hiram Leander "Lee" KIRK
Sex: M
Birthdate: 29 May 1847
Birthplace: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Death date: 7 December 1943
Place of death: Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington
Marriage date: 12 February 1871
Marriage place: Linn County, Oregon
Spouse's name: Margaret A. EVANS

Child No. 8: Amanda Ellen "Maundy" KIRK
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 January 1850
Birthplace: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Death date: 14 December 1940
Place of death: Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Marriage date: 11 October 1866
Marriage place: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Spouse's name: William George BOYCE

Child No. 9: Francis Marion KIRK
Sex: M
Birthdate: 28 January 1850
Birthplace: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Death date: June 1851
Place of death: Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Documentation:
!Birth: Violet Morton has bd 8 Nov 1805: Effie Kirk has 8 Feb 1805.
!Anderson Co. TN deed book H-1 p. 46 John Kirk to Alexander Kirk (film #979,338). Alexander Kirk was living in Monroe Co., Indiana in 1830.
!Burial: Buried in Kees Cemetery, Umatilla Co., OR.; remains removed Nov 1990 and reburied in the Athena Cemetery, according to Ivan F. Duff letter to Patricia R. Chambers Kirk Pence, 5 Sep 1991. He is buried with three of his grandchildren. The removal was done to prevent further vandalism of the grave at the Kees (Keyes) Cemetery.
!Effie Kirk genealogy; There is another child listed in IGI: John W. Kirk b. 1829 in TN; md. n.d. Catherine. from Tuck Forsythe: IGI source film: LDS FHL 1553692 made Nov 1988 batch 600188 sheets 1-30, by Carolyn C. Lundgren 365 E. 1500 South, Bountiful, UT 84010. Her data only slightly improved from Linn Co. Pioneer Books vols. 1-11. This John W. KIRK may well come in the gap in this family record between Mary Ann "Polly" KIRK (later FINLEY) b. 29 Aug 1827 and Henry Harrison Kirk b. 16 Apr 1836. I got these children's info. both from Brownsville Pub. Lib. and Census, not from IGI I don't think. Violet Morton has another daughter, Catherine, b. 1846 and believes Catherine may have been the daughter of Maria Coyle.
!Alexander Kirk took out Oregon Donation Land Claim # 1598. Source: Oregon Donation Land Claim #1598
!Alexander Kirk was the first of the Kirks to come into Linn Co. His first wife was Sarah "Sallie" Sweeten (b. 14 May 1811; d. 29 May 1858 in Linn Co.). He had lived first in Anderson Co., TN, where the two eldest children were born, then in 1830 is found in Monroe Co., IN, and then 1839 in Platte Co., MO. Alexander Kirk came to Oregon in the first wagon train to use the Barlow Road around the Cascades. In the present Brownsville area he set up a ferry across the Calapooia River. His nephew John Wesley Kirk (my 2ggf) came to Oregon by train in 1870. In 1871 Alexander Kirk removed to Umatilla County. He died there 19 Mar 1877 and is presently buried in the Athena Cemetery.
!Birth, etc.: Possibly born in Campbell Co., Tn, rather than Anderson Co. Sister of Margaret "Peggy" Sweeten, wife of Alexander Kirk's brother Jonathan. Son Leander Kirk recalls in interview with Fred Lockley that she died on his birthday (which was May 29) in 1858. Biog. info. on file in Brownsville Pub. Lib., which is my source for her death date. There is a photo of Sarah Sweeten Kirk on file in the Linn County Historical Museum; I asked Dick Milligan to send me a copy 13 Jul 1998. He didn't do it.
!Burial: Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery, Block 4, West, lot 8, 35' x 10' (Alex Kirk): "Kirk, Sarah, Wife of Alex, 14 May 1811 - 29 May 1858 [First wife of Alex]"
!From the Campbell Co., Tenn. 1850 Census (17th subdivision of Campbell Co., taken 28 Aug 1850 by John Phillips)
108  108 Sweeten, Robert age 46 male Farmer b. Tenn. (cannot read or write--X in line 12)
108  108 Sweeten, Mary age 54 female b. Tenn. cannot read or write
108  108 Sweeten, Jane age 21 female b. Tenn. cannot read or write
108  108 Sweeten, Rebecca age 17 female b. Tenn.
108  108 Sweeten, Evaline age 16 b. Tenn.
108  108 Sweeten, Mary age 14 b. Tenn.
108  108 Sweeten, Sarah age 10 b. Tenn.
108  108 Sweeten, Mary age 10 b. Tenn.
108  108 Sweeten, John age 1 b. Tenn.