Person:Alexander Kirk (4)

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Alexander Kirk
m. 1804
  1. Alexander Kirk1805 - 1877
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Name Alexander Kirk
Gender Male
Birth[1] 8 Feb 1805 McMinn County, Tennessee
Marriage to Sarah H. 'Sallie' Sweeten
Death[1] 19 Mar 1877 Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon
Burial[1] 1877 Athena Cemetery, Athena, Umatilla County, Oregon
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    Alexander Kirk
    Birth: Feb. 8, 1805
    McMinn County
    Tennessee, USA
    Death: Mar. 19, 1877
    Weston
    Umatilla County
    Oregon, USA

    Son of John and Eva (Nosler) Kirk.

    Alexander Kirk was a pioneer of 1846. Operated the first ferry across the Calapooya River at Brownsville, Oregon, until a bridge was built. Also had a blacksmith shop.

    Married twice. Father of William Riley, Mary Ann "Polly", Henry Harrison, Mary, Thomas Jefferson, Elizabeth, Orpha, Catherine, Hiram Leander "Lee", Amanda Ellen, Francis Marion, and James Kirk (with Sarah Sweeten), and Maria (with second wife, Maria Boswell).

    Originally interred in Kees Cem or Blue Mountain Cemetery, Athena, Umatilla Co OR but moved to Athena Cemetery, Umatilla Co in 1990.

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