my KIRK family

My KIRK line was centered in Chester and Delaware Counties in Pennsylvania.

This wonderful photo was taken in First Month 1904 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is a gathering of the KIRK family, specifically the family of my great-great-great grandparents Sabina Bishop Baker Kirk (1832-1916) and Leedom Kirk (1829-1918).

Three generations of my direct ancestors are pictured, a great-grandmother, a great-great-grandmother, and two of my great-great-great-grandparents. The married names of some of the women are in parenthesis.

Sincere thanx to KIRK cousin (3rd cousin, once removed) Mike McFadden, discovered via the web, for the photo.

This photo continues to unite KIRK kin. I have since heard from Ian Kobler, a great-grandson of Jane "Jennie" K. Shoester (later Kobler), my 4th cousin.

BACK ROW (from left): Washington Kirk, Elizabeth "Libb" Shoester, Nena Hoopes, Mary Sharp (later Mitchell), Emma Shoester (later Schick), Jane "Jennie" K. Shoester (later Kobler), Mary Mann, Mary Mann, and Abby Hoopes. NEXT ROW: Mary Kirk, Alma Kirk (later Miller), J. Wells Kirk, Jessie Sharp (later Henderson), William Kirk, Eva Shoester (later Watt), Benjamin Kirk, Marie M. Kirk, Israel Kirk, Clara Kirk, Jessie Kirk, George J. Shoester, Clara Groves, and Myrtle Shoester (later Jones). SEATED: Jane "Jennie" Baker Kirk Sharp, George Kirk, Hazel Kirk (later John), Sabina Bishop Baker Kirk, Leedom Kirk, "Lizzie" Kirk Shoester, and Blanche Shoester (later Kluth). FOREGROUND: Leedom Kirk, William Kirk, Vernon Kirk, Raymond Kirk, and Francis Paxon. Names provided by Mike McFadden.

This is a coin awarded to Leedom Kirk (pictured above) by the Agricultural & Industrial Society of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. One side of the coin reads -- The Agricultural & Industrial Society of Delaware County, Pa. Incorporated 1878 The center shows a seated figure and a depiction of a working farm. The other side of the coin is engraved -- Awarded to Leedom Kirk for Buckeye Cleaner & Binder 1882

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