A 2-Years' illness fatal to Retired Farmer
Born in Ohio in 1853, he came to Kansas in 1886 and had lived in this county since then.
William Henry Kirker, 82, pioneer of Uniontown, died at 5 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed Hartman, in the Turkey Creek neighborhood, following an illness of two-year duration. He had been dangerously ill for two days.
Mr. Kirker, who for 50 years had lived in the Uniontown vicinity, was a retired farmer and stockman. He was born in Coshocion County, Ohio, on December 3, 1853. He married Edith Hall at West Lafayette, Ohio, on December 11, 1873, and the couple came to the Uniontown neighborhood March 6, 1886. Mr. Kirker had taken an active part in building and bettering the community in which he lived, and he was a faithful member of the Methodist church there....The Fort Scott Tribune.
A 2-Years' illness fatal to Retired Farmer
Born in Ohio in 1853, he came to Kansas in 1886 and had lived in this county since then.
William Henry Kirker, 82, pioneer of Uniontown, died at 5 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed Hartman, in the Turkey Creek neighborhood, following an illness of two-year duration. He had been dangerously ill for two days.
Mr. Kirker, who for 50 years had lived in the Uniontown vicinity, was a retired farmer and stockman. He was born in Coshocion County, Ohio, on December 3, 1853. He married Edith Hall at West Lafayette, Ohio, on December 11, 1873, and the couple came to the Uniontown neighborhood March 6, 1886. Mr. Kirker had taken an active part in building and bettering the community in which he lived, and he was a faithful member of the Methodist church there....The Fort Scott Tribune.
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