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John Kirkman, son of John & Mahala (Dillon), b. 1835, of Delaware Co., IN

John Kirkman – Among the many well-to-do citizens of Harrison township, John KIRKMAN is prominent and highly esteemed by all who know him. He was born in 1835, in Bartholomew county, Ind.; being the sone of John and Mahala (DILLON) KIRKMAN. His father was born in Guilford county, N. C., March 3, 1788, and his mother in the same county in 1792. The father was a hatter by trade, and lived until his twenty-second year in his native county. At this time he came to Indiana, and located in Howard county, where he engaged in farming until 1875. Then he removed to Oregon and there lived a retired life in Douglas county in that state, until October, 1892, the date of his death, at the age of 104 years. The mother of our subject died in 1836, when his father married, a few years later, Margaret PIKE, a native of North Carolina.

In consequence of the death of his mother, John Kirkman lived with his sister until he was fourteen, and then for the next four years with a man by the name of SKEIN, after which he made his home with his brother, Peter, in Howard county. At the latter place he worked at whatever thing came to hand. He was married December 30, 1863, to Miss Elizabeth PARKER, daughter of ‘Squire PARKER, an old pioneer of this county. She was born in Delaware county February 13, 1841. Mr. KIRKMAN, soon after his marriage, began lumbering by renting a saw mill, which business he followed for thirty years at different places in the county. He then bought 160 acres of splendid land in the northwest part of Harrison township, where he now lives a retired life. This farm is the reward of his own labor. John KIRKMAN enlisted in 1861 for one year in company B, Twelfth Indiana regiment, and served sixteen months, having taken part in several skirmishes. He receives a pension of seventeen dollars a month as the result of disabilities received in the service. Mr. and Mrs. KIRKMAN are the parents of one child, John P., who is a prosperous merchant. They are prominent members of the Christian church. Mr. KIRKMAN is an active member of lodge No. 425, I. O. O. F., at New Corner.

[from: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware County, Indiana, page 587. A. W. Bowen & Company, Chicago, 1894.]
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