Leedom M. Kirk

1833 - 1914  (80 years)

• Name	Leedom M. Kirk  [1]
  Birth	31 Dec 1833	Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Upper Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania
  	PA
  	Enumerated 11 Jun, visit 129, family 132: Leedom Kirk - age 26, merchant, personal estate $35, b. PA Sabina - age 27, b. PA Lizzie W. - age 5, b. PA Jane B. - age 3, b. PA Addie B. Baker - age 20, domestic, b. PA
  Death	1 Jul 1914	West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Burial	3 Jul 1914	Cumberland Cemetery, Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Notes	Death notice in The Philadelphia Inquirer on 2 Jul 1914 Kirk - At West Chester, Pa., Leedom Kirk, in the 81st year of his age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services without further notice, from his late residence, 335 Dean st., West Chester, on Friday. Meet at the house 1 P.M. Remains can be seen Thursday evening after 7 o'clock. Interment Cumberland Cemetery. Remains can be seen at cemetery at 3 P.M. Leedom Kirk's parents are named in his death certificate as George Kirk and Mary Worrall by the informant, Mrs. Mary Sharpe of West Chester. She also supplied his exact birth date. He was married and retired when he died at the age of 81 years, 6 months and 2 days.
  Person ID	I8775	Ives-Leedom
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	George Kirk,   b. Abt 1805, Upper Providence, Chester, Pennsylvania d. 11 Mar 1895, Willistown, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Worrall,   b. 5 Oct 1799, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania d. 23 Jul 1841 (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1831	Reformed Church, Willow Grove, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F5877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sabina Bishop Baker,   b. 2 Sep 1832, Edgmont, Chester, Pennsylvania d. 10 Jun 1916, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1853	West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Jane Baker Kirk,   b. 22 Sep 1857, Delaware Co, Pennsylvania d. 15 Oct 1947, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F5878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023

  
  

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• Sources

  [S140] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family, ((Lancaster PA, Wickersham Printing Company, 1901)), p. 790. [S17] Vital Records, Death certificate, 1891. [S17] Vital Records, Marriage record, 1891.