John M. KIRK

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He was the next oldest was complected every way like James. Was not so tall- well made, rather heavy built - and was always steady and possessed more firmness than any of us. Was slow to form his plans, but when they were once formed no small matter could forbid their execution. He embraced religion when young and always tried to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith he was called. He carried his religion with him every where, into his business and in his family. He was for several years a class leader.

He joined the C.S.A. Was under Gen. Joe (Joseph) E. Johnson, was wounded in one of the battles between Dalton and Atlanta. He went with Gen. Hood on his unfortunate campaign into Tenn. and was captured near Nashville and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he died about the time of surrender. He made a faithful soldier and maintained his Christian integrity to the last. In all his life he was timid and reserved, but firm. He endeavored to train his children for the Lord - I think perhaps that he was rather too rigid in his discipline over his children. They are left orphans in this cold and heartless world.

Note: John served with Co. B, 38th Alabama Regiment as a private. According to his Civil War records he was captured 16 Dec 1864. He was sent to Louisville KY and arrived at Camp Chase, OH 6 Jan. 1865. He died of pneumonia 27 March, 1865. His brother James J. Kirk also died as a prisoner of war in Rock Island, IL


CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John M Kirk
Age in 1860: 35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male
Post Office: Prairie Bluff
Household Members:
John M Kirk 35
Mary A M Kirk 29
James M Kirk 9
Martha V Kirk 8
Mary E Kirk 6
Margaret Kirk 3
John S Kirk 11 months

CIVIL WAR RECORDS

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wb4kdi/Military%20Service/Confederates/index.html

Private, Co. B, 38th Alabama Infantry; Wounded, captured near Nashville, December 15, 1864; POW Camp Chase, Ohio,
died March 27, 1865.

CAMP CHASE INFORMATION

Camp Chase, named for Sec. of the Treasury and former Ohio governor Salmon P. Chase, began as a training camp for Union volunteers, housing a few political and military prisoners from Kentucky and western Virginia. The camp received its first large influx of captured Confederates from western campaigns, including enlisted men, officers, and a few of the latter's black servants. On oath of honor, Confederate officers were permitted to wander through Columbus, register in hotels, and receive gifts of money and food. The public paid for camp tours, and Chase became a tourist attraction. Complaints over such lax discipline and the camp's state administration provoked investigation, and the situation changed.

As the war wore on, conditions became worse. Shoddy barracks, low muddy ground, open latrines, above ground open cisterns, and a brief smallpox outbreak excited U.S. Sanitary Commission agents who were already demanding reform. Original facilities for 3,500-4,000 men were jammed with close to 7,000. Since parole strictures prohibited service against the Confederacy, many Federals had surrendered believing they would be paroled and sent home. Some parolees, assigned to guard duty at Federal prison camps, were bitter, and rumors increased of maltreatment of prisoners at Camp Chase and elsewhere.

Before the end of hostilities, Union parolee guards were transferred to service in the Indian Wars, some sewage modifications were made, and prisoners were put to work improving barracks and facilities. Prisoner laborers also built larger, stronger fences for their own confinement, a questionable assignment under international law governing prisoners of war. Barracks rebuilt for 7,000 soon overflowed, and crowding and health conditions were never resolved. As many as 10,000 prisoners were reputedly confined there by the time of the Confederate surrender.
(Source: "Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War)

Buried:
Grave location:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=kirk&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1865&GSdyrel=in&GSst=37&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10056771&df=all&

Plot: Row 36, No. 57 Grave No. 1763

Tombstone photo:
http://genealogybug.net/Franklin_Cemeteries/chase/1763.jpg

John married Mary DRURY. Mary was born ca 1831, North Carolina; died 1861, Wilcox Co. AL. [Group Sheet]

John married Nancy CLARK. Nancy was born ca 1843, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James M Kirk
Age in 1860: 9
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Male [in household of John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: T Monroe Kirk [James Monroe Kirk]
Age in 1870: 19
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of his stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha V Kirk
Age in 1860: 8
Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluf

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha V Kirk
Age in 1870: 17
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Kirk
Age in 1860: 6
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Kirk
Age in 1870: 15
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

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CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Kirk
Age in 1860: 3
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama
Gender: Female [in household of father John Kirk]
Post Office: Prairie Bluff

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret O Kirk
Age in 1870: 12
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

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CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Jno S Kirk
Age in 1870: 10
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male [in household of stepmother Nancy Kirk]
Post Office: Lower Peach Tree

1900 United States Federal Census
about John S Kirk
Name: John S Kirk
Age: 40
Birth Date: Oct 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Marriage Year: 1893
Years Married: 7
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
John S Kirk 40
Nettie Kirk 31
Estha Kirk 5
Jeola Kirk 4
Verda Kirk 2
Johnie Kirk 7/12

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: John S Kirk
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Hillsbro Ward 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
John S Kirk 50
Nettie Kirk 41
Estha Kirk 15
Zeola Kirk 1

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: John Kirk
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1920: Hillsboro Ward 1, Hill, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Home Owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
John Kirk 61
Nettie Kirk 60 [50]
Verda Kirk 22
Johnnie Kirk 20 [21]
Evelyn Kirk 17
Lorene Kirk 14
Herman Moore 31
Zeola Moore 23
Herman V Moore 1

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: John S Kirk
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1930: Hillsboro, Hill, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law [in household of daughter Esther Kirk Wooten]
Spouse's Name: Nettie Kirk
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Members:
Melvin H Wooten 37
Esther Wooten 35
Thelma Wooten 17
John R Wooten 10
Maurice R Wooten 5
Nettie Kirk 61
John S Kirk 70
Johnnie Kirk 30
Evelyn Kirk 28