Calvin Cellars KIRK^[1]

1845 -

• Name	Calvin Cellars KIRK
  Born	ca 1845	Wilcox Co. AL
  Gender	Male
  _UID	FBD2368B44104EED8ACFD55C93CC900298D7
  Notes	He was the next oldest half brother. He had a fair complexion, dark eyes black hair, well formed and like Oliver weighed about one hundred and eighty pounds. He was firm and unshaken in his purposes. He would meddle no one and would suffer no one to meddle with or impose on him. He and Oliver joined the C.S.A. in the fall of '61, I think. Calvin was killed in the battle of Chickamauga, was buried on the battle field in the same grave with twenty seven others of his comrades. A brave and noble boy. I loved him while he lived. I wept over him when he fell. I'll cherish his memory while I have breath. "Calvin rest, thy warfare's o're Sleep the sleep that knows no waking." The cause for which you died is lost but it was no fault of thine. Thou didst thy part well well. May angels guard my brave boy's grave. [Note; Official Confederate Service Records show that Calvin Cellars Kirk was captured and held as a POW until released at Selma, June 1865.] [1] CENSUS RECORDS 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Calvin C Kirk Age in 1860: 15 Birth Year: abt 1845 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1860: Western Division, Wilcox, Alabama Gender: Male [in household of his mother Margaret Kirk] Post Office: Prairie Bluff
  Person ID	I7505	Master File
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	James Johnston KIRK, Sr.,   b. 10 May 1794, Lancaster Co, SC ,   d. 21 Jun 1857, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co. AL  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Margaret Drury,   b. ca 1805, North Carolina ,   d. aft. 1880, Wilcox Co. AL  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1837	Wilcox Co. AL
  	Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Name: James Kirk Gender: Male Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1837 Marriage Place: Wilcox, Alabama Spouse: Margaret Southall FHL Film Number: 1290214
  Family ID	F5118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S132] W. R. Kirk's Journal 1866.