John Cousar KIRK

Male 1812 - 1887  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name John Cousar KIRK 
    Born ca 1812  Lancaster Co. SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1887  Rosedale, Bolivar Co. MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Source: Manuscript, Catherine Cameron Wilkenson Bryan, West Point, Miss in 1959; Mrs. John H. Bryan, 524 Catherine St. West Point MS 39773

      In 1849 he and his brother set out from New Orleans from California. Because of the illness of his brother they returned in 1851. In that years John C. Kirk bought land near Rosedale, Miss. and named this place Waxhaw after his family home place in S.C. He married in 1858, Edwina Ann Melchoir, dau. of John Casper Melchoir, who came to America from France in 1828, first settling at Frankfort, KY, where Mrs. Kirk was born. John C. Kirk died in 1887 and Mrs. Kirk died in 1907 at the age of seventy years.
    Person ID I14033  Master File
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2012 

    Father John KIRK, Jr.,   b. 1780, Lancaster Co. SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1840, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Sarah Cousar,   d. 1812, Rutherforld Co. TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edwina Ann Melchior,   b. Jan 1838, Frankfort, Franklin Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1907, Rosedale, Bolivar Co. MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 1858 
    Children 
     1. John Melchior KIRK,   b. 01 Sep 1858, Bolivar Co. SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1925, Biloxi. MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Pearl KIRK,   b. Jun 1868, Bolivar Co. MS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1920, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
     3. Allie KIRK,   b. ca 1872, Bolivar Co. MS Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Anita KIRK,   b. ca 1876, Bolivar Co. MS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2012 
    Family ID F7744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart