Roger Hughes Kirk

1815 - 1887  (72 years)

• Name	Roger Hughes Kirk
  Birth	16 Mar 1815	Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Apr 1887	Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Penn Hill Burial Ground, Penn Hill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I17446	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Josiah Kirk
  Mother	Phebe Passmore,   b. 16 Sep 1792, Doe Run, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Aug 1849, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F5987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah Brown,   b. 2 Apr 1814, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Jul 1879, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)
  Children	+ 1. Levi Brown Kirk,   b. 9 Dec 1848, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Sep 1933, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years)   2. Dr Lewis H Kirk,   b. 26 Feb 1851, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Apr 1911, Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F6007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was a son of Josiah and Phebe Passmore Kirk. He was married to Deborah Brown Kirk. Roger Hughes Kirk, one of the most prominent citizens of Oxford, died suddenly at his residence on Locust street on Monday night. He had been unwell for the last few days, suffering from a cold with pneumonia symptoms. Roger H. Kirk was born near Stubbs' mill, in East Nottingham, Chester county, Third-month 16, 1815. He was the son of Josiah and Phebe Kirk. He learned the trade of a miller and for several years operated the mill near his birthplace. His wife was Deborah Brown, daughter of Levi and Harriet Brown, of Little Britain. Selling his mill and his farm to his brother-in-law, Daniel Stubbs. Roger moved to a farm near Pleasant Grove, Lancaster county in the spring of 1848. He lived there until about six years ago, when he quit farming and moved to Oxford. (obituary appeared in the Daily Local News dated 6 November 1889.)