Dr. John Robert Kirk, son of George W. and Mary Jane (Reid), the eldest of 6 children, was born January 23, 1851 in Illinois. Came to Harrison Co MO at the age 5 with his parents. Married Rebecca Idella Burns July 15, 1875. Six children, Robert L. Kirk, Elsie Lucretia Kirk, Todd J. Kirk, Victor Kirk, Laura Pauline Kirk, Mrs Warren H. (Mary Elizabeth) Newcomb, MD.
Dr. Kirk was a lawyer, teacher, and an administrator. He was elected Missouri State Superintendent of Public Schools, 1894-99, President of Northeast State Teacher's College (which became Truman State University). The college named a building, "John R. Kirk" in his honor. 1800 people attended his funeral.
This information from his death certificate and from The Browning Leader-Record, November 18, 1937, Browning MO
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President John R Kirk was born in Bureau County, Illinois, January 23, 1851. In 1856 his father moved his family to Harrison County, Missouri. He got his early education in the district schools and the Bethany High School. He entered the Normal School at Kirksville in 1873 and attended at irregular intervals until he graduated in 1878. As a teacher he had filled a variety of positions. Besides teaching in rural schools he has been a Superintendent of Schools at Bethany Missouri, and at Moulton Iowa; principal of a ward school in Kansas City Missouri; a teacher of history and mathematics in the Central High School of that place, and Superintendent at Westport. From 1895 to 1899 he served as State Superintendent of Schools, and then part of one year as High School Examiner for the University of Missouri. In 1899 he became President of the Normal School at Kirksville, and has remained there ever since.
HISTORY OF ADAIR COUNTY
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E.M. VIOLETTE
Dr. Kirk was a lawyer, teacher, and an administrator. He was elected Missouri State Superintendent of Public Schools, 1894-99, President of Northeast State Teacher's College (which became Truman State University). The college named a building, "John R. Kirk" in his honor. 1800 people attended his funeral.
This information from his death certificate and from The Browning Leader-Record, November 18, 1937, Browning MO
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President John R Kirk was born in Bureau County, Illinois, January 23, 1851. In 1856 his father moved his family to Harrison County, Missouri. He got his early education in the district schools and the Bethany High School. He entered the Normal School at Kirksville in 1873 and attended at irregular intervals until he graduated in 1878. As a teacher he had filled a variety of positions. Besides teaching in rural schools he has been a Superintendent of Schools at Bethany Missouri, and at Moulton Iowa; principal of a ward school in Kansas City Missouri; a teacher of history and mathematics in the Central High School of that place, and Superintendent at Westport. From 1895 to 1899 he served as State Superintendent of Schools, and then part of one year as High School Examiner for the University of Missouri. In 1899 he became President of the Normal School at Kirksville, and has remained there ever since.
HISTORY OF ADAIR COUNTY
by
E.M. VIOLETTE
Dr. John Robert Kirk, son of George W. and Mary Jane (Reid), the eldest of 6 children, was born January 23, 1851 in Illinois. Came to Harrison Co MO at the age 5 with his parents. Married Rebecca Idella Burns July 15, 1875. Six children, Robert L. Kirk, Elsie Lucretia Kirk, Todd J. Kirk, Victor Kirk, Laura Pauline Kirk, Mrs Warren H. (Mary Elizabeth) Newcomb, MD.
Dr. Kirk was a lawyer, teacher, and an administrator. He was elected Missouri State Superintendent of Public Schools, 1894-99, President of Northeast State Teacher's College (which became Truman State University). The college named a building, "John R. Kirk" in his honor. 1800 people attended his funeral.
This information from his death certificate and from The Browning Leader-Record, November 18, 1937, Browning MO
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President John R Kirk was born in Bureau County, Illinois, January 23, 1851. In 1856 his father moved his family to Harrison County, Missouri. He got his early education in the district schools and the Bethany High School. He entered the Normal School at Kirksville in 1873 and attended at irregular intervals until he graduated in 1878. As a teacher he had filled a variety of positions. Besides teaching in rural schools he has been a Superintendent of Schools at Bethany Missouri, and at Moulton Iowa; principal of a ward school in Kansas City Missouri; a teacher of history and mathematics in the Central High School of that place, and Superintendent at Westport. From 1895 to 1899 he served as State Superintendent of Schools, and then part of one year as High School Examiner for the University of Missouri. In 1899 he became President of the Normal School at Kirksville, and has remained there ever since.
HISTORY OF ADAIR COUNTY
by
E.M. VIOLETTE
Dr. Kirk was a lawyer, teacher, and an administrator. He was elected Missouri State Superintendent of Public Schools, 1894-99, President of Northeast State Teacher's College (which became Truman State University). The college named a building, "John R. Kirk" in his honor. 1800 people attended his funeral.
This information from his death certificate and from The Browning Leader-Record, November 18, 1937, Browning MO
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President John R Kirk was born in Bureau County, Illinois, January 23, 1851. In 1856 his father moved his family to Harrison County, Missouri. He got his early education in the district schools and the Bethany High School. He entered the Normal School at Kirksville in 1873 and attended at irregular intervals until he graduated in 1878. As a teacher he had filled a variety of positions. Besides teaching in rural schools he has been a Superintendent of Schools at Bethany Missouri, and at Moulton Iowa; principal of a ward school in Kansas City Missouri; a teacher of history and mathematics in the Central High School of that place, and Superintendent at Westport. From 1895 to 1899 he served as State Superintendent of Schools, and then part of one year as High School Examiner for the University of Missouri. In 1899 he became President of the Normal School at Kirksville, and has remained there ever since.
HISTORY OF ADAIR COUNTY
by
E.M. VIOLETTE
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