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MILLARD T. KIRK
Vol. 5, p. 1865-1866

Since coming to Oklahoma, in 1906, Millard T. Kirk has taken an
active and purposeful participation in the affairs of his adopted
community, where his influence has always been exerted in behalf of
advancement and progress in business and civic life. For a time he
was connected with various mercantile concerns, and also served
acceptably in the capacity of postmaster of Bartlesville, but since
his retirement from that position has been engaged in general and
dairy farming three miles northwest of the city. He is now the owner
of a valuable and well-improved property, and is making a decided
success of his new venture.

Mr. Kirk is a native son of Kentucky, born at Inez, the county seat
of Martin County, July 6, 1876, a son of James D. and Mahala
(CANFIELD) Kirk. His father was born at Wayne, West Virginia, July
31, 1845, and his mother in Greenup County, Kentucky. James D. Kirk
moved from his West Virginia home to Kentucky in young manhood, and
at the outbreak of the Civil war enlisted in the Thirty-ninth
Kentucky Regiment, with which he served with valor and bravery for
three years. On his return at the close of hostilities, he became one
of the foremost men of the community of Inez, and served as county
clerk of Martin County for twenty-six years and as county judge for
eight years. He is now living in quiet retirement after a long and
useful career. Mr. Kirk is a republican. Mrs. Kirk died in 1880,
leaving four children, namely: Willa, who is the wife of Capt. A.
ALLEN, and a resident of Bartlesville; Laura, who is the wife of J.
P. H. TINKAUS, of Knoxville, Tennessee; Millard T., of this review;
and Jennie, who is the wife of John F. ALGEO, of Bartlesville, a
merchant.

Millard T. Kirk received his early education in the public schools
of Inez, following which he became a student in the University of
Kentucky, but left that institution during his junior year, because
of poor health. He soon secured a position with the Triple State
Natural Gas and Oil Company, of Inez, being connected with that firm
for five years, and then established himself in a general merchandise
business at Inez, in which he had three years of experience.
Subsequently he went to West Virginia in charge of a large mercantile
establishment and remained there three years, and in 1906 came to
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with John F. Algeo. He remained with Mr.
Algeo as bookkeeper for a short period and then accepted the position
of assistant postmaster under William HIGGINS, retaining that office
for five months and then resigning to take a position with H. M.
PRESTON, who is now a resident of Tulsa. Mr. Kirk was appointed
postmaster of Bartlesville, January 27, 1911, and served very ably in
that office until March 15, 1915, when the change of administration
made itself felt by his being succeeded by a democrat.

When he left official life, Kirk established himself on his present
farm, located on Butter Creek, three miles north of Bartlesville.
Here he has since carried on general farming and dairying, lines in
which he has already been so successful that his future prosperity
may be safely prophesied. As a business man he has always merited the
high esteem in which he has been held by his associates, and his
public life has been above reproach. Since attaining his majority Mr.
Kirk has been a warm supporter of the principles of the republican
party, and he still retains membership in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, in the faith of which he was reared. His fraternal
connections are with the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the
Masonic order at Bartlesville, the Shrine at Tulsa, Lodge No. 1060 of
the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, at Bartlesville, of
which he is past exalted ruler, and the Knights of Pythias, in which
he is a charter member of Bartlesville Lodge.

Mr. Kirk was married December 5, 1906, to Miss Sarah CASSADY, who
was born at Inez, Kentucky, a daughter of Philip Cassady, a merchant
and cattleman of the Bluegrasss State. To this union there have been
born five children, namely: Dorothy, Darwin, Elizabeth, Rae and
Joseph P.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Lee Ann Collins, October 8, 2000.

SOURCE: Thoburn, Joseph B., A Standard History of Oklahoma, An
Authentic Narrative of its Development, 5 v. (Chicago, New York: The
American Historical Society, 1916).