Madison S. Kirk
Madison S. Kirk, farmer, is a son of Thomas Kirk, whose biography appears in this work. He was born in this township, June 15, 1834, and was married, March 31, 1863, to Miss Agnes Collier, of Greenfield. Three children are the result of this union: Minnie J., Jennie N., and Bertha L, The latter died at the early age of two years and seven months. Our subject served one year in Company H, 60th O. V. I., and came home without a wound, having passed through several heavy battles. His brother Rayborn served one year in the same company, and enlisted for one hundred days in the Ohio National Guard, and was taken prisoner at Cynthiana, Kentucky.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County