Family Group Sheet

John Kirkhan & Lucretia South

Submitted By:  Lynn Carroll
E-mail Address: [email protected]

HUSBAND:  John Kirkham
Date of Birth: 6 Sep 1802
Place of Birth: Barren County, Kentucky
Date of Death: 28 Jan 1872
Place of Death: Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Place of Burial:  Messerer Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois

Father:  Henry Kirkham 1769-1845
Mother:  Mary Gay 1773-1820

Date of Marriage: 2 Dec 1832
Place of Marriage:  Monroe County, Indiana

WIFE:  Lucretia South
Date of Birth: 15 Jun 1812
Place of Birth: Kentucky
Date of Death: 2 Feb 1889
Place of Death: Ripley, Brown County, Illinois
Place of Burial: Messerer Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois

Father: John South
Mother:

CHILD 1: Henry Kirkham
Date of Birth: 3 Dec 1833
Place of Birth: Monroe County, Illinois
Date of Death: 18 Jan 1917
Place of Death   Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Place of Burial: Gillette Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois
Spouse: Clara Ann Ren
Date of Marriage: 3 Jan 1860
Place of Marriage: Schuyler County, Illinois

CHILD 2:  Rebecca Kirkham
Date of Birth: 22 Oct 1835
Place of Birth: Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Date of Death: 21 Feb 1867
Place of Death Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Place of Burial: Messerer Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois

CHILD 3: Mary Elizabeth Kirkham
Date of Birth: 13 Oct 1838
Place of Birth: Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Date of Death: 21 Jan 1872
Place of Death Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois
Place of Burial:
Spouse:  Ephraim Benson
Date of Marriage: 18 Dec 1863
Place of Marriage: Cass County, Illinois

CHILD 4: Polly Ann Kirkham
Date of Birth: 22 Feb 1842
Place of Birth: Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Date of Death: 24 Sep 1911
Place of Death: Nebraska
Place of Burial: 
Spouse 1: John Parish
Date of Marriage: 26 Oct 1861
Place of Marriage: Schuyler County, Illinois
Spouse 2: William Lane
Date of Marriage:18 Mar 1866
Place of Marriage: Schuyler County, Illinois

CHILD 5:  Margaret Jane Kirkham
Date of Birth: 29 Aug 1844
Place of Birth:  Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Date of Death: 28 Mar 1888
Place of Death Browning, schuyler County, Illinois
Place of Burial: Messerer Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois
Spouse: Joseph Gibbon Gragg
Date of Marriage: 7 Sep 1865
Place of Marriage: Schuyler County, Illinois

CHILD 6: Zachary Taylor Kirkham
Date of Birth: 10 May 1847
Place of Birth: Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County Illinois
Date of Death: 15 Feb 1936
Place of Death: Ripley, Brown County, Illinois
Place of Burial: Ripley Cemetery, Brown County, Illinois
Spouse: Mary Caroline "Carrie" Tyson
Date of Marriage: 1 May 1872
Place of Marriage: Schuyler County, Illinois

CHILD 7: John Kirkham
Date of Birth: 7 Feb 1851
Place of Birth: Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Date of Death: 1 Mar 1912
Place of Death: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Place of Burial: 
Spouse: Louise Strater
Date of Marriage: 31 Mar 1881
Place of Marriage: Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa

CHILD 8: Peter Wampler Kirkham
Date of Birth: 23 Dec 1861
Place of Birth: Bainbridge Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois
Date of Death: Jan 1946
Place of Death: Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois
Place of Burial: Browning Cemetery, Browning, Illinois
Spouse: Mahulda Gorsage Harris
Date of Marriage: 18 Mar 1894
Place of Marriage: Schuyler County, Illinois


DOCUMENTATION: Kirkham Family Bible, Census records
cemetery records, birth and death records.


NOTES: Travelled to Illinois via wagon train with brother Henry and nephew
Samuel Kirkham in 1838.

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