Henry H. Newkirk and Victoria Eakin

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Husband Henry H. Newkirk ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1836 or 8 Oct 1844 - Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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         Father: John F. Newkirk (1793-1856) 1 3
         Mother: Elizabeth McBride (      -1868) 3 4

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       Marriage: Autumn, 1860  or   1861 1 5

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Wife Victoria Eakin ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Victoria Aiken 5
           Born:  - Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: James Eakin (Abt 1783-1847) 1 6 7
         Mother: Mary Quaill (1804-1892) 6 7 8

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Children

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1 M Charles E. Newkirk ¹

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            AKA: Charles Aiken Newkirk 5
           Born:  - West Middlesex, Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1914
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General Notes: Husband - Henry H. Newkirk

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He was reared and educated in West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and there learned the shoemaker's trade. He subsequently engaged with the Sennett & Warren Iron Company, of West Middlesex, remaining with them for twelve years as manager of the store. He then connected himself with J. P. Risher & Co., remaining with them one year. He afterward engaged with David Theobold in the clothing business as manager of the branch store in West Middlesex. In connection with J. W. Russell & Co., he engaged in the mercantile business and the manufacture of iron in 1867, and the same year was appointed postmaster of West Middlesex. He subsequently engaged in the hardware business. Mr. Newkirk was elected burgess of West Middlesex in 1874-75, and was again elected to the same office in February, 1888. He was involved in the public affairs of the borough as a member of the council, and school board. He belonged to the A. O. U. W. and the R. T. of T. Mr. Newkirk was a member of the Methodist Church, holding the office of steward, and was superintendent of the Sunday-school. In politics he was a Democrat, and one of the well-known citizens of that portion of Mercer County.

He obtained his education in the common schools in the vicinity of his birthplace. His first position was as head clerk for Senate & Warren, iron manufacturers of West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and with this concern he remained for a number of years. In 1862 he established himself in the business of hardware dealing, and continued successfully in that line until 1895, having in 1891 changed the seat of his operations to Rochester, Pennsylvania. In the latter place prosperity attended him as before, and upon his retirement in 1895 he was numbered among the leading merchants of Rochester. Although he disposed of his store with the intention of making his retirement permanent he found an inactive life little to his liking, and in 1897 he opened another store on New York avenue, where he conducted a general hardware and tinsmith business as the Newkirk Hardware Company.
A long business experience under all conditions of trade taught Mr. Newkirk the need and value of organization among merchants and business men, and in 1892 he organized the Business Men's Association of Rochester, the original membership of the association being three of the borough's merchants. But it grew until practically every man in business in Rochester was included in the association. Mr. Newkirk was president of the Business Men's Association, and during the existence of the Builders' Exchange was for several years its president. He was also treasurer of the John Devoe Waterways Society and a member of the Ohio River Improvement Company, and held stock in the Rochester Trust Company. An active political worker, from 1876 until 1891 he filled the office of burgess of West Middlesex, Mercer County. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and in religion a Methodist, holding the position of steward in the church organization.
Mr. Newkirk was selected at a mass meeting, unsolicited, as a delegate to Harrisburg, June 17, 1914, to represent the people of Rochester to advise ways and means to repeal the public-service commission, which commission was passed by the legislature of 1913-14. This is only one of many honors bestowed upon Mr. Newkirk.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 856.

2 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 317.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 804.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 859.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 805.

6 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 645.

7 Editor, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 316.

8 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 358.