Charles C. Van Kirk and Elizabeth Gamble

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Husband Charles C. Van Kirk ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Oct 1843 - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Ralph Van Kirk (1815-1890) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Cooper (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 15 Mar 1869 2

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Wife Elizabeth Gamble ¹

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            AKA: Elizabeth F. Gambell 2
           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
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         Father: Levi Gamble (      -1891) 1
         Mother: Barbara A. Weygandt (      -1905) 2

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Children

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1 F Dora G. Van Kirk ^{1 4}

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           Born: Abt 1869
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           Died: 20 Mar 1883 1 4
 Cause of Death: Typhoid fever
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Charles C. Van Kirk

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He attended school in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and later was a student in the State Normal School California, and also Washington and Jefferson College, after which he taught school for several terms in Washington County. Later he became a commercial traveler for a Pittsburgh firm in the gents' furnishings line. Following his marriage he embarked in the mercantile business at Scenery Hill and during his commercial life there, had, as a patron of his store on one occasion, no less distinguished a person than President Grant. From Scenery Hill, Mr. Van Kirk went to Washington and for a time was a clerk in the Smith dry goods store, after which he went into the furniture and undertaking business, under the firm style of Van Kirk & Co. From that he became a commercial traveler, continuing until he retired, purchased and located on a property in South Strabane Township.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 973.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1121.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 657.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1122.