William B. Kirker

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Husband William B. Kirker ¹

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           Born: 1860 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: James W. Kirker (1832-1893) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Nancy A. "Nannie" Bredin (      -      ) 1 5

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General Notes: Husband - William B. Kirker

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In 1864, being then but four years of age, he was brought to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, of which he was thereafter a resident. He received a liberal education in the public schools and the Western University of Pennsylvania, and in 1890 became clerk in the office of the prothonotary, remaining until 1892, when he was appointed clerk of common pleas court No. 2. In this capacity he served until 1904, when he was appointed by Prothonotary Major J. B. Hamilton to the office of chief clerk. On the death of Major Hamilton, Mr. Kirker was appointed by the governor prothonotary of Allegheny County, to serve until January, 1906, after which he was regularly elected on the Republican ticket, receiving, regardless of politics, the unanimous endorsement of the Allegheny county bar and the largest majority on the ticket. Mr. Kirker himself was a member of the legal fraternity, having been admitted to the Allegheny county bar September 16, 1893, and two years later was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Pennsylvania. In 1900 he was sent to the state legislature, and in 1902 was reelected, having the honor of being one of the ten members from the house of representatives on the Pennsylvania commission to the World's Fair at St. Louis. Mr. Kirker also filled the offices of burgess, clerk of council, justice of the peace and solicitor of the borough of Bellevue, where he had his residence. For over twenty-three years he was a member of the Republican county executive committee, figured prominently in the councils of the party and rendered valuable service to the organization. He was a member of the Republican state central committee, was a director in the Citizens' National Bank of Bellevue, the Suburban General Hospital, the Home Building and Loan Association of Bellevue, and vice-president of the Pittsburg and Harqua Hala Gold Mining Company. He was also a member of Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows fraternities.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 353.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 45, 65.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 157, 691.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 248.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 691.