Buried in same lot with:
L L Kirkham
E N Kirkham
Mrs. E A Kirkman
Infant of T E McKinn
Silas Roll
The news article tells about E N Kirkham coming to Springfield, MO. from Kansas City, MO. about 4 years prior to his death. It was where I found the first name of his wife. Emma. They were separated having issues for some time. According to the wife they were happy for 2 weeks after the marriage Feb 11, 1891. He was a shoemaker, had a shop on Commerical Street. Some differences in the marriage she was Methodist and he was Christian Church. He committed suicide by poisoning taking morphine. Article in newspaper sometime in 1891, named Kansas City Sun and it is on microfilm reel, library dates of paper on the reel is Feb. 23, 1890-Jan. 17, 1892.
Ancestry tree shows wife Sarah Ellworth do not have date of marriage.
Children Ellswork Kirkham 1865, Anna E Kirkham 1868, Mary Kirkham, 1869, Lucy Inez Kirkham 1870, Estelle Kirkham 1872.
A marriage found for him:
Springfield, Greene, MO.
Name: E N Kirkham
Marriage Date: 17 May 1887
Marriage Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Jane Mccardy
Detail Source: MO Marriages
Name: Eliza N Kirkham should say Ezra
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1891
Marriage Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Emma O Holdman note this is not clear for that last name. Her maiden name would be Donal. Her mother says in the newspaper article she married 4 times. Do not know if there was a 5th after his death.
Name: Kirkham, Ezra Rank: Private
Company: E Section: Infantry
Residence: Prairie City
Date Enlst: May 14,1861 Date Mustr: June 20, 1861
Remarks: Mustered out with regiment, Oct. 31, 1861
1850 Soap Creek Davis, IA.
Moses Kirkham 42 male
Elizabeth Kirkham 37 female
Tyresa A Kirkham 14 female
Tyrena Kirkham 12 female
Ezra N Kirkham 10 male
Mary Kirkham 8 female
Columbus Kirkham 6 male
Samuel Kirkham 4 male
Thomas S Kirkham 2 male
Alvin Taylor 16 male
1870 Peoria Franklin, KS. census
Ezra Kirkham 30 IA farmer
Sarah Kirkham 25 MO
Ellsworth Kirkham 5 KS
Anna Kirkham 3 KS
Mary Kirkham 2/12 KS
1880 Ottawa, Franklin, KS census
E. N. Kirkham 39 Self (Head) shoemaker IA OH KY
S. Kirkham 35 Wife MO MD VA
Ann E. Kirkham 12 Daughter KS
Lucy Kirkham 10 Daughter KS
Estelle Kirkham 8 Daughter KS
1885 KS State Census
E N Kirkham 45
Inez Kirkham 15
Stella Kirkham 12
1890 Springfield, MO. directory Kirkham, Ezra N. shoemkr. 435 E. Commerical, r. _ _ _ _ N. Jefferson. The Commercial st. was the business, and Jefferson home address.
L L Kirkham
E N Kirkham
Mrs. E A Kirkman
Infant of T E McKinn
Silas Roll
The news article tells about E N Kirkham coming to Springfield, MO. from Kansas City, MO. about 4 years prior to his death. It was where I found the first name of his wife. Emma. They were separated having issues for some time. According to the wife they were happy for 2 weeks after the marriage Feb 11, 1891. He was a shoemaker, had a shop on Commerical Street. Some differences in the marriage she was Methodist and he was Christian Church. He committed suicide by poisoning taking morphine. Article in newspaper sometime in 1891, named Kansas City Sun and it is on microfilm reel, library dates of paper on the reel is Feb. 23, 1890-Jan. 17, 1892.
Ancestry tree shows wife Sarah Ellworth do not have date of marriage.
Children Ellswork Kirkham 1865, Anna E Kirkham 1868, Mary Kirkham, 1869, Lucy Inez Kirkham 1870, Estelle Kirkham 1872.
A marriage found for him:
Springfield, Greene, MO.
Name: E N Kirkham
Marriage Date: 17 May 1887
Marriage Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Jane Mccardy
Detail Source: MO Marriages
Name: Eliza N Kirkham should say Ezra
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1891
Marriage Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Emma O Holdman note this is not clear for that last name. Her maiden name would be Donal. Her mother says in the newspaper article she married 4 times. Do not know if there was a 5th after his death.
Name: Kirkham, Ezra Rank: Private
Company: E Section: Infantry
Residence: Prairie City
Date Enlst: May 14,1861 Date Mustr: June 20, 1861
Remarks: Mustered out with regiment, Oct. 31, 1861
1850 Soap Creek Davis, IA.
Moses Kirkham 42 male
Elizabeth Kirkham 37 female
Tyresa A Kirkham 14 female
Tyrena Kirkham 12 female
Ezra N Kirkham 10 male
Mary Kirkham 8 female
Columbus Kirkham 6 male
Samuel Kirkham 4 male
Thomas S Kirkham 2 male
Alvin Taylor 16 male
1870 Peoria Franklin, KS. census
Ezra Kirkham 30 IA farmer
Sarah Kirkham 25 MO
Ellsworth Kirkham 5 KS
Anna Kirkham 3 KS
Mary Kirkham 2/12 KS
1880 Ottawa, Franklin, KS census
E. N. Kirkham 39 Self (Head) shoemaker IA OH KY
S. Kirkham 35 Wife MO MD VA
Ann E. Kirkham 12 Daughter KS
Lucy Kirkham 10 Daughter KS
Estelle Kirkham 8 Daughter KS
1885 KS State Census
E N Kirkham 45
Inez Kirkham 15
Stella Kirkham 12
1890 Springfield, MO. directory Kirkham, Ezra N. shoemkr. 435 E. Commerical, r. _ _ _ _ N. Jefferson. The Commercial st. was the business, and Jefferson home address.
Buried in same lot with:
L L Kirkham
E N Kirkham
Mrs. E A Kirkman
Infant of T E McKinn
Silas Roll
The news article tells about E N Kirkham coming to Springfield, MO. from Kansas City, MO. about 4 years prior to his death. It was where I found the first name of his wife. Emma. They were separated having issues for some time. According to the wife they were happy for 2 weeks after the marriage Feb 11, 1891. He was a shoemaker, had a shop on Commerical Street. Some differences in the marriage she was Methodist and he was Christian Church. He committed suicide by poisoning taking morphine. Article in newspaper sometime in 1891, named Kansas City Sun and it is on microfilm reel, library dates of paper on the reel is Feb. 23, 1890-Jan. 17, 1892.
Ancestry tree shows wife Sarah Ellworth do not have date of marriage.
Children Ellswork Kirkham 1865, Anna E Kirkham 1868, Mary Kirkham, 1869, Lucy Inez Kirkham 1870, Estelle Kirkham 1872.
A marriage found for him:
Springfield, Greene, MO.
Name: E N Kirkham
Marriage Date: 17 May 1887
Marriage Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Jane Mccardy
Detail Source: MO Marriages
Name: Eliza N Kirkham should say Ezra
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1891
Marriage Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Emma O Holdman note this is not clear for that last name. Her maiden name would be Donal. Her mother says in the newspaper article she married 4 times. Do not know if there was a 5th after his death.
Name: Kirkham, Ezra Rank: Private
Company: E Section: Infantry
Residence: Prairie City
Date Enlst: May 14,1861 Date Mustr: June 20, 1861
Remarks: Mustered out with regiment, Oct. 31, 1861
1850 Soap Creek Davis, IA.
Moses Kirkham 42 male
Elizabeth Kirkham 37 female
Tyresa A Kirkham 14 female
Tyrena Kirkham 12 female
Ezra N Kirkham 10 male
Mary Kirkham 8 female
Columbus Kirkham 6 male
Samuel Kirkham 4 male
Thomas S Kirkham 2 male
Alvin Taylor 16 male
1870 Peoria Franklin, KS. census
Ezra Kirkham 30 IA farmer
Sarah Kirkham 25 MO
Ellsworth Kirkham 5 KS
Anna Kirkham 3 KS
Mary Kirkham 2/12 KS
1880 Ottawa, Franklin, KS census
E. N. Kirkham 39 Self (Head) shoemaker IA OH KY
S. Kirkham 35 Wife MO MD VA
Ann E. Kirkham 12 Daughter KS
Lucy Kirkham 10 Daughter KS
Estelle Kirkham 8 Daughter KS
1885 KS State Census
E N Kirkham 45
Inez Kirkham 15
Stella Kirkham 12
1890 Springfield, MO. directory Kirkham, Ezra N. shoemkr. 435 E. Commerical, r. _ _ _ _ N. Jefferson. The Commercial st. was the business, and Jefferson home address.
L L Kirkham
E N Kirkham
Mrs. E A Kirkman
Infant of T E McKinn
Silas Roll
The news article tells about E N Kirkham coming to Springfield, MO. from Kansas City, MO. about 4 years prior to his death. It was where I found the first name of his wife. Emma. They were separated having issues for some time. According to the wife they were happy for 2 weeks after the marriage Feb 11, 1891. He was a shoemaker, had a shop on Commerical Street. Some differences in the marriage she was Methodist and he was Christian Church. He committed suicide by poisoning taking morphine. Article in newspaper sometime in 1891, named Kansas City Sun and it is on microfilm reel, library dates of paper on the reel is Feb. 23, 1890-Jan. 17, 1892.
Ancestry tree shows wife Sarah Ellworth do not have date of marriage.
Children Ellswork Kirkham 1865, Anna E Kirkham 1868, Mary Kirkham, 1869, Lucy Inez Kirkham 1870, Estelle Kirkham 1872.
A marriage found for him:
Springfield, Greene, MO.
Name: E N Kirkham
Marriage Date: 17 May 1887
Marriage Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Jane Mccardy
Detail Source: MO Marriages
Name: Eliza N Kirkham should say Ezra
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1891
Marriage Place: Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Emma O Holdman note this is not clear for that last name. Her maiden name would be Donal. Her mother says in the newspaper article she married 4 times. Do not know if there was a 5th after his death.
Name: Kirkham, Ezra Rank: Private
Company: E Section: Infantry
Residence: Prairie City
Date Enlst: May 14,1861 Date Mustr: June 20, 1861
Remarks: Mustered out with regiment, Oct. 31, 1861
1850 Soap Creek Davis, IA.
Moses Kirkham 42 male
Elizabeth Kirkham 37 female
Tyresa A Kirkham 14 female
Tyrena Kirkham 12 female
Ezra N Kirkham 10 male
Mary Kirkham 8 female
Columbus Kirkham 6 male
Samuel Kirkham 4 male
Thomas S Kirkham 2 male
Alvin Taylor 16 male
1870 Peoria Franklin, KS. census
Ezra Kirkham 30 IA farmer
Sarah Kirkham 25 MO
Ellsworth Kirkham 5 KS
Anna Kirkham 3 KS
Mary Kirkham 2/12 KS
1880 Ottawa, Franklin, KS census
E. N. Kirkham 39 Self (Head) shoemaker IA OH KY
S. Kirkham 35 Wife MO MD VA
Ann E. Kirkham 12 Daughter KS
Lucy Kirkham 10 Daughter KS
Estelle Kirkham 8 Daughter KS
1885 KS State Census
E N Kirkham 45
Inez Kirkham 15
Stella Kirkham 12
1890 Springfield, MO. directory Kirkham, Ezra N. shoemkr. 435 E. Commerical, r. _ _ _ _ N. Jefferson. The Commercial st. was the business, and Jefferson home address.
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