L. M. KIRK
L. M. Kirk, who has been among the prominent business men of Atlantic, and is now living a retired life, came here in 1872. He is a native of Jefferson county, Ohio, born February 20, 1838. He remained in his native county, engaged in agriculture and sheep husbandry, until 1869. His first business in Atlantic was in the grocery trade; afterwards he dealt extensively in agricultural implements for a number of years. Although retired from active business life, he is settling up business matters, and has large real estate interests. He was married October 27, 1864, to Elizabeth Beuff, a native of Mahoning county, Ohio. They have four children - Alice, Lorena, Willard and Anna.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 862-863.
