Mrs. S. C. Kirk, a Clackamas County pioneer of 1852, wife of T. J. Kirk, died at the family home at Highland recently at the age of
71. She lived in Clackamas County since she crossed the plains more than 60 years ago.

Mrs. Kirk was born in Iowa January 27, 1846, and came to the Pacific Coast with her parents. She lived in the Highland district
for 45 years. She is survived by her widower and nine children: Mrs. Olive Fellows, of Highland; Mrs. Laura E. Frost, of Oregon
City; Mrs. Ellen Baker, of Lents; Sylvester Kirk, of Rainier; Edwin Kirk, of Grays River, Wash.; George Kirk, of California; Charles
Kirk, of Oregon City; Frank Kirk, of Estacada, and Eugene Kirk, of Highland. Two brothers, J. N. Harrington, of Sellwood, and Edward
Harrington, of Gladstone, and one sister, Mrs. Emma Hamilton, of Portland, also survive.

The funeral services were held at the family home and interment was in the Highland Cemetery.