Benjamin E. Shirk

  General Notes:

See general notes on his father, Jacob Shirk, regarding the family story found in The Shirk Family History by Henry Yocom Shirk written in 1914, pages 75 through 82. This book records Benjamin's date of birth as November 1825, however, his tombstone records December 7, 1825.

Iowa Cemetery Records <http://www.ancestry.com>
Name: Benjamin E. Shirk
Death Date: 18 Jan 1908
Page #: 159
Birth Date: 07 Dec 1825
Cemetery: Riverside
Town: Marshalltown
Level Info: Gravestone Records of Marshall County, Iowa



The 1900 Federal Census for Mashalltown, Marshall Co., Iowa, District 122 records Benj E. Shirk (Dec 1824 - PA/PA/PA) with his wife Lucy (June 1822 - PA/PA/PA) living at 206 East Church with their daughter Lizzie U. Remey (June 1849 - PA) and her husband Fayette Remey (Dec 1843 - NY/NY/NY). Fayette is a Blacksmith and has been married to Lizzie for 27 years having had 3 children 1 of whom is still living. Benjamin is listed as a "Capitalist" and has been married for 55 years. Lucy lists having had 4 children whom 3 are still living.

The 1880 Federal Census for Mashalltown, Marshall Co., Iowa, District 293 records Benjamin Shirk (54 - PA/PA/PA) with his wife Lucy (55 - PA/PA/PA) and son Robert Shirk (28 - PA) and his wife Josephine (23 - IL/German/PA). Benjamin is listed as a retired Physician while Robert is a Sawyer.

Benjamin married Lucy Blensinger circa 1845 in Lancaster Co., PA. (Lucy Blensinger was born in Jun 1822 in Lancaster Co., PA and died after 1905 in Marshalltown, Marshall Co., Iowa.)