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He was in the action ac Chanibcrsburg, and was lying in camp while the l>atilc o f Antietam w as iKing fought. Dr. H ar]xl has given loyal sen'icc as a public official also, leaving been a school director for nine years in Danville, lie belongs to the State Homeopathic Medical Society and to the Inter-*State Homeopathic Medical Society o f Pennsylvania and New Y ork. I'ratcrnaUy he is a mcinl>er o f tiie Odd Fellows and a past grand of the local organization* M yrtle Lodge* No. 858. ancl also liclongs to the grand lodge of the State and to Mnenioloton Kncanipmcnt. No. 40. of Dan­ ville. i lis church membcrshi)) is in St. Paul’s Methodist Church, which he formerly served as trustee for a number o f years. On Dec. 4, 1883* Dr. Haqiel was married to Kuphemia A. Brader. who w as liorn Dec. 3* t86o* daughter o f Joseph M. and Minerva t W ight) Brad er; the former a minister of tlte Evangelical Association. Mr. Brader was bom Feb. 24, 1839. and died Dec. 25. 1881); his w ife, bom Sept. 9* 18 4 1, died M ay 20, I9M. Dr. and Mrs. Harpel have two chil­ dren: Martha ixirn Feb. 14. i88fi* is the w ife o f 'I'heodore Angle, editor of the Morntm/ X ctvs o f D anville: Frances Eugenia, born May 2^}. 1895. graduated from the Danville high school in 19 13. and completed the course in music at the Hloomsburg State normal school as a mcmlicr of the class of 1914. R FA ’. J A M E S W O I.I.A S T O N K IK K! I). 1).. eleventh minister of the Mahoning I'resbytcrian Churcli* Dauville. I'a.. has l>eeu in this charge since u p /. Dr. K irk is a I'ctmsylvanian. o f Scotch-Irish stock, the old fam ily Bible showing that his grandfather* Jam es K irk, Ixirn Aug. 18. 1776* <lic<l Feb. 2 1, 1858, married Margaret llillis* Ixirn Sept. 16, t ^ 5. and <lie<l Ju n e 5, 18 3 1. Both were of ^'Otch descent. Aliout they emigrated from County Down. Ireland, to the United States* and made thcir home in Debt ware. By occupation they were fam icrs. T hey had eight children, four o f whom, sons, grew to manhofxl. Rolicrt and David* twins, were Ixjni .Aug. 2(i. 1809. Roliert K irk became a contractor and huiUlcr. serving seven years to learn the trade thoroughly. .About 1840 he took up his rcsidciH'c in Fairvicw township. E ric Co.. Pa., and on .April 10* 1844. married Elizalicth Fargo, soon afterw ard settling u|X)n a farm in the same township two miles smith of the shores o f I .akc Erie. Elizalicth Fargo, bom in Fairvicw township. Eric Co., I'a.* Oct. 7, 18 17, w as the yo u n go l o f twelve children.

Her father, ^ 'homas T urner Fargo, was burn 1 in .New [.ondon. Conn.. M ay ly* i j i P, and died Oct. 6, 18 6 1. H is father and eldest brother were stanch defenders of the Colonics in the w ar of the Revolution. Thus Mrs. K irk was a lineal member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her mother was Cynthia Randall* of Rhode Island* born .March t/87. died M ay 19* 18 6 1. Both the I'argo .and Randall families were of Welsh descent. They also were fam iers. Jam es Wollaston K irk, son o f Robert and Elizabeth (F a rg o! Kirk* was Ixim in Fairview, E ric Co., Pa., and w as the fourth of seven children* all o f whom grew to full age. In early life he attended the public schools and later taught in them. In 1870 he studied in V'entiiiiioii Institute. Hayesville* Ohio, and in 18 7 1-7 3 in the West Je rse y .Academy. Bridgeton* N. J . In the latter institution he also tutored fo r two years. In (873 he en­ tered the junior class of the U niversity of Wooster, Wcwstcr* Ohio, from w*hich he w as graduated in the class o f 1875. Persuaded that his calling was to l>e in the go^>eI m in­ istry he entered Princeton Theological Sem ­ inary in 187$* and graduated from that in­ stitution in the class o f 1878. T he summer o f 1878 Dr. K irk spent as pulpit supply of the French Creek Presliytcrian Church* in Upshur county. W. V’a. In the autumn of the same year he l>ccamc pas­ tor’s assistant in the Olivet Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia. Pa.* working in the Hebron mission, now the Hebron P resby­ terian Church. In 1879 he liecame pastor’s assistant in the First Presbyterian Church, Cicnnantown. Philadelphia, in 1880 he a c ­ cepted a cal) to the pastorate of the .Ash­ bourne (P a .) Presbyterian Church, but r e ­ cently o^anized* thus becoming its first jiasior. In 1882 he accepted a call tendered hy the I,cveringioii Presb)ierian O uitch, Ridge and I^vcrington avenues. I'hiladelphia. Pa., and r e ­ mained in this pastorate seventeen years* resigning in to accept a call from the P re s­ byterian Board o f Home Missions to assist in the organization o f mission work along the Yukon river, in the arctic portion o f Alaska. H e was stationed at a point now known as Eagle, in the far interior o f that country. A fte r four seasons spent under the strenuous conditions o f that pioneer life D r. K irk was granted a furlough, during which he l>ecame cliaplain for the summer o f 1903 at Fort Stanton* N. M cx. It w as arranged l>etwecn the department at Washington and the Board o f Missions in New' Y o rk lhal Dr. K irk might