father: John Gideon Kirksey
mother: Moselle (Perry) Kirksey
spouse: Junie Holmes - married 7-18-1910
Walter Perry Kirksey Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical. Volume II.
Walter Perry Kirksey, attorney at law of Salt Lake City, was born in Dallas, Texas, October 26, 1874, a son of John G. and Moselle (Perry) Kirksey, also natives of the Lone Star state. The grandparents were natives of Scotland and on coming to the new world settled in Georgia but afterward removed to Texas. The great-grandfather in the paternal line was a prominent physician and the maternal grandfather of Mr. Kirksey was Judge John Perry, judge of the district court of Palestine, Texas, for many years. John G. Kirksey was engaged in the real estate business in Dallas, Texas, and remained a resident of that city until his death, which occurred in 1890. His widow survives and now makes her home in Chicago, Illinois. In their family were nine children, five of whom are yet living. Kenmore is now dead. Guy is a commander in the aviation service at Arcadia, Florida. He is also a member of the Missouri state bar and has won prominence as an attorney. Gertrude is a well known actress, now giving her time to the entertainment of soldiers in France. Mrs. Robert Johnson, a sister, makes her home in Chicago, Illinois. Walter Perry Kirksey, whose name introduces this review, was the eldest of the family. He attended the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas near Bryan, Texas, from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he entered the service of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, remaining there for thirteen years, during which time he occupied various positions. He started as a messenger boy at fifteen dollars per month and gradually rose until he became attorney for the road. He afterward went to Chicago, Illinois, where he was attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad, continuing in that position until November, 1915. His preparation for the bar was made by reading law at night and afterward attending the Chicago Kent College of Law, from which he was graduated, having made the four years' course without missing a night's attendance. He was admitted to practice in all the courts of Illinois and in the United States district courts, also in the courts of Utah and in the federal courts of this state. He came to Salt Lake in 1915 and has since been in the practice of his profession. He occupies rooms at No. 812 Kearns building. He is a member of the Utah State Bar Association and colleagues and contemporaries in the profession accord him the position of prominence to which his merit and ability has brought him. On the 18th of July, 1910, Mr. Kirksey was married to Miss Junie Holmes, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Brennan) Holmes. Her father was master mechanic for the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Kansas for many years and died in Buffalo, New York, in 1896. His wife passed away in Chicago in 1903. Mrs. Kirksey was the youngest of a family of six children. She has been prominent in art circles and is also actively engaged in church work, being a member of the Second Church of Christ Scientist. She possesses a most artistic temperament and at present is at the head of the art department of the Keith-O'Brien Dry Goods Company of Salt Lake City. In his political views Mr. Kirksey is a democrat but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. His religious faith is also that of the Christian Science church and both Mr. and Mrs. Kirksey are interested in the work of the church, while in social circles they occupy an enviable position, having a host of warm friends in Salt Lake, where they have now resided for four years.
mother: Moselle (Perry) Kirksey
spouse: Junie Holmes - married 7-18-1910
Walter Perry Kirksey Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical. Volume II.
Walter Perry Kirksey, attorney at law of Salt Lake City, was born in Dallas, Texas, October 26, 1874, a son of John G. and Moselle (Perry) Kirksey, also natives of the Lone Star state. The grandparents were natives of Scotland and on coming to the new world settled in Georgia but afterward removed to Texas. The great-grandfather in the paternal line was a prominent physician and the maternal grandfather of Mr. Kirksey was Judge John Perry, judge of the district court of Palestine, Texas, for many years. John G. Kirksey was engaged in the real estate business in Dallas, Texas, and remained a resident of that city until his death, which occurred in 1890. His widow survives and now makes her home in Chicago, Illinois. In their family were nine children, five of whom are yet living. Kenmore is now dead. Guy is a commander in the aviation service at Arcadia, Florida. He is also a member of the Missouri state bar and has won prominence as an attorney. Gertrude is a well known actress, now giving her time to the entertainment of soldiers in France. Mrs. Robert Johnson, a sister, makes her home in Chicago, Illinois. Walter Perry Kirksey, whose name introduces this review, was the eldest of the family. He attended the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas near Bryan, Texas, from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he entered the service of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, remaining there for thirteen years, during which time he occupied various positions. He started as a messenger boy at fifteen dollars per month and gradually rose until he became attorney for the road. He afterward went to Chicago, Illinois, where he was attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad, continuing in that position until November, 1915. His preparation for the bar was made by reading law at night and afterward attending the Chicago Kent College of Law, from which he was graduated, having made the four years' course without missing a night's attendance. He was admitted to practice in all the courts of Illinois and in the United States district courts, also in the courts of Utah and in the federal courts of this state. He came to Salt Lake in 1915 and has since been in the practice of his profession. He occupies rooms at No. 812 Kearns building. He is a member of the Utah State Bar Association and colleagues and contemporaries in the profession accord him the position of prominence to which his merit and ability has brought him. On the 18th of July, 1910, Mr. Kirksey was married to Miss Junie Holmes, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Brennan) Holmes. Her father was master mechanic for the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Kansas for many years and died in Buffalo, New York, in 1896. His wife passed away in Chicago in 1903. Mrs. Kirksey was the youngest of a family of six children. She has been prominent in art circles and is also actively engaged in church work, being a member of the Second Church of Christ Scientist. She possesses a most artistic temperament and at present is at the head of the art department of the Keith-O'Brien Dry Goods Company of Salt Lake City. In his political views Mr. Kirksey is a democrat but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. His religious faith is also that of the Christian Science church and both Mr. and Mrs. Kirksey are interested in the work of the church, while in social circles they occupy an enviable position, having a host of warm friends in Salt Lake, where they have now resided for four years.
father: John Gideon Kirksey
mother: Moselle (Perry) Kirksey
spouse: Junie Holmes - married 7-18-1910
Walter Perry Kirksey Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical. Volume II.
Walter Perry Kirksey, attorney at law of Salt Lake City, was born in Dallas, Texas, October 26, 1874, a son of John G. and Moselle (Perry) Kirksey, also natives of the Lone Star state. The grandparents were natives of Scotland and on coming to the new world settled in Georgia but afterward removed to Texas. The great-grandfather in the paternal line was a prominent physician and the maternal grandfather of Mr. Kirksey was Judge John Perry, judge of the district court of Palestine, Texas, for many years. John G. Kirksey was engaged in the real estate business in Dallas, Texas, and remained a resident of that city until his death, which occurred in 1890. His widow survives and now makes her home in Chicago, Illinois. In their family were nine children, five of whom are yet living. Kenmore is now dead. Guy is a commander in the aviation service at Arcadia, Florida. He is also a member of the Missouri state bar and has won prominence as an attorney. Gertrude is a well known actress, now giving her time to the entertainment of soldiers in France. Mrs. Robert Johnson, a sister, makes her home in Chicago, Illinois. Walter Perry Kirksey, whose name introduces this review, was the eldest of the family. He attended the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas near Bryan, Texas, from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he entered the service of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, remaining there for thirteen years, during which time he occupied various positions. He started as a messenger boy at fifteen dollars per month and gradually rose until he became attorney for the road. He afterward went to Chicago, Illinois, where he was attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad, continuing in that position until November, 1915. His preparation for the bar was made by reading law at night and afterward attending the Chicago Kent College of Law, from which he was graduated, having made the four years' course without missing a night's attendance. He was admitted to practice in all the courts of Illinois and in the United States district courts, also in the courts of Utah and in the federal courts of this state. He came to Salt Lake in 1915 and has since been in the practice of his profession. He occupies rooms at No. 812 Kearns building. He is a member of the Utah State Bar Association and colleagues and contemporaries in the profession accord him the position of prominence to which his merit and ability has brought him. On the 18th of July, 1910, Mr. Kirksey was married to Miss Junie Holmes, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Brennan) Holmes. Her father was master mechanic for the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Kansas for many years and died in Buffalo, New York, in 1896. His wife passed away in Chicago in 1903. Mrs. Kirksey was the youngest of a family of six children. She has been prominent in art circles and is also actively engaged in church work, being a member of the Second Church of Christ Scientist. She possesses a most artistic temperament and at present is at the head of the art department of the Keith-O'Brien Dry Goods Company of Salt Lake City. In his political views Mr. Kirksey is a democrat but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. His religious faith is also that of the Christian Science church and both Mr. and Mrs. Kirksey are interested in the work of the church, while in social circles they occupy an enviable position, having a host of warm friends in Salt Lake, where they have now resided for four years.
mother: Moselle (Perry) Kirksey
spouse: Junie Holmes - married 7-18-1910
Walter Perry Kirksey Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical. Volume II.
Walter Perry Kirksey, attorney at law of Salt Lake City, was born in Dallas, Texas, October 26, 1874, a son of John G. and Moselle (Perry) Kirksey, also natives of the Lone Star state. The grandparents were natives of Scotland and on coming to the new world settled in Georgia but afterward removed to Texas. The great-grandfather in the paternal line was a prominent physician and the maternal grandfather of Mr. Kirksey was Judge John Perry, judge of the district court of Palestine, Texas, for many years. John G. Kirksey was engaged in the real estate business in Dallas, Texas, and remained a resident of that city until his death, which occurred in 1890. His widow survives and now makes her home in Chicago, Illinois. In their family were nine children, five of whom are yet living. Kenmore is now dead. Guy is a commander in the aviation service at Arcadia, Florida. He is also a member of the Missouri state bar and has won prominence as an attorney. Gertrude is a well known actress, now giving her time to the entertainment of soldiers in France. Mrs. Robert Johnson, a sister, makes her home in Chicago, Illinois. Walter Perry Kirksey, whose name introduces this review, was the eldest of the family. He attended the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas near Bryan, Texas, from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he entered the service of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, remaining there for thirteen years, during which time he occupied various positions. He started as a messenger boy at fifteen dollars per month and gradually rose until he became attorney for the road. He afterward went to Chicago, Illinois, where he was attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad, continuing in that position until November, 1915. His preparation for the bar was made by reading law at night and afterward attending the Chicago Kent College of Law, from which he was graduated, having made the four years' course without missing a night's attendance. He was admitted to practice in all the courts of Illinois and in the United States district courts, also in the courts of Utah and in the federal courts of this state. He came to Salt Lake in 1915 and has since been in the practice of his profession. He occupies rooms at No. 812 Kearns building. He is a member of the Utah State Bar Association and colleagues and contemporaries in the profession accord him the position of prominence to which his merit and ability has brought him. On the 18th of July, 1910, Mr. Kirksey was married to Miss Junie Holmes, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Brennan) Holmes. Her father was master mechanic for the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Kansas for many years and died in Buffalo, New York, in 1896. His wife passed away in Chicago in 1903. Mrs. Kirksey was the youngest of a family of six children. She has been prominent in art circles and is also actively engaged in church work, being a member of the Second Church of Christ Scientist. She possesses a most artistic temperament and at present is at the head of the art department of the Keith-O'Brien Dry Goods Company of Salt Lake City. In his political views Mr. Kirksey is a democrat but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. His religious faith is also that of the Christian Science church and both Mr. and Mrs. Kirksey are interested in the work of the church, while in social circles they occupy an enviable position, having a host of warm friends in Salt Lake, where they have now resided for four years.
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BRENNAN - we have McDONALD listed as Mary Holmes' maiden name. BRENNAN surname is also mentioned in family papers. If anyone has futher info. it would be welcomed!
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