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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Biographical
and
Historical Sketches
A Narrative of Hamilton and Its Residents
From 1792 to 1896
By Stephen D. Cone
Illustrated
Hamilton, Ohio
Republican Publishing Company
1896
John Dirk |
JOHN DIRK was
born in Rossville, February 5, 1848. He attended the
public schools for a number of years, afterward serving an
apprenticeship at the Boston bakery. On August 12,
1863, he enlisted in the Second Ohio Heavy Artillery,
serving until the close of the Civil War. He was
elected constable in 1867 and served continuously until
1879, when he was elected marshal, and served as chief of
police. He declined a re-election and embarked in the
pump business on the West Side in which he was very
successful. He was a member of the city council from
1876 to 1879 and was president of the body in 1888 - 1889.
To him belongs the credit of first agitating the idea of the
city owing its gas works. He was elected Mayor in
1889. His administration was noted for good order.
In August 1892, he was appointed by Governor
McKinley a member of the board of managers of the Ohio
penitentiary, which position he retained up to his death.
Source: Biographical & Historical Sketches - A
Narrative of Hamilton and Its Residents from 1792 to 1896 -
Publ. 1896 - Page 141 |
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