"Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1201. PHILIP M. KIRKLAND One of the honored pioneer families of Oregon has a capable and typical representative in Philip M. Kirkland, a progressive business man of Independence, engaged in managing his drug store, and in the extensive buying and selling of hops. His father, J. W. Kirkland, of whom extended mention is made elsewhere in this work, se this children as example of fortitude and industry which is not only appreciated but emulated. The son was born in Monroe county, Mo., May 6, 1854, the third in a family of four sons. He was ten years of age when he crossed the plains with his parents, and from 1864 to 1869 lived with the family in Helena, Mont. After removing to Oregon in 1869 he lived on the paternal farm, and in 1879 removed to eastern Oregon, where he engaged extensively in the stock and grain business, purchasing land from time to time till he became the owner of one thousand one hundred acres. He also was interested in a drug enterprise at Athena, Umatilla county, Ore. for four years. Mr. Kirkland came to Independence and bought the brick building in which his drug store is now located, and , profiting by his former experience, and utilizing his best knowledge as to the requirements along his line, fitted out as fine a store as may be found in Polk county, and which is the largest of its kind in the county. The great hop industry centering around Independence has furnished an opportunity for Mr. Kirkland, and he has entered heartily into the promotion of this important enterprise. Last year he handled about ten thousand bales of the product at an average price of twenty-five cents per pound. In Independence Mr. Kirkland owns a modern cottage fitted with up-to-date conveniences. In 1882 he married Emma J. turner, who was born in Illinois, and who died in Independence in 1901 at the age of forty-four years. Mrs. Kirkland was a daughter of Samuel Turner, a native of Maine, and who in early life removed to Illinois. From there he came to Montana, in 1869, and locating in eastern Oregon in 1878, where he engaged in farming, his death occurring in 1901, at the age of eighty-five years. Mrs. Kirkland left to the care of her husband one son, Frank M., who is living at home. Mr. Kirkland is a Democrat in politics, although he entertains very liberal ideas on political questions, believing in voting for the man best qualified to serve the community interests. He is fraternally connected with Lyon Lodge No. 29, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master, the Independence Chapter Royal Arch Masons and worthy patron of the order of the Eastern Star; also the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Kirkland has the esteem of all who are associated with him in whatsoever capacity, and his many virtues are generally acknowledged. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.