In 1817 , Kirker abandoned his family to go to St. Louis , Missouri with several kinsmen .
He was a privateer for a year , but returned to New York in 1813 and married Catherine Donigan and had a son , James B. Kirker .
In 1817 , James B. Kirker abandoned James B. Kirker 's family to go to St. Louis , Missouri with several kinsmen .
He was a privateer for a year , but returned to New York in 1813 and married Catherine Donigan and had a son , James B. Kirker .