Saw this post on TN Roots and thought that it might interest someone on the Barnhart list. Sheryl McNeely Shaw Crosby, TX ********************************** Subj: Re: Kirkpatrick Date: 97-07-31 09:06:40 EDT From: fbland@cswnet.com (FRANCIS BLAND) Sender: TNROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU (Geneology discussion for Tennessee) Reply-to: fbland@cswnet.com To: TNROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU ---------- > From: Linda Mondy <gmm001@MAIL.CONNECT.MORE.NET> > To: TNROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU > Subject: [TNROOTS] Kirkpatrick > Date: Wednesday, July 30, 1997 11:59 PM > > I have discovered new information about my Kirpatrick line. If anyone has > more information or can tie into this line, I'd like to hear from them. I'm > quoting from a newspaper article published in by Cletis R. Ellinghouse, > editor of the Puxico Press: > > > Kime's most prominent citizen for many years was arguably Wayne County > Court Judge James Kirpatrick Sr. (1804-1867), a native of South Carolina who > arrived in the neighborhood from Tennessee in 1831 with his family, which > included his father, Samuel Kirkpatrick. > Mr. Kirkpatrick's discoveries at Kime were obviously favorable, for he > was joined in Wayne County six years later by his brother Francis > Kirkpatrick. But after the de3ath of his wife, Francis Kirpatrick moved to > Scott County along with his father. > Not long thereafter the father, grandson of an immigrant from Ireland, > made the long journey from Scott County to visit his son in Wayne County and > died there. > Despite the sadness associated with the deaths among family members, > Mr. Kirkpatrick's early years at Kime were filled with achievement and > emolument. > The record is sufficient to instill the certainty he was possessed of a > keen interest in his government and the developing enterprises that abounded > across the wooded hills and valleys he came to love. > A Justice of the Peace as early as 1837, sheriff and collector some > time later, a member of the administrative county court for three terms, his > record would nevertheless be incomplete without a reference to the good > workds carried on by his family at Oak Grove Baptist Church after his death > at Kime. > His wife and the mother of his children was South Carolina native Mary > (Kennell) Kirkpatrick (1802-1871), whose name is the first to appear on a > roster of members in the church record. > The names of descendants and kinsmen of James and Mary Kirpatrick found > on the membership listings of Oak Grove Baptist Church for the years > 1870-1888 offter compelling evidence of the family's Wayne County heritage. > Andrew J. Kirkpatrick, a son who served as the church sexton, on > several committees and helped to build the Oak Grove church house in 1884 > and 1885. > Sarah E. Kirkpatrick, the wife of Andrew J. Kirkpatrick. > Franklin "Frank" Kirkpatrick, a grandson who was baptized in 1873, > served on many committees, was a deacon, helped build the church sanctuary, > and expressed great concern about members signing a dram shop petition. He > was probably the son of andrew J. Kirpatrick from a previous marriage but > documentation is missing. > Eliza Kirkpatrick, the wife of Frank Kirkpatrick. > Charles L. Kirkpatrick, a grandson. Elected a deacon in 1885, the name > appears in 1884 and 1885 only. He was a son of Andrew J. Kirkpatrick. > James F. Kirpatrick, a grandson. He was a son of andrew J. Kirkpatrick > and donated labor to build the new church house. > Zerilda (Kirkpatrick)(Sandlin) Butler, a daughter. After the death of > her first husband, Hardy Sandlin, she was remarried to George Washington > Hampton Butler. > Mary (Kirkpatrick) Davis, a daughter whose husband was Francis M. > Davis, a verteran of Union Army service. Her father-in-law, William > Armstrong Davis, was the first postmaster at Lost Creek in 1875. > Wallis Kirkpatrick, a son who was a Union Army soldier, the long time > church clerk, and the leader in the struggle to erect the new Oak Grove > sanctuary. > Missouri Ann (Barnhart) Kirkpatrick, the first wife of Wallis > Kirkpatrick and a daughter of Henry B. Barnhart. > Eleanor Ann "Nellie" (McGee) (Cowan) Kirkpatrick, the second wife of > Wallis Kirkpatrick, the church treasurer, and a daughter of Thomas Jefferson > McGee, the first of the McGees for whom McGee was named. > Viola F. (Kirkpatrick) Yates, a granddaughter and the wife of Jim > Yates. Her father was Wallis Kirkpatrick. > Minerva (Kirkpatrick) Hoppas, a daughter and wife of the Rev. Z. > Alexander Hoppas, one of the pastors of Oak Grove. > James Kirpatrick Jr., a son. He was a church deacon, association > messenger, moderator at times, one of the leaders in the church. > Sarah Jane Kirkpatrick, the wife of james Kirpatrick Jr. > Mary (Cattron) Morgan, a granddaughter who spent the remaining years of > her childhood in the home of her grandparents at Kime after the death during > the Civil War of her parents, Socrates and Musedorum (Kirkpatrick) Cattron. > She and her husband later moved into the log home of the Cattrons on Otter > Creek. It was her place of birth and where she spent the rest of her days. > She, her father and Grandfather Jacob Cattron all died there. > Charles Morgan, the husband of mary (Cattron) Morgan, a church deacon > and association messenger who was called upon many times to take on > leadership responsibilities. > James A. Kirkpatrick, a grandson whose death is recorded Aug. 26, 1873. > His father, Samuel Kirpatrick, was a Union Army sergeant. > Mollie Kirkpatrick, a granddaughter whose father was Samuel Kirkpatrick. > Others in the family were surely members in the years after 1888. > > ("Kirkpatrick Family was Prominent in Kime Community" by Cletis R. > Ellinghouse, Editor, Puxico Press. Based on the papers of Rev. H. Y. Mabrey) > > *Kime, Missouri. > Linda Mondy > 15395 Slab Springs Dr. > Licking, Missouri 65542 > U.S.A. > 573-674-3798 >