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