Need help finding the parents of my John Mc. Kirkpatrick b. Jan. 31, 1824 in Allegheny Co., Pa. Married July 2, 1846 at the First Christian Church in Steubenville, Ohio to Martha Mecum/Mccombs. (Also marriage for William Kirkpatrick to Elizabeth Mecum in 1840- sisters and brothers??) Found in the 1850 Census in Knox Twp. occupation listed as a wagonmaker; with wife, Martha b. OH and son Cyrus W. age 3, b. OH. John and family are not in Jefferson Co. in the 1860 census. Where did they go??? Back to Pittsburg? Is it possible that John Kirkpatrick and Martha Mecum/McCombs were cousins? I found that John McComb was among the first residents of Salem Twp, East Springfield, OH. In the cemetery there are: William McComb 1739-1828 and Aramantha 1753-1838 Jacob McComb 1881 age 82 Mary Kirk, wife of Henry who died 1873 age 21 James Kirkpatrick, who died 1891 age 71 and wife Ann Sometime around the Civil War John Mc. Kirkpatrick changed the family name to Kirk. I checked the Probate Court in Jefferson Co., Ohio and there is no "legal" name change or will or any records pertaining to John Kirk/Kirkpatrick. John Kirk was a pvt of Battery D. 1st Battalion, Pa Art., enrolled June 4, 1864, mustered out Sept. 1864. >From this point on the name is only Kirk. His pension papers give his address as Wheeling, Livingston Co., Missouri in 1894. He died Aug. 1908 in the Old Soldiers Home in Leavenworth, Kansas. John's son Cyrus Wells Kirk also joined the War effort on Oct. 4, 1864 thru June 1865, but with the 39th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He moved to Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO after 1866, where he married and had a family. There seems to be no contact between father and son??? I have been unable to locate John's wife's place or time of death. On John's pension application he lists himself as a widower with only one son. ??? I have been looking at this for so long that I can't see the forest for the trees. Please , any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. Kathleen ____ Kathleen in KC