Individual Details

Edward Morehead Kirkpatrick

(28 Apr 1790 - 3 Sep 1869)

Edward Moorehead Kirkpatrick, youngest of Francis Kirkpatrick's children, was born in Chester County, South Carolina, 4* April 1790. He is named in Francis' will. Joseph Feemster was appointed guardian to Edward (as he was to some of Edward's cousins, the children of Thomas Kirkpatrick). Feemster moved to Tennessee and so did Edward along with his brothers John and Samuel.

Edward married Clarissa Ferris in Jackson County, Tennessee, on 18 October 1812. She died in 1838 and he remarried, this time to Amy Jane (Silkwood) Stroud, on 29 October 1838. She was the daughter of Barzilla Silkwood and had three children by her first husband. This last marriage took place in Franklin County, Illinois.

Edward appears in the 1820 census of Jackson County, Tennessee, and in the Federal census tallies for 1840, 50, & 60 in Franklin County, Illinois. He died 4 September 1869, and is buried in Reid Hill Cemetary near Mulkeytown, Illinois.

In total Edward had, with both wives, 11 children of his own and three step-children (Amy's).

*should be 28 April 1790.

Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, May 18, 2018.

Events

Birth28 Apr 1790Chester Co., South Carolina
Marriage18 Oct 1812Jackson Co., Tennessee - Clarissa Ferris
Marriage29 Oct 1838Franklin Co., Illinois - Amy Jane Silkwood
Death3 Sep 1869Franklin Co., Illinois
BurialReid-Kirkpatrick Cemetery, Mulkeytown, Franklin Co., Illinois
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Families

SpouseClarissa Ferris (1795 - 1838)
ChildWilliam Thomas Kirkpatrick (1813 - 1874)
ChildSilas Preston Kirkpatrick (1815 - 1894)
ChildJohn Foster Kirkpatrick (1817 - 1869)
ChildMatilda A. Kirkpatrick (1820 - )
ChildLeroy S. Kirkpatrick (1822 - 1880)
ChildMary H. Kirkpatrick (1824 - )
ChildPeggy Kirkpatrick (1826 - 1837)
ChildMargaret Kirkpatrick (1829 - 1856)
SpouseAmy Jane Silkwood (1803 - 1871)
ChildGeorge Marion Kirkpatrick (1839 - 1866)
ChildElizabeth Kirkpatrick (1840 - )
ChildBarzilla S. Kirkpatrick (1841 - 1913)
ChildEdward V. Kirkpatrick (1844 - 1867)
FatherFrancis Kirkpatrick (1737 - 1791)
MotherMargaret Gilmer Rogers (1738 - 1798)
SiblingEleanor Kirkpatrick (1774 - )
SiblingElizabeth Kirkpatrick (1776 - 1846)
SiblingWallace Kirkpatrick (1781 - 1839)
SiblingWilliam Thomas Kirkpatrick (1784 - 1807)
SiblingJohn Award Kirkpatrick (1786 - 1859)
SiblingJane Kirkpatrick (1788 - 1811)

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