Individual Details
Francis Walker Kirkpatrick
(8 Dec 1808 - 2 Apr 1863)
This son of John Kirkpatrick was born in Madison County, Illinois, 8 December 1808. He went with his brother Jesse to Galena in 1826 and on to the Platteville area of what was then Michigan Territory in 1827. He died 2 April 1863 and is buried in the Rock Church Cemetery at Livingston, Wisconsin. He was married to Ann R. Hamilton, 12 March 1851 in Franklin County, Missouri. She was born 14 April 1824 in Springfield, Illinois. She died 19 September 1881, age 57, and is buried in the cemetery at the Old Rock Church, Livingston, Wisconsin. A headstone in the Old Rock Church Cemetery bears the names of Francis Walker Kirkpatrick and his wife Ann, but also the name of W. H. Hamilton, died 16 July 1867 at the age of 71. We can only presume that this is the father of Ann Hamilton Kirkpatrick.
As with other Kirkpatrick's living in the area in 1832, Francis Walker Kirkpatrick served with Captain James Craig's Company in the Illinois Mounted Volunteers under the command of Colonel Henry Dodge. This service stint was from the spring of 1832 until the fall of the same year. Kirkpatrick was a private. he received two bounty land warrants for this military service. The first application was made from Franklin County, Missouri, in 1851 and the second from Grant County, Wisconsin, in 1855.
F. W. worked at mining and smelting in Wisconsin for some ten years, then went to Lake Superior to work in the copper mines of that area. he departed Wisconsin for Missouri and then once again returned to Wisconsin. Two years later, he went to Pike's Peak, Colorado, where he spent one year and then returned to Wisconsin. Kirkpatrick made four different land purchases in 1835 in Iowa County, Michigan Territory, as recorded at the Mineral Point, Wisconsin, land office (National Archives, Record Group No. 49, Nos. 505, 227, 391 and 887).
F. W. Kirkpatrick died intestate at Wingville, Grant County, Wisconsin. His survivors were his wife and one daughter, ". . .eleven years of age on the 19th of December 1862, named Mary Alice. . ." His estate was estimated in June of 1863 as $4,000.00 worth of real estate and $1,450.00 in other personal property. His administrators were his wife Ann Kirkpatrick and Mahlon Fawcett, Sr.
Appraisal papers indicate that he owned property amounting to 320 acres in Grant County, a house and lot in the village of Wingville, some mineral land in Vernon County, as well as property in the Villages of Viroqua, Vernon County, and Point Andrew, Richland County. Among notes due the estate are one from G. W. Kirkpatrick and another from A. G. Parkinson, who was married to Sarah Felina Kirkpatrick, Francis Walker's sister.
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F W . KIRKPATRICK Deceased, was born in Madison Co., Ill. Dec. 8, 1808. Went with his brother Jesse to Galena. Ill. in 1826 and in 1827 came to Platteville Wis. Engaged iu mining and smelting lead for ten years; then went to Lake Superior and worked in copper mines; from there went to Missouri; then came back to Wisconsin; stayed here two years and then went to Pike's Peak for one year, after which he returned to Wisconsin, and lived here until his death. Was married to Ann R. Hamilton March 12, 1851, who was born April 14, 1824, at Springfield, Ill. have had four children, of whom only one is living-Mary Alice, who married Maxwell Fawcett, and now lives at Emporia, Kan; those deceased are Sarah J., twin sister to Mary A., Francis and Lillian; the two latter are buried at Rock Church Cemetery, and Sarah was buried near St. Louis. F. W. Kirkpatrick died April 2, 1863, and was buried in Rock Church Cemetery. His wife lived for fifteen months after her marriage [should be widowhood] at Wingville, then moved on to the place where she now lives, and has resided there ever since with the exception of four years when she lived in Kansas. She is a member of the M. E. Church. The homestead contains 140 acres of land.
History of Grant Co. Wisconsin, Pages 958-959, Published in 1881..
As with other Kirkpatrick's living in the area in 1832, Francis Walker Kirkpatrick served with Captain James Craig's Company in the Illinois Mounted Volunteers under the command of Colonel Henry Dodge. This service stint was from the spring of 1832 until the fall of the same year. Kirkpatrick was a private. he received two bounty land warrants for this military service. The first application was made from Franklin County, Missouri, in 1851 and the second from Grant County, Wisconsin, in 1855.
F. W. worked at mining and smelting in Wisconsin for some ten years, then went to Lake Superior to work in the copper mines of that area. he departed Wisconsin for Missouri and then once again returned to Wisconsin. Two years later, he went to Pike's Peak, Colorado, where he spent one year and then returned to Wisconsin. Kirkpatrick made four different land purchases in 1835 in Iowa County, Michigan Territory, as recorded at the Mineral Point, Wisconsin, land office (National Archives, Record Group No. 49, Nos. 505, 227, 391 and 887).
F. W. Kirkpatrick died intestate at Wingville, Grant County, Wisconsin. His survivors were his wife and one daughter, ". . .eleven years of age on the 19th of December 1862, named Mary Alice. . ." His estate was estimated in June of 1863 as $4,000.00 worth of real estate and $1,450.00 in other personal property. His administrators were his wife Ann Kirkpatrick and Mahlon Fawcett, Sr.
Appraisal papers indicate that he owned property amounting to 320 acres in Grant County, a house and lot in the village of Wingville, some mineral land in Vernon County, as well as property in the Villages of Viroqua, Vernon County, and Point Andrew, Richland County. Among notes due the estate are one from G. W. Kirkpatrick and another from A. G. Parkinson, who was married to Sarah Felina Kirkpatrick, Francis Walker's sister.
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F W . KIRKPATRICK Deceased, was born in Madison Co., Ill. Dec. 8, 1808. Went with his brother Jesse to Galena. Ill. in 1826 and in 1827 came to Platteville Wis. Engaged iu mining and smelting lead for ten years; then went to Lake Superior and worked in copper mines; from there went to Missouri; then came back to Wisconsin; stayed here two years and then went to Pike's Peak for one year, after which he returned to Wisconsin, and lived here until his death. Was married to Ann R. Hamilton March 12, 1851, who was born April 14, 1824, at Springfield, Ill. have had four children, of whom only one is living-Mary Alice, who married Maxwell Fawcett, and now lives at Emporia, Kan; those deceased are Sarah J., twin sister to Mary A., Francis and Lillian; the two latter are buried at Rock Church Cemetery, and Sarah was buried near St. Louis. F. W. Kirkpatrick died April 2, 1863, and was buried in Rock Church Cemetery. His wife lived for fifteen months after her marriage [should be widowhood] at Wingville, then moved on to the place where she now lives, and has resided there ever since with the exception of four years when she lived in Kansas. She is a member of the M. E. Church. The homestead contains 140 acres of land.
History of Grant Co. Wisconsin, Pages 958-959, Published in 1881..
Events
| Birth | 8 Dec 1808 | Madison Co., Illinois | |||
| Marriage | 12 Mar 1851 | Franklin Co., Missouri - Ann R. Hamilton |  | ||
| Death | 2 Apr 1863 | Wingville, Grant Co., Wisconsin | |||
| Burial | Rock Church Cemetery, Livingston, Grant Co., Wisconsin | |
Families
| Spouse | Ann R. Hamilton (1824 - 1881) |
| Child | Mary Alice Kirkpatrick (1851 - ) |
| Child | Sarah J. Kirkpatrick (1851 - 1860) |
| Child | F. Lillian Kirkpatrick (1859 - 1860) |
| Child | Francis Walker Kirkpatrick Jr. (1863 - 1864) |
| Father | John Kirkpatrick (1776 - 1845) |
| Mother | Sarah Lane (1777 - 1823) |
| Sibling | Augustus Browning Kirkpatrick (1800 - 1879) |
| Sibling | James Lane Kirkpatrick (1802 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Jesse Jackson Kirkpatrick (1804 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Joseph Scott Kirkpatrick (1805 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Susannah Sophronia Kirkpatrick (1807 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Ameila Winifred Kirkpatrick (1810 - 1864) |
| Sibling | John Fletcher Kirkpatrick (1811 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Mary Serina Kirkpatrick (1813 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Thomas Shelby Kirkpatrick (1814 - 1882) |
| Sibling | William McKendree Kirkpatrick (1815 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Sarah Filina Kirkpatrick (1817 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Eliza Carolina Kirkpatrick (1820 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Betsy" Lane Kirkpatrick (1822 - 1883) |
Endnotes
1. Family Tree Maker Marriage Index CD 5 (n.p: Marriage Index: Arkansas, Mississipi, Missouri & Texas 1766-1981, n.d), Section IV, Chapter 7.
2. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin.