Individual Details
Hezekiah West Kirkpatrick
(3 Nov 1816 - 5 Oct 1901)
Hezekiah, the oldest child of Samuel and Elizabeth Buris Kirkpatrick, was born 3 November 1816 in Chester County, South Carolina. In 1850, Hezekiah moved his family to Monroe County, Mississippi. On 18 August 1864, at the age of 48, Hezekiah enlisted in the Confederate State Troops as a Private. His enlistment records show that he was a blacksmith. Following the war, he returned to Monroe County, where he remained until his death on 5 October 1901.
Hezekiah was twice married. His first wife was Malinda Triplett whom he married probably around 1839. Malinda was the daughter of John N. Triplett, and was born circa 1814 in South Carolina, and died in 1853, probably in Monroe or Lowndes County, Mississippi. Hezekiah married secondly, on 5 May 1853, his first cousin, Jane Evaline Kirkpatrick, daughter of Francis and Isabella Triplett Kirkpatrick. Jane was born 10 November 1827, Chester County, South Carolina and died 12 December 1911, Monroe County, Mississippi. Jane was a diminutive woman, described as about 5 feet 3 inches tall and only weighing 85 pounds. "She was well educated, intelligent, industrious, creative, gracious and warmhearted, and a true Christian," according to her granddaughter Velma Ritter Wright. She attended a girl's academy in Chester, South Carolina in her youth, where she studied, among other subjects, painting. After her marriage to Hezekiah, she raised Hezekiah's five children by his first marriage and her own eight. When the youngest, twins, were fourteen, she and Hezekiah took in three small orphaned boys aged 3, 5, and 7. Later still, they took in another baby boy and raised him. When she was 77 years old, after Hezekiah died, she opened a country store and was a country storekeeper for a few years before here health began to fail. Jane died 12 December 1911 in Monroe County, Mississippi. Both Hezekiah and Jane are buried in the Hatley Cemetery in Monroe County.
Hezekiah was twice married. His first wife was Malinda Triplett whom he married probably around 1839. Malinda was the daughter of John N. Triplett, and was born circa 1814 in South Carolina, and died in 1853, probably in Monroe or Lowndes County, Mississippi. Hezekiah married secondly, on 5 May 1853, his first cousin, Jane Evaline Kirkpatrick, daughter of Francis and Isabella Triplett Kirkpatrick. Jane was born 10 November 1827, Chester County, South Carolina and died 12 December 1911, Monroe County, Mississippi. Jane was a diminutive woman, described as about 5 feet 3 inches tall and only weighing 85 pounds. "She was well educated, intelligent, industrious, creative, gracious and warmhearted, and a true Christian," according to her granddaughter Velma Ritter Wright. She attended a girl's academy in Chester, South Carolina in her youth, where she studied, among other subjects, painting. After her marriage to Hezekiah, she raised Hezekiah's five children by his first marriage and her own eight. When the youngest, twins, were fourteen, she and Hezekiah took in three small orphaned boys aged 3, 5, and 7. Later still, they took in another baby boy and raised him. When she was 77 years old, after Hezekiah died, she opened a country store and was a country storekeeper for a few years before here health began to fail. Jane died 12 December 1911 in Monroe County, Mississippi. Both Hezekiah and Jane are buried in the Hatley Cemetery in Monroe County.
Events
| Birth | 3 Nov 1816 | Chester Co., South Carolina |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1839 | Chester Co., South Carolina - Malinda Triplett | | ||
| Marriage | 5 May 1853 | Lowndes Co., Mississippi - Jane Evaline Kirkpatrick | | ||
| Death | 5 Oct 1901 | 1901 or 1902, Monroe Co., Mississippi | | ||
| Military | Hardy's Company, Company G, 1st Infantry, Mississippi State Troops, CSA | | |||
| Burial | Hatley Cemetery, Hatley, Monroe Co., Mississippi | |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Evaline Kirkpatrick (1827 - 1911) |
| Child | Robert Ames Kirkpatrick (1854 - 1855) |
| Child | Susan Annabel Kirkpatrick (1856 - 1908) |
| Child | Henry Francis Kirkpatrick (1858 - 1859) |
| Child | Nannie Ellen Taylor (1860 - 1924) |
| Child | James Wallace Kirkpatrick (1861 - 1909) |
| Child | Augustus Eli Kirkpatrick (1862 - 1925) |
| Child | Louis Oliver Kirkpatrick (1864 - 1936) |
| Child | Alice Rebecca Kirkpatrick (1871 - 1948) |
| Child | Sallie Annice Kirkpatrick (1871 - 1953) |
| Spouse | Malinda Triplett (1814 - 1853) |
| Child | Martha Jane Kirkpatrick (1840 - 1925) |
| Child | William Dave Kirkpatrick (1842 - 1862) |
| Child | Mary E. Kirkpatrick (1844 - 1923) |
| Child | John M. Kirkpatrick (1846 - 1924) |
| Child | Margaret Emily Kirkpatrick (1850 - 1927) |
| Father | Samuel Kirkpatrick (1790 - 1866) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Burris ( - 1871) |
| Sibling | Mary Kirkpatrick (1815 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Joseph Kirkpatrick ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ( - ) |
| Sibling | Jan Kirkpatrick ( - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Kirkpatrick (1830 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Samuel Kirkpatrick Jr (1832 - 1880) |
| Sibling | William Kirkpatrick (1839 - ) |
Endnotes
1. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
2. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
3. Ancestry.com.
4. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
5. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
6. Dilworth-Kirkpatrick Bible, Copy of Bible charts from Susan Murff Burch. Bible in possession of Martha Evelyn Bourland Burch. Received November 2016..
7. U. S. Gen Web Site.
8. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.