Individual Details
Francis Asbury Kirkpatrick
(2 Sep 1833 - 9 Nov 1915)
Francis Kirkpatrick was born 2 September 1833 in Griggsville, Pike County, Illinois. On 1 October 1856 in McDonough County, Illinois, he married Elizabeth Lowe. Francis Asbury died 9 November 1915 in Macomb, Illinois.
Francis Asbury Kirkpatrick (one of a number of Kirkpatrick's bearing this name, after Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury), served in the Union Army as a sergeant in Company C of the 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from September 1862 until June 1865. In an application for pension in 1885 when he was 52 years old, Francis is described as 6 feet, 1 inch in height, with a sandy complexion, hazel eyes and light hair. At the time of enlistment he was a farmer. The pension application originated in the town of Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois. Kirkpatrick states that he was in the 'march to the sea' with Sherman, and that he was discharged at Washington D.C.
His wife, Elizabeth Lowe, was the daughter of Gilbert Lowe and was born near Cairo, Illinois, 14 September 1839. She died 9 January 1914. Both she and her husband are buried in the Cemetery at Blandinsville, Illinois.
There were nine children born of this marriage.
On the 1880 Census of Sciota, McDonough Co., Illinois Francis is with his wife Elizabeth and children Lula, Lewis, Milliard, Edwin, Edgar, Bruce, and Roy. Francis is indexed as Francie. He is a farmer.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, May 15, 2018.
Francis Asbury Kirkpatrick (one of a number of Kirkpatrick's bearing this name, after Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury), served in the Union Army as a sergeant in Company C of the 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from September 1862 until June 1865. In an application for pension in 1885 when he was 52 years old, Francis is described as 6 feet, 1 inch in height, with a sandy complexion, hazel eyes and light hair. At the time of enlistment he was a farmer. The pension application originated in the town of Sciota, McDonough County, Illinois. Kirkpatrick states that he was in the 'march to the sea' with Sherman, and that he was discharged at Washington D.C.
His wife, Elizabeth Lowe, was the daughter of Gilbert Lowe and was born near Cairo, Illinois, 14 September 1839. She died 9 January 1914. Both she and her husband are buried in the Cemetery at Blandinsville, Illinois.
There were nine children born of this marriage.
On the 1880 Census of Sciota, McDonough Co., Illinois Francis is with his wife Elizabeth and children Lula, Lewis, Milliard, Edwin, Edgar, Bruce, and Roy. Francis is indexed as Francie. He is a farmer.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, May 15, 2018.
Events
| Birth | 2 Sep 1833 | Griggsville, Pike Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 1 Oct 1856 | McDonough Co., Illinois - Elizabeth Lowe | | ||
| Death | 9 Nov 1915 | Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois | | ||
| Burial | Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Lowe (1839 - 1914) |
| Child | Alice Marial Kirkpatrick (1860 - 1944) |
| Child | Louella Cassandra Kirkpatrick (1862 - 1947) |
| Child | Louis Daniel Kirkpatrick (1866 - 1952) |
| Child | Millard Truman Kirkpatrick (1868 - 1937) |
| Child | Edwin Loren Kirkpatrick (1871 - 1946) |
| Child | Gilbert Edgar Kirkpatrick (1874 - 1944) |
| Child | William Bruce Kirkpatrick (1877 - 1964) |
| Child | Roy D. Kirkpatrick (1879 - 1943) |
| Child | Ethel Kirkpatrick (1882 - 1974) |
| Father | Joseph Lane Kirkpatrick (1803 - 1884) |
| Mother | Mariel Pratt (1799 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Thomas C. Kirkpatrick (1827 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth E. Kirkpatrick (1828 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Daniel Kirkpatrick (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane Kirkpatrick (1837 - 1914) |
| Sibling | William Berry Kirkpatrick (1839 - 1926) |
Endnotes
1. McDonough County Historical and Genealogical Society, Macomb, Illinois, Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, Illinois (n.p: 1983, n.d), Page 41.
2. Illinois Marriages On-line.
3. McDonough County Historical and Genealogical Society, Macomb, Illinois, Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, Illinois (n.p: 1983, n.d), Page 41.
4. McDonough County Historical and Genealogical Society, Macomb, Illinois, Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, Illinois (n.p: 1983, n.d), Page 41.