Individual Details
Sarah Caroline Kirkpatrick
(15 Apr 1835 - 13 Dec 1869)
Sarah Caroline, the first child of Jesse and Mineva Kirkpatrick was born 15 April 1835 in Adams County, Illinois. According to family lore, Sarah became a live-in housekeeper of a wealthy neighbor, Davis Pollard Colvin and took care of his children after his first wife, Elizabeth (Booth) Colvin, died on 1 June 1853. On 22 December 1853, Sarah married Davis Colvin. Davis was a farmer who was born 24 February 1815 in Pendleton County, Kentucky, the son of George and Nancy Davis Colvin. They had three children, one of whom died young, before Sarah died on 13 December 1869 at the family home near Ursa, Adams County, Illinois, possibly of complications following childbirth. She is buried in the Booth Family Cemetery. A glimpse of Sarah's life can be found in a handwritten eulogy probably written by her sister America.
"The painful duty revolves upon a dear friend and relative to record the decease of a devoted wife and mother, an eternal friend and a faithful sister in Christ, died near Ursa, Adams Co., Ills Dec. 13th 1869, after a long and painful illness. Mrs. Sarah Caroline, wife of Davis P. Colvin, and daughter of Jesse M. and Minerva J. Kirkpatrick in the thirty fifth year of her age. She was born and raised near the place where she departed this life. Joined the Christian Church in the year 1853, was a faithful member, lived a consistant Christian life, the needy, the afflicted and the distressed were especial subjects of her care. She was one of the few who carried her religion to her home and out in the world and none knew her but to love and esteem her, and whilst she left a husband, two children, many friends and relatives to mourn her loss, she left an unmistakeable evidence that our loss is her great gain."
After Sarah's death, Davis Colvin married a third time, to Mary Hedges. He died 21 August 1894 in Ursa.
There were three children born of the marriage, one whom had died as an infant.
"The painful duty revolves upon a dear friend and relative to record the decease of a devoted wife and mother, an eternal friend and a faithful sister in Christ, died near Ursa, Adams Co., Ills Dec. 13th 1869, after a long and painful illness. Mrs. Sarah Caroline, wife of Davis P. Colvin, and daughter of Jesse M. and Minerva J. Kirkpatrick in the thirty fifth year of her age. She was born and raised near the place where she departed this life. Joined the Christian Church in the year 1853, was a faithful member, lived a consistant Christian life, the needy, the afflicted and the distressed were especial subjects of her care. She was one of the few who carried her religion to her home and out in the world and none knew her but to love and esteem her, and whilst she left a husband, two children, many friends and relatives to mourn her loss, she left an unmistakeable evidence that our loss is her great gain."
After Sarah's death, Davis Colvin married a third time, to Mary Hedges. He died 21 August 1894 in Ursa.
There were three children born of the marriage, one whom had died as an infant.
Events
| Birth | 15 Apr 1835 | Illinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 22 Dec 1853 | Ursa, Adams Co., Illinois - Davis Pollard Colvin | | ||
| Death | 13 Dec 1869 | Ursa, Adams Co., Illinois | | ||
| Burial | Booth Memorial Cemetery, Ursa, Adams Co., Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Davis Pollard Colvin (1815 - 1894) |
| Child | James Milton Colvin (1855 - 1936) |
| Child | Katie Colvin (1858 - 1859) |
| Child | Lillie May Colvin (1861 - ) |
| Father | Jesse Milton Kirkpatrick (1812 - 1885) |
| Mother | Minerva Jane Kirkpatrick (1813 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Hester A. Kirkpatrick (1837 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Nancy J. Kirkpatrick (1839 - ) |
| Sibling | America Amanda Kirkpatrick (1842 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Francis Augustine Kirkpatrick (1844 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Milton Orville Kirkpatrick (1846 - 1895) |
Endnotes
1. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
2. Illinois Marriages On-line.
3. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
4. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.