Individual Details

John Mortimer Kirkpatrick

(23 Jan 1846 - 27 Jul 1904)

John M. (his middle name is also given as McKendon) was born 23 January 1846 at Bloomfield, Illinois, and died 27 July 1904 at Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. He was married on 4 October 1870 at Augusta, Illinois, to Katie [Katy per cemetery] Bostick who was born 8 October 1849 in Indiana at Lawrence (some say Lawrence Port). Katie died 29 march 1911 in Missouri. She and her husband are both buried at Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She died at or near Kansas City, Missouri while on a visit.

John was a member of Company E, 50th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. he was 5 feet 4½ inches tall, fair skin, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He enlisted January 1864 at Quincy, Illinois, and mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky. He engaged in a number of occupations after the war including well-digging and owning and managing a restaurant.

There were five (5) children born of the marriage.

Events

Birth23 Jan 1846Bloomfield, Adams Co., Illinois
Marriage4 Oct 1870Augusta, Hancock Co., Illinois - Katie Bostick
Death27 Jul 1904Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma
BurialFairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma

Families

SpouseKatie Bostick (1849 - 1911)
ChildArthur Wilmer Kirkpatrick (1871 - 1920)
ChildHarry M. Kirkpatrick (1875 - 1875)
ChildRalph M. Kirkpatrick (1877 - 1879)
ChildJesse Francis Kirkpatrick (1878 - 1879)
ChildEva May Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1972)
FatherJesse Jackson Kirkpatrick (1804 - 1869)
MotherPhoebe Elvira Thayer (1815 - 1882)
SiblingCatherine Serena Kirkpatrick (1843 - 1887)
SiblingEliza E. Kirkpatrick (1848 - 1892)
SiblingJulia Ann Kirkpatrick (1853 - 1919)
SiblingLydia Kirkpatrick (1860 - )

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