Individual Details

Harold A. "Harley" Kirkpatrick

(30 Dec 1889 - 5 Jun 1960)

Harold was born 30 December 1889 and died at Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska in 1960. He married Mayme Peterson and had two children with her. After her death he married Jennie Frakes. Jennie died 1 August 1980. There were two (2) children born of the first marriage. There was one child born of the second marriage.

On the 1910 U. S. Census of Wood River Precinct, Dawson Co., Nebraska, Harley Kirkpatrick appears with his wife May M. They have been married zero years and have zero children. Harley is an oil company agent.

On the 1920 U. S. Census of Kearney, Buffalo Co., Nebraska Harold A. Kirkpatrick appears with his wife Mayme and sons Russell and Stewart. Harold is a mechanic working on thrashing machines.

On the 1930 U. S. Census of Lexington, Dawson Co., Nebraska, Harold appears with his wife Jennie and sons Russell, Stewart and Harold E. Harold is a farmer.

Dawson County Herald, Lexington, Nebraska, June 9, 1960: H. A. Kirkpatrick dies unexpectedly on trip to Kansas. H. A. Kirkpatrick, who was born in a sod house near Lexington and lived all his life in this area, died unexpectedly June 5 in Dodge City, Kans. He and Mrs. Kirkpatrick had gone Wednesday to Hutchison, Kans. where they they unloaded their 1914 Dodge and drove it to Dodge City, Kans. on the the annual tour of the Regional Horseless Carriage organization. Friday night he was stricken suddenly ill and taken to a hospital where death occurred early Sunday. Funeral services were conducted in the First Presbyterian church in Lexington on Tuesday afternoon June 7, with Donn Jann church pastor, officiating. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. Mr. Kirkpatrick had engaged in various businesses in this section and operated a gravel contracting business for many years. In 1955 he retired from the active part of the business, but maintained his interests in the firm. Harold (Harley) A. Kirkpatrick, son of Joseph and Olive Kirkpatrick was born Dec. 30, 1889 in a sod house 14 miles northwest of Plum Creek, Neb., now the city of Lexington. He was baptized in 1907 into the Methodist church of which his grandfather Kirkpatrick had been a minister. He married Mayme Peterson in 1907 and to this union were born two sons, Russell and Stewart. Mrs. Kirkpatrick died in 1926 and he later married Jennie Frates. One son, Harold Edwin was born to this union. He is survived by his wife, three sons, Stewart of Omaha, Russell and Harold of Lexington; sisters, Irene McCance of Fontana, Calif., Grace Briner of Brownville, Neb., and Fern Keyes of Denver; brother, Chauncey of Gothenburg; grandchildren Kathy and Nancy Kirkpatrick. Pallbearers were Roger Sage, Elmer Snowden, Jim Roberts, Eugene Michel, Jim O'Donnell, Vernon Welliver.

Events

Birth30 Dec 1889Lexington, Dawson Co., Nebraska
Marriage1907Mayme M. Peterson
Marriage30 Aug 1927Jennie B. Frakes
MarriageAbt 1928Jennie B. Frakes
Death5 Jun 1960Dodge City, Ford Co., Kansas
Alt nameHarley Kirkpatrick
Alt nameHarold (Harley) Kirkpatrick
BurialGreenwood Cemetery, Lexington, Dawson Co., Nebraska

Families

SpouseMayme M. Peterson (1885 - 1926)
ChildRussell T. Kirkpatrick (1913 - 1975)
ChildStewart Francis Kirkpatrick (1915 - 1966)
SpouseJennie B. Frakes (1895 - 1980)
ChildHarold Edwin Kirkpatrick (1929 - 2004)
FatherJoseph Francis Kirkpatrick (1852 - 1917)
MotherOlive McCracken (1856 - 1914)
SiblingIson D. Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1928)
SiblingChauncey M. Kirkpatrick (1887 - 1968)
SiblingFern Alma Kirkpatrick (1899 - 1978)

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