Individual Details
Edwin Loren Kirkpatrick
(11 Jan 1871 - 14 Mar 1946)
On the 1910 U. S. Census of Keithburg City, Mercer Co., Illinois, Edwin L. Kirkpatrick appears with his wife Mabel and children Melba J., Frank and Joseph. They have been married 13 years and Mabel is the mother of 3 children. Edwin is a traveling salesman of machinery.
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas, Edwin appears with his wife Mabel and children Frank S., Joseph L. and Richard E. Edwin is a manager of a lumber company.
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas, Edwin appears with his wife Mabel and son Richard E. Edwin is a Division Manager of a machinery company. Unable to read the type of machinery. From the granddaughter we find that Edwin was the manager of the Allis-Chalmers Tractor Company in Wichita, Kansas.
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An email from Edwin's granddaughter Elizabeth states:
"I knew my grandfather Edwin until the mid-l940s. I think he died in about l946. I don't have the exact date. He is buried in the Wichita cemetery near his son, Frank and his other son Richard. He died in my father's arms in Wichita, Kansas from a heart attack. My father was just home from the war, and it was his first night back from Germany on his way to Japan. My father, a Col. in the US Army, then had to get on a train to go to Japan, and on the way there, my Uncle Richard (Dick) also died. Uncle "Dick" was a lawyer, and had a withered arm from childhood polio. Dick was greatly loved, but never married because of his arm. He was in his 30s. My Grandmother, once a Methodist, had become a Christian Scientist, and he got sick but they did not call a doctor. My father had to go overseas having just lost his Father and his younger brother. The Red Cross reached him on the train and he came back for the funeral. It was a very sad time for him until we arrived in Japan to be with him.
Edwin was a very quiet man and very dignified. He was the manager of the Allis Chalmbers Tractor Company in Wichita, Kan. for many years. He had a law degree when they were no real law schools. They lived for some time in North Dakota and other places and finally settled down in Wichita, Kansas where he lived with his wife Mabel Hodson Kirkpatrick and his remaining son, Richard. He was a Republican and listened avidly to the radio in the l930s. He and Mabel had four children, Melba, Frank Smith, Joseph, and Richard. Joseph died during the l929 Depression. "
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas, Edwin appears with his wife Mabel and children Frank S., Joseph L. and Richard E. Edwin is a manager of a lumber company.
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas, Edwin appears with his wife Mabel and son Richard E. Edwin is a Division Manager of a machinery company. Unable to read the type of machinery. From the granddaughter we find that Edwin was the manager of the Allis-Chalmers Tractor Company in Wichita, Kansas.
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An email from Edwin's granddaughter Elizabeth states:
"I knew my grandfather Edwin until the mid-l940s. I think he died in about l946. I don't have the exact date. He is buried in the Wichita cemetery near his son, Frank and his other son Richard. He died in my father's arms in Wichita, Kansas from a heart attack. My father was just home from the war, and it was his first night back from Germany on his way to Japan. My father, a Col. in the US Army, then had to get on a train to go to Japan, and on the way there, my Uncle Richard (Dick) also died. Uncle "Dick" was a lawyer, and had a withered arm from childhood polio. Dick was greatly loved, but never married because of his arm. He was in his 30s. My Grandmother, once a Methodist, had become a Christian Scientist, and he got sick but they did not call a doctor. My father had to go overseas having just lost his Father and his younger brother. The Red Cross reached him on the train and he came back for the funeral. It was a very sad time for him until we arrived in Japan to be with him.
Edwin was a very quiet man and very dignified. He was the manager of the Allis Chalmbers Tractor Company in Wichita, Kan. for many years. He had a law degree when they were no real law schools. They lived for some time in North Dakota and other places and finally settled down in Wichita, Kansas where he lived with his wife Mabel Hodson Kirkpatrick and his remaining son, Richard. He was a Republican and listened avidly to the radio in the l930s. He and Mabel had four children, Melba, Frank Smith, Joseph, and Richard. Joseph died during the l929 Depression. "
Events
| Birth | 11 Jan 1871 | Sciota, McDonough Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Dec 1896 | Knox Co., Illinois - Mabel Hodson | | ||
| Death | 14 Mar 1946 | Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas | | ||
| Burial | Wichita Park Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Mabel Hodson (1878 - ) |
| Child | Melba Iona Kirkpatrick (1897 - 1979) |
| Child | Frank Smith Kirkpatrick (1899 - 1948) |
| Child | Joseph Loren Kirkpatrick (1902 - 1928) |
| Child | Richard Ernest Kirkpatrick (1914 - 1946) |
| Father | Francis Asbury Kirkpatrick (1833 - 1915) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Lowe (1839 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Alice Marial Kirkpatrick (1860 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Louella Cassandra Kirkpatrick (1862 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Louis Daniel Kirkpatrick (1866 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Millard Truman Kirkpatrick (1868 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Gilbert Edgar Kirkpatrick (1874 - 1944) |
| Sibling | William Bruce Kirkpatrick (1877 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Roy D. Kirkpatrick (1879 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Ethel Kirkpatrick (1882 - 1974) |
Endnotes
1. 1910 Census Mercer Co., Illinois.
3. Hope Keith, employee of Wichita Park Cemetery, List of Kirkpatrick Burials at Wichita Park Cemetery (n.p: March 1, 2007, n.d).
4. Hope Keith, employee of Wichita Park Cemetery, List of Kirkpatrick Burials at Wichita Park Cemetery (n.p: March 1, 2007, n.d).