Individual Details

Ruth Ann Kirkpatrick

(29 Nov 1868 - 17 Nov 1936)

Christopher Progress, Christopher, Illinois, Thursday, November 19, 1936, Page 1, Col. 5: Mrs. Ruth Ann Brown Dies at Farm Home. Mrs. Ruth Ann Brown, 68, passed away at her home three miles southeast of Sesser at noon Tuesday. Mrs. Brown, daughter of George and Sarah E. Huie Kirkpatrick, was born near Sesser where she spent her entire life. She is survived by her husband, Sanford brown, three children, Lonzo, W. F. Brown and Mrs. Jennie Johnson, all of Sesser; two brothers, Wm. Kirkpatrick of Sesser and C. H. Kirkpatrick of West Frankfort; three sisters, Mrs. Louisa Stubblefield, Mrs. Ida Jones, both of Sesser and Cora McCrackin of Virden, Illinois.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at Horse Prairie church. Rev. Cyrus Maulding of Mt. Vernon officiated. Interment at Horse Prairie cemetery.

Events

Birth29 Nov 1868Illinois
Marriage23 Dec 1887Franklin Co., Illinois - Sanford Brown
Death17 Nov 1936Franklin Co., Illinois
BurialHorse Prairie Cemetery, Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois

Families

SpouseSanford Brown (1866 - 1943)
ChildAlonzo Brown (1891 - 1951)
ChildRada Brown (1898 - 1920)
ChildJennie Brown (1901 - 1981)
ChildWilliam Fay Brown (1908 - 1941)
FatherGeorge Washington Kirkpatrick (1842 - 1908)
MotherSarah Elizabeth Huie (1844 - 1919)
SiblingMary A. Kirkpatrick (1863 - 1863)
SiblingLaura Kirkpatrick (1865 - 1865)
SiblingAda Jane Kirkpatrick (1867 - 1931)
SiblingCora B. Kirkpatrick (1875 - )
SiblingWilliam Franklin Kirkpatrick (1878 - 1956)
SiblingIda Kirkpatrick (1885 - )

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