Individual Details

Martha Araminta Kirkpatrick

(15 Jan 1854 - 29 Jan 1939)

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Monday, January 30, 1939, Section II, Page 1: Death Claims Dallas Pioneer Woman at 85. Mrs. L. R. Terry, 85, resident of Dallas since 1889 when her husband, who died in 1926, moved here from Collin County to engage in the real estate business, died at 3 am. Sunday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Verschoyle, 4931 Live Oak. Mrs. Terry and her husband, who installed and operated in Collin County one of the first steam cotton gins in Texas, came to Texas from Tennessee in 1876. They settled on a farm near the site of the old town of Celina. Later they lived at Plano and McKinney before moving to Dallas. For forty years Mr. and Mrs. Terry lived at 4315 Live Oak, during which time he was active in the real estate business. Upon his death she moved into the home of her daughter. She is survived by the daughter of Dallas; a brother Dr. S. S. Kirkpatrick of Thrall; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm. Monday at the East Dallas Christian Church, Dr. L. N. D. Wells officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers will include three grandsons, a nephew, the husband of a granddaughter and a friend of the family. They will be W. Rowe Verschoyle, Hubert Henry Verschoyle, L. R. Verscholyle, Norman C. Welsh, Oliver Kirkpatrick, and Paul C. Gerhart.

Events

Birth15 Jan 1854Gainsboro Co., Tennessee
Marriage16 Dec 1872Jackson Co., Tennessee - Lee Roy Terry
Marriage1874Lee Roy Terry
Residence1880Precinct 6, Collin Co., Texas
Residence1900Door Co., Wisconsin
Residence1910Dallas Ward 6, Dallas Co., Texas
Death29 Jan 1939Dallas, Collin Co., Texas
Alt nameMartha A. Kirkpatrick
BurialMattie A. Terry, Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas

Families

SpouseLee Roy Terry (1851 - 1926)
ChildJennie Belle Terry (1878 - 1945)
ChildUna Whitley Terry (1882 - 1882)
FatherAlbert Kirkpatrick (1821 - 1901)
MotherEmily C. Tinsley (1820 - 1895)
SiblingEllis Kirkpatrick (1844 - 1849)
SiblingAlice Mandyville Kirkpatrick (1846 - 1895)
SiblingJohn Tinsley Kirkpatrick (1848 - 1859)
SiblingAmonette Fowler Kirkpatrick (1850 - 1919)
SiblingSilvanus Bedford Kirkpatrick (1851 - 1944)
SiblingAmos Newton Kirkpatrick (1853 - 1936)
SiblingMary A. Kirkpatrick (1858 - 1889)
SiblingCaleb Pembroke Kirkpatrick (1861 - 1892)
SiblingJoana Belle Kirkpatrick (1863 - 1865)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. 1880 Census Collin Co., Texas.

3. Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950.

4. Genealogical Records of the Kirkpatrick Families, Compiled for Dr. S. B. Kirkpatrick By Asa C. Elliott, El Paso, Texas, 1942--Revised 1959 by Dr. B. A. Kirkpatrick, Taylor, Texas.

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950.

11. 1880 Census Collin Co., Texas.

12. Find A Grave.