Individual Details

Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick

(4 Aug 1878 - 24 Aug 1971)

Frankfort Area Newspaper, August 26, 1971: Mrs. Mary Burkitt Dies in Christopher. Mrs. Mary Burkitt, 93, of Mulkeytown, died Tuesday at Miners Hospital in Christopher. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, she was a member of the Mulkeytown Christian Church and the Royal Neighbors, Mulkeytown Camp 2975. Mrs. Burkitt was the widow of Orlen Burkitt. She is survived by a brother and two sisters: Harley Kirkpatrick, Christopher; Mrs. Anna Rentfro, Mulkeytown and Mrs. Elsie Hocking, Fairfield. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Gilbert Funeral Home in Christopher, with the Reverend Eugene Fox officiating. Interment will be in Mulkeytown Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

From Jane Grubbs to post at findagrave.com: Mary and her husband Orlen raised Orlen's three nieces. Mary and Orlen owned a grocery store in Christopher. The store was first on S. Emma Street and then they moved it to Mulkey Street.

Events

Birth4 Aug 1878Franklin Co., Illinois
Birth4 Aug 1878Franklin Co., Illinois
Residence1880Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Tyrone, Franklin Co., Illinois
Marriage9 Sep 1898Franklin Co., Illinois - Charles Wilburn Oaks
Residence1900Age: 21; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Six Mile, Franklin Co., Illinois
Marriage4 Dec 1905Orlen Monroe Burkitt
Residence1935
Residence1 Apr 1940Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Death24 Aug 1971Christopher, Franklin Co., Illinois
Death24 Aug 1971
Alt nameMary E. Kirkpatrick
Alt nameMary E. KIRKPATRICK
BurialMulkeytown Cemetery, Mulkeytown, Franklin Co., Illinois

Families

SpouseOrlen Monroe Burkitt (1884 - 1951)
SpouseCharles Wilburn Oaks (1870 - 1947)
FatherGrundy Monroe Kirkpatrick (1851 - 1907)
MotherAlice Ruth Mulkey (1857 - 1940)
SiblingLevi Herbert Kirkpatrick (1876 - 1941)
SiblingElsie May Kirkpatrick (1880 - 1971)
SiblingThomas Franklin Kirkpatrick (1883 - 1970)
SiblingEdley Logan Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1962)
SiblingHarley Monroe Kirkpatrick (1893 - 1978)
SiblingAnna Sylvia Kirkpatrick (1900 - 1975)

Endnotes

1. 1880 Census Franklin Co., Illinois.

2. Ancestry.com.

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

4. Kirkpatricks of Southern Illinois, by Paul Mabus--- received April 9, 1999.

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

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

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

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

14. Obituary of Mary Burkitt, Frankfort Area Newspaper, August 26, 1971. Provided by Frankfort Area Genealogical Society..

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

16. 1880 Census Franklin Co., Illinois.

17. Ancestry.com.

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

19. Obituary of Mary Burkitt, Frankfort Area Newspaper, August 26, 1971. Provided by Frankfort Area Genealogical Society..