Individual Details

William was born on his father's farm near St. Charles, Missouri, 11 June 1837. He spent most of his early life on the farm of his father. In 1866 he came to St. Charles and engaged in merchandising, starting a grocery store which he operated for about 5 years. For some years he engaged in the stock business and, to a degree, in real estate, as sidelines. He continued in these businesses and expanded as a leading businessman and property holder in the county. He became a stockholder in the Novelty Manufacturing Corp., the Tobacco Company (where he was also a director), the St. Charles Gas Company, and the First National Bank of St. Charles where he became president in 1884. He and a partner became owners jointly of over 2600 acres of agricultural land. He and his partner, Mr. Stonebraker, are noted in a county history as the only men in Missouri who in 1885 "use traction steam engine gang-plows for breaking up their plow land. By the use of these plows, they have found that they greatly economize both labor and expense, while the plows do better work than ordinary horse plows."*

On 29 November 1866 William Kirkpatrick married Ursula Kestler, daughter of John Kestler of Macon County, Illinois. Miss Kestler had attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles which was where Kirkpatrick met her. Kirkpatrick and his wife were members of the Roman Catholic Church and he became a lodge member of the Catholic Knights of America.

There were three children of the marriage.

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* History of St. Charles, Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri. St Louis, National Historical Co., 1885. 389-99.

On the 1870 U. S. Census St. Charles City, St. Charles Co., Missouri, W. W. Kirkpatrick is a grocer living with his wife Ursula and daughter Angia. In the household is a female and male servant.

On the 1880 U. S. Census of St. Charles, St. Charles Co., Missouri, William W. appears with his wife Ursule and children Angie, Mamie, and Frankie F.

Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, April 5, 2018.

Birth	11 Jun 1837	St Charles Co., Missouri
Birth	11 Jun 1837	St Charles Co., Missouri
Residence	1860	St Charles, St Charles Co., Missouri
Marriage	29 Nov 1866	St Charles Co., Missouri - Ursula Kestler
Death	30 Dec 1889
Burial		Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery, St. Charles, St. Charles Co., Missouri

Spouse	Ursula Kestler (1846 - 1923)
Child	Angela "Angie" C. Kirkpatrick (1868 - )
Child	Mary "Mamie" Janett Kirkpatrick (1872 - 1944)
Child	Francis "Frank" F. Kirkpatrick (1876 - )

Father	Wallis Kirkpatrick (1801 - 1839)
Mother	Jane Joanna Frances du Chantalle Mudd (1803 - 1884)
Sibling	Francis Henry 'Frank' Kirkpatrick (1826 - 1885)
Sibling	Elizabeth Mudd 'Bet' Kirkpatrick (1828 - 1908)
Sibling	William Wallace Kirkpatrick (1830 - 1831)
Sibling	Wallace Michael Kirkpatrick ( - )
Sibling	Margaret Helena 'Ellen' Kirkpatrick (1833 - )
Sibling	Matilda Jane Kirkpatrick (1835 - 1904)