Individual Details

James, the second child of Edmund Singleton and Anna Barnett (Woodrome) Kirkpatrick, was born 14 August 1833 in Illinois and died 10 or 14 April 1906, probably in Texas. Day Jewell, a descendant, gives this man's birthplace as Arkansas and says the date was April 1 of 1833 or 1834.*

Initially James undertook the study of medicine but after a prank he was tossed out of medical school. He was called "Ed" and led a somewhat roving life. He supposedly married a Louisiana woman named Lucretia ____, who was of French ancestry. He is said to have had four children by this wife, two of whom died of Yellow Fever and two of whom survived. The mother apparently died of the fever also. The yellow fever episode, according to the story, occurred during the Civil War when Kirkpatrick was serving with the 17th Louisiana Infantry. The two surviving children were sent to the wife's kinfolk in France and were last heard from by their half-sister Anna, in 1885.

In the book Louisiana Records of Confederate Soldiers and Commands (Andrew Booth, Commissioner, Military Records, New Orleans, 1920) it is stated that Kirkpatrick served as a private in companies C and D, 17th Louisiana Infantry. He enlisted 30 September 1861, Camp Moore, Louisiana, and was present on all the rolls to June 1862. He was absent on rolls for July and August, 1862, temporarily transferred to the Confederate States gun boat ARK, 23 July 1862, but was absent without leave after destruction of the gunboat. Neither he nor a widow applied for a Louisiana Civil War pension.

After the Civil War Kirkpatrick moved to Texas and married a second time, this time to Jane Elizabeth Bradbury, who was born in Texas, probably Williamson County, 26 Jul 1848. She was the daughter of James Bradbury of South Carolina and Elizabeth (Berry) Bradbury, daughter of John and Gracie (Treat) Berry. (John Berry was born in Kentucky, 1797).

According to Day Jewell's notes, the Bradbury and Berry families were early settlers in Texas and took part in the war for Texas independence. He says that both James Bradbury and John Berry held grants of "League and Labor" given them by Mexico and confirmed by the Republic of Texas.

James Edmund Singleton Kirkpatrick married in 1867 in Gillespie County, Texas. He shows up in the Gillespie County census of 1870 with his wife Jane E. and son Theodore.

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* One record, prepared by Orpha Bradberry Nally, states that he was born 1 April 1838 in Lawrence County, Arkansas, but this is not possible unless the birthdate of his brother, William Tinsley, is also incorrect as given.

Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.com, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, May 5, 2018.

Birth	14 Aug 1834	Franklin Co., Illinois
Marriage	25 Jan 1857	Batesville, Lawrence Co., Arkansas - Lucrerta Smith
Marriage	1867	Gillespie Co., Texas - Jane Elizabeth Bradbury
Death	14 Apr 1906	Texas
Death	14 Apr 1906	Downey, Los Angeles Co., California
Burial		J E S Kirkpatrick, Downey District Cemetery, Downey, Los Angeles Co., California

Spouse	Lucrerta Smith (1839 - 1867)
Child	1stChild Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	2ndChild Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	3rdChild Kirkpatrick ( - )
Child	4thChild Kirkpatrick ( - )

Spouse	Jane Elizabeth Bradbury (1848 - 1876)
Child	Theodore C. Kirkpatrick (1869 - 1876)
Child	Lucretia Kirkpatrick (1870 - 1870)
Child	Anna Barnett Kirkpatrick (1872 - 1936)
Child	Alan Bates Kirkpatrick (1874 - 1942)

Father	Edmund Singleton Kirkpatrick (1810 - 1876)
Mother	Anna Barnett Woodrome (1814 - 1860)
Sibling	John Newton Kirkpatrick (1831 - 1916)
Sibling	William Tinsley Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1891)
Sibling	Alfred Riley Kirkpatrick (1839 - 1913)
Sibling	David D Kirkpatrick (1841 - 1886)
Sibling	Milton Francis Kirkpatrick (1844 - 1870)
Sibling	Hiram Clinton Kirkpatrick (1847 - 1921)
Sibling	Sara G. Kirkpatrick (1849 - 1861)