Individual Details
Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
(20 Mar 1855 - 31 Jul 1934)
Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick was born 20 March 1855, at Walnut Grove, Illinois. Family tradition states this was in Edgar County on the Indiana border. There is however, no Walnut Grove, which is much closer to the territory which we associate with this family. Moreover, Mary is found living with her parents in the 1860 census of Lee County, just a few miles from the town of Walnut. While it is impossible to say with certainty where Mary was born, it was probably McDonough County (most likely) or Lee County. Despite family tradition, it is unlikely that she was born in Edgar County. Mary died 31 July 1934, at Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska. She married 28 February 1875, in Durham, Hancock County, Illinois, to John Wesley Moyer, who was born 12 May 1850 in Burlington, Iowa, and died 7 February 1932 in Holdrege, Nebraska. The Moyers homesteaded in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, in 1886, going probably with Mary's brother William and his family. In 1896, they moved to Doniphan County, Kansas, and a few years later to Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska.
There were ten children born of the marriage.
There were ten children born of the marriage.
Events
| Birth | 20 Mar 1855 | Walnut Grove, Edgar Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Feb 1875 | Durham, Hancock Co., Illinois - John Wesley Moyer | | ||
| Death | 31 Jul 1934 | Holdrege, Phelps Co., Nebraska | | ||
| Burial | Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, Phelps Co., Nebraska | |
Families
| Spouse | John Wesley Moyer (1850 - 1932) |
| Child | Hattie Elizabeth Moyer (1877 - 1897) |
| Child | Lena Amanda Moyer (1879 - 1959) |
| Child | Minnie May Moyer (1882 - 1887) |
| Child | Bertha Lillian Moyer (1884 - 1887) |
| Child | Andrew Alfred Moyer (1889 - 1909) |
| Child | Evangeline Florence Moyer (1892 - 1976) |
| Child | Helen Leona Moyer (1894 - 1971) |
| Child | Gladys Moyer (1896 - 1896) |
| Child | Grace Moyer (1896 - 1896) |
| Child | Frances Susie Moyer (1900 - 1992) |
| Father | Charles Alford Kirkpatrick (1820 - 1896) |
| Mother | Mary Jane Anderson (1822 - 1899) |
| Sibling | William Wilberforce Kirkpatrick (1849 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Charles Finney Kirkpatrick (1852 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ellen Kirkpatrick (1857 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Martha June Kirkpatrick (1859 - 1896) |
Endnotes
1. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995, Page 103.
2. Illinois Marriages On-line, Vol.4, Page 99.
3. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995, Page 103.
4. Find A Grave.