Individual Details
Samuel Cotter Kirkpatrick
(15 Dec 1841 - 29 Jul 1911)
Samuel was born 15 December 1841 in Grant County, Wisconsin, and died 29 July 1911. He married Caroline M. Ritchey, while on veteran's furlough during the Civil War, at the United States Hotel in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, 16 April 1864. She was born 29 April 1843 and died 7 April 1926 at Platteville, Wisconsin. She is buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville, Wisconsin, as is her husband.
Samuel C. Kirkpatrick served with Company E, 11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. He enrolled 11 September 1861 at Mineral Point and was listed as a 1st Sergeant. He was discharged at Indianola, Texas, 13 February 1864 and re-enlisted on the same date in the same place and served until discharged at Mobile, Alabama, 4 September 1865.
During the war, he was wounded in the left ear at Port Gibson, Mississippi, about 1 May 1863 and also wounded in a charge at Big Black River when struck by a piece of shell (shrapnel) in the left breast, 17 May 1863. He also claimed in his post-war pension application that he had suffered a total loss of smell while guarding a forage train in extreme heat about 30 June 1862.
His Civil War papers describe him as 6 feet (one calls the height 6 feet 3 3/4 inches), his complexion as fair (another calls him dark), with grey eyes (another paper says hazel), and light colored hair (another paper says brown hair). His age is given as 19 and his occupation that of farmer.
After the war he lived variously at Belmont, Wisconsin; Lima, Wisconsin; Cass County, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; and finally back in Platteville, Wisconsin.
There were five (5) children born of the marriage.
Iowa County Democrat, Mineral Point, Wisconsin, Thursday, August 10, 1911, Page 3, Col. 6: Samuel C. Kirkpatrick died at his home in Platteville July 29, 1911. He was born Dec. 15,1841. The Witness of Aug. 2, contained the following in regard to his death: "Mr. Kirkpatrick heard and heeded the call of his country, and served as a soldier in the Civil war. He was married to Miss Caroline Ritchey April 16, 1864, and to this union five children born, three of which died in infancy.
"He was an invalid for many years, having contracted his sickness in the army. He was a patient sufferer up to the time of his death. He leaves to mourn, a wife, Mrs. Caroline Kirkpatrick; two daughters, Mrs. F. M. Dyer of Platteville and Mrs. Charles Marquardt of Janesville; two grandchildren, two brothers, Charles and John, also two sisters, Mrs. Charles Bromley and Mrs. Charles Martin, both of Rewey, together with a host of friends who will miss him."
Samuel C. Kirkpatrick served with Company E, 11th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. He enrolled 11 September 1861 at Mineral Point and was listed as a 1st Sergeant. He was discharged at Indianola, Texas, 13 February 1864 and re-enlisted on the same date in the same place and served until discharged at Mobile, Alabama, 4 September 1865.
During the war, he was wounded in the left ear at Port Gibson, Mississippi, about 1 May 1863 and also wounded in a charge at Big Black River when struck by a piece of shell (shrapnel) in the left breast, 17 May 1863. He also claimed in his post-war pension application that he had suffered a total loss of smell while guarding a forage train in extreme heat about 30 June 1862.
His Civil War papers describe him as 6 feet (one calls the height 6 feet 3 3/4 inches), his complexion as fair (another calls him dark), with grey eyes (another paper says hazel), and light colored hair (another paper says brown hair). His age is given as 19 and his occupation that of farmer.
After the war he lived variously at Belmont, Wisconsin; Lima, Wisconsin; Cass County, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; and finally back in Platteville, Wisconsin.
There were five (5) children born of the marriage.
Iowa County Democrat, Mineral Point, Wisconsin, Thursday, August 10, 1911, Page 3, Col. 6: Samuel C. Kirkpatrick died at his home in Platteville July 29, 1911. He was born Dec. 15,1841. The Witness of Aug. 2, contained the following in regard to his death: "Mr. Kirkpatrick heard and heeded the call of his country, and served as a soldier in the Civil war. He was married to Miss Caroline Ritchey April 16, 1864, and to this union five children born, three of which died in infancy.
"He was an invalid for many years, having contracted his sickness in the army. He was a patient sufferer up to the time of his death. He leaves to mourn, a wife, Mrs. Caroline Kirkpatrick; two daughters, Mrs. F. M. Dyer of Platteville and Mrs. Charles Marquardt of Janesville; two grandchildren, two brothers, Charles and John, also two sisters, Mrs. Charles Bromley and Mrs. Charles Martin, both of Rewey, together with a host of friends who will miss him."
Events
| Birth | 15 Dec 1841 | Grant Co., Wisconsin | |||
| Marriage | 16 Apr 1864 | Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wisconsin - Caroline Mary Richie | |||
| Death | 29 Jul 1911 | Grant Co., Wisconsin |  | ||
| Burial | Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin | |
Families
| Spouse | Caroline Mary Richie (1843 - 1926) |
| Child | Verona Adelaide Kirkpatrick (1867 - 1952) |
| Child | Clarrisa Belle Kirkpatrick (1870 - 1948) |
| Child | Charles Kirkpatrick (1872 - 1873) |
| Child | Charles G. Kirkpatrick (1873 - 1875) |
| Child | Charles G. Kirkpatrick (1876 - 1878) |
| Father | James Gillham Kirkpatrick Jr. (1813 - 1897) |
| Mother | Caroline Newman (1821 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Infant Kirkpatrick (1843 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Charles Hardin Kirkpatrick (1845 - 1935) |
| Sibling | John Newman Kirkpatrick (1848 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Isabelle Jane Kirkpatrick (1851 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Nancy Ellen Kirkpatrick (1860 - 1934) |
Endnotes
1. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin.
2. E-Mail from Kathleen Wolfe (n.p: August 2010, n.d).
3. Grant County Genealogical Society, Platteville, Wisconsin.