Individual Details
Millard Truman Kirkpatrick
(17 Sep 1868 - 14 Apr 1937)
Millard Truman Kirkpatrick was born in McDonough County, Illinois on 17 September 1868. He married on 28 January 1902 to Clara E. Voorhees, daughter of A. Voorhees. Clara was born and educated in McDonough County, Illinois also.
Milliard went to public schools in McDonough County, and completed a normal school course at age 23. He went to work for a building and loan association at Keithsburg, Illinois, but taught vocal music during the winter. Then for eight years he was engaged in operating a music store at Mercer County, Illinois. In 1898, he disposed of the store and established himself at Macomb, Illinois, with a wholesale and retail music business, operating over five counties and including branches at Warsaw, in Hancock County, and at Bushnell, Illinois. He handled mainly pianos, but also all musical instruments and sheet music. He was a Republican and a Mason (McComb Lodge No. 17). He was also active in the I.O.O.F.* and the Knights of Pythias. He was a Presbyterian.
* International Order of Odd Fellows
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Galesburg Township, Knox Co., Illinois, Milliadd [Millard] T. Kirkpatrick appears with his wife Clara E. and son Wendell B. Milliadd is a salesman of wholesale chemicals.
Obituary not found at California Digital Newspaper Collection (cdnc.ucr.edu), Novmeber 4, 2017.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, April 20, 2018.
Milliard went to public schools in McDonough County, and completed a normal school course at age 23. He went to work for a building and loan association at Keithsburg, Illinois, but taught vocal music during the winter. Then for eight years he was engaged in operating a music store at Mercer County, Illinois. In 1898, he disposed of the store and established himself at Macomb, Illinois, with a wholesale and retail music business, operating over five counties and including branches at Warsaw, in Hancock County, and at Bushnell, Illinois. He handled mainly pianos, but also all musical instruments and sheet music. He was a Republican and a Mason (McComb Lodge No. 17). He was also active in the I.O.O.F.* and the Knights of Pythias. He was a Presbyterian.
* International Order of Odd Fellows
On the 1930 U. S. Census of Galesburg Township, Knox Co., Illinois, Milliadd [Millard] T. Kirkpatrick appears with his wife Clara E. and son Wendell B. Milliadd is a salesman of wholesale chemicals.
Obituary not found at California Digital Newspaper Collection (cdnc.ucr.edu), Novmeber 4, 2017.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, April 20, 2018.
Events
| Birth | 17 Sep 1868 | McDonough Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Jan 1903 | Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa - Clara E. Voorhees | | ||
| Death | 14 Apr 1937 | San Bernardino Co., California | | ||
| Burial | Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, San Diego, San Diego Co., California | |
Families
| Spouse | Clara E. Voorhees (1877 - 1961) |
| Child | Gladys E Kirkpatrick (1908 - 1970) |
| Child | Wendell V. Kirkpatrick (1909 - 1964) |
| Father | Francis Asbury Kirkpatrick (1833 - 1915) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Lowe (1839 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Alice Marial Kirkpatrick (1860 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Louella Cassandra Kirkpatrick (1862 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Louis Daniel Kirkpatrick (1866 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Edwin Loren Kirkpatrick (1871 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Gilbert Edgar Kirkpatrick (1874 - 1944) |
| Sibling | William Bruce Kirkpatrick (1877 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Roy D. Kirkpatrick (1879 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Ethel Kirkpatrick (1882 - 1974) |
Endnotes
1. Find A Grave.
2. Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992.
3. California Death Index.
4. Find A Grave.
5. Find A Grave.