Person:Benjamin Kirkpatrick (3)

Photo of the Kirkpatrick family

Photo of the Kirkpatrick family ca. 1890. From left to right: Benjamin Jackson, Gertrude E., Minnie Dora, Etta May, Evaline Josephine and Mary Turner Orr his wife.

The names at the bottom of the photo

Benjamin Jackson Kirkpatrick

Photo of the Kirkpatrick home in Elvaston, Illinois

Benjamin J. and Mary T. Kirkpatrick in front of their home in Elvaston, Illinois

The text on the back of the photo which reads, "Benjamin Jackson Kirkpatrick + wife Mary, at their home in Elvaston, (Hancock Co.) Illinois"

Photo of the children of John and Eliza Kirkpatrick

Children of John and Eliza Kirkpatrick about 1865. From left to right: Benjamin Jackson, Eliza (McCreary), James Madison, John David, George Washington, Sarah Jane (McAdams), William Franklin

Close-up of Benjamin Jackson Kirkpatrick in the photo

Benjamin Jackson Kirkpatrick in Elvaston, Illinois ca. 1900

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Find A Grave.

   Name: Benjamin J Kirkpatrick
   Birth: 8 Apr 1828 (1828 in text, in the photo the last digit could be a 6 making it 1826)
   Death: 13 Jul 1916

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Helen Mae Alexander. Kirkpatrick Family History
   pg. 11, 13, 1926-1928.

   "4. John(3) Kirkpatrick born Sept. 19, 1802, married in East Tenn. July 4, 1825 to Eliza, daughter of Benjamin Cox (mentioned previously). Eliza was born June 7, 1808. John and family moved to Ill. with the other Kirkpatricks. He was a wagon maker and farmer; his death occurred Feb. 28, 1865, wife died Jan. 31, 1872. Both buried at Lima, Ill. Four of the sons were six reet tall and weighed more than 200 pounds. Issue as per Bible in possession of George W. Kirkpatrick, of Carthage, Ill.
   
   1. Benjamin Jackson(4) Kirkpatrick, born 4-8-1826 (at Nashville, Tenn [handwritten])
   2. Rachel M.(4) Kirkpatrick 10-31-1827
   3. James Madison(4) Kirkpatrick 11-30-1829
   4, Sarah Jane(4) Kirkpatrick 12-10-1831
   5. William Franklin(4) Kirkpatrick 5-22-1835
   6, George Washington(4) Kirkpatrick 5-23-1839
   7. Ann Eliza(4) Kirkpatrick 5-7-1842
   8. John David(4) Kirkpatrick 3-5-1845
   9.
   
   1. Benjamin J.(4) Kirkpatrick, born April 8, 1826, married at Lima, Ill. in 1850 to Mary Turner, daughter of William Orr, she born in Boone Co., Missouri in 1828. (April 12, 1828 [handwritten])" (pg. 11)
   
   "...
   Benjamin J.(4) Kirkpatrick was a farmer in Hancock Co., Ill. His death occured (sic.) July, 13, 1916; wife died April 14, 1916; both buried at Elvaston, Ill. Issue.
   
   1. Everilla Josephine(5) Kirkpatrick born 1851
   2. Mary Elizabeth(5) Kirkpatrick 2-16-1853
   3. James Walter(5) Kirkpatrick d. in infancy
   4. Etta May(5) Kirkpatrick born 5-1-1857
   5. Minnie Dora(5) Kirkpatrick 2-5-1859
   6. Gertrude E.(5) Kirkpatrick 3-14-1871.." (pg 13)

3. ↑ Adams, Illinois, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
   Sheet 154B, 1850.

   Name: Benjamin I Kirkpatrick
   Gender: Male
   Age: 25
   Race: White
   Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
   Occupation: Cooper
   House Number: 124
   
   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
   Benjamin I Kirkpatrick M 25 Tennessee, United States
   Mary Kirkpatrick F 22 Missouri, United States
   
   Household ID: 126
   Line Number: 6
   Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
   Affiliate Publication Number: M432
   Affiliate Film Number: 97
   GS Film Number: 7670
   Digital Folder Number: 004193246
   Image Number: 00316

   
4. ↑ Adams, Illinois, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
   Page 430, 1860.

   Event Place: Lima 2 North 8 West
   
   Name: B. Kirkpatrick
   Gender: Male
   Age: 32
   Race: White
   Birthplace: Tenn
   Occupation: Cooper
   Page: 430
   
   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
   [blank] Kirkpatrick M 32 Tenn
   Marry Kirkpatrick F 27 Mo
   Everilla Kirkpatrick F 9 Ills
   Mary E Kirkpatrick F 7 Ills
   Etta M Kirkpatrick F 4 Ills
   Winnie D Kirkpatrick F 2 Ills
   
   Household ID: 3311
   Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
   Affiliate Publication Number: M653
   Affiliate Film Number: 155
   GS Film Number: 803155
   Digital Folder Number: 005165726
   Image Number: 00090

   
5. ↑ Hancock, Illinois, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Sheet 284A, 1870.

   Post office: Elvaston, Ill.
   
   Name: B J[ackson] Kirkpatrick
   Gender: Male
   Age: 42
   Race: White
   Birthplace: Tennessee
   Page Number: 11
   
   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
   B John Kirkpatrick M 42 Tennessee
   Mary Kirkpatrick F 42 Missouri
   Avarilla Kirkpatrick F 19 Illinois
   Mollie Kirkpatrick F 17 Illinois
   Etta May Kirkpatrick F 13 Illinois
   Dora Kirkpatrick F 11 Illinois
   
   Household ID: 74
   Line Number: 22
   Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
   Affiliate Publication Number: M593
   GS Film Number: 000545726
   Digital Folder Number: 004263314
   Image Number: 00166

   
6. ↑ Hancock, Illinois, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Sheet 229A, 1880.

   Name: Jackson Kirkpatrick
   Gender: Male
   Age: 54
   Marital Status: Married
   Race: W
   Occupation: Wagon Maker
   Relationship to Head of Household: Self
   Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
   Father's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
   Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
   Sheet Letter: C
   Sheet Number: 229
   Person Number: 0
   Volume: 1
   
   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
   Jackson Kirkpatrick Self M 54 Tennessee, United States
   Mary Kirkpatrick Wife F 52 Missouri, United States
   Etta Kirkpatrick Daughter F 22 Illinois, United States
   Gertrude Kirkpatrick Daughter F 9 Illinois, United States
   
   District: ED 77
   Sheet Number and Letter: 229C
   Household ID: 6974993
   Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
   Affiliate Publication Number: T9
   Affiliate Film Number: 0211
   GS Film Number: 1254211
   Digital Folder Number: 005157430
   Image Number: 00462

   
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
   1916.

   Name: Benjamin Jackson Kirkpatrick
   Birth Date: 8 Apr 1826
   Birth Place: Tennessee
   Death Date: 13 Jul 1916
   Death Place: Elvaston, Hancock, Illinois
   Burial Date: 14 Jul 1916
   Death Age: 90
   Occupation: Wheelwright
   Race: White
   Marital Status: W
   Gender: Male
   Father Name: John Kirkpatrick
   Father Birth Place: Tennessee
   Mother Name: Eliza Cox
   FHL Film Number: 1531028

8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 United States. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. (Online database: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)
   1863.

   Name: Benj J Kirkpatrick
   Place of Birth: Tennessee
   Age on 1 July 1863: 36
   Race: White
   Residence: Lima, Adams, Illinois
   Congressional District: 4th
   Class: 2

   
9. ↑ Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. Quincy Daily Herald. (Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States)
   20 Jul 1916.

   FORMER LIMA MAN DIES
   ----
   B. J. Kirkpatrick Succumbs at Elvaston, Ill.
   ----
   B. J. Kirkpatrick, for many years a resident of Lima, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Everella Kessler, in Elvaston. He was born in Nashville, Tenn., April 8, 1826, and was therefore past ninety years of age. He came to Adams county with his parents when he was two years of age and resided near Lima for forty years. His wife, who was Miss Mary Turner Orr of Lima, died February 27 of this year. Besides Mrs. Kessler he leaves two other daughters, Mrs. Nora Bartholomew of Folsom, Cal., and Mrs. Gertrude Alexander of Hope, Ark.