Joseph D. Kirkpatrick

    Joseph D. Kirkpatrick, deceased, was a native of Adams County, Ohio, his birth occurring November 26, 1816. He was the sixth in a family of fourteen children born to James and Annie (Schelp) Kirkpatrick, who settled near Vincennes in Knox County, this State, in 1837, where James Kirkpatrick died in the fall of 1841. His widow died west of Lynnville in Gibson County the fall of 1846.

    Joseph D. Kirkpatrick was reared to manhood upon a farm, receiving such education as was afforded by the common schools of that early day. He did not come to the Hoosier State with his parents, but remained in Ohio learning the miller's trade. February 1, 1849, he wedded Mary Jane Gourley, a native of South Carolina, who came with her parents to Indiana at an early day, settling near Princeton, where both afterward died. To the marriage of our subject a family of seven children has been born, but of these only two are now living, named James R. and William, the former having married Mallie J. Ware, of Louisville, and the latter at present a student at college in Terre Haute.

    In 1854 Mr. Kirkpatrick became a resident of this State, living one year at Princeton, and the remainder of his life in Warrick County. He built the first brick business house in Lynnville, merchandised there a few years and was a member of the stock company that erected the Lynnville Flouring Mills, of which he was made manager and which he successfully operated fourteen years. After that he looked after his farming interests until his death in September, 1876. The chief features of Mr. Kirkpatrick's life was his integrity of character, enterprise and love for home. A man honored and respected for his moral worth, he had few enemies and many friends.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.