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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

HON. SANFORD KIRKPATRICK.
In taking up the personal history of Hon. Sanford Kirkpatrick we present the
record of one who needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for he
has a wide acquaintance in Wapello county and, in fact, throughout the state and
in various sections of the country. He is usually called Sant by those who know
him, a term indicative of friendliness and of close companionship. A native of
Ohio, Mr. Kirkpatrick was born in Madison county, February 12, 1842. His father,
Minor Kirkpatrick, a native of Virginia, was born in September, 1816, and made
farming his life work. On coming to Iowa in 1849 he settled in Highland
township, Wapello county, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers. Year
after year he tilled the soil and developed his place, and he also took his part
as a factor in the community for its betterment and its upbuilding along many
lines. He died in December, 1894, and for seventeen years was survived by his
wife, who passed away in December, 1911. She bore the maiden name of Hannah
Godfrey and was born in West Virginia in March, 1819, so that she had attained
the notable old age of ninety-two years at the time of her demise. In their
family were seven children: Sanford; Mary J., who died in childhood; Wade, a
capitalist at Hedrick; Almira, who is the widow of J. J. Lintner and lives at
Hedrick; Gwynne, who died in November, 1889; Abel, who passed away in December,
1861; and Thomas, a practicing physician at Garnett, Kansas.

Sanford Kirkpatrick was a little lad of about seven years when brought bv his
parents to Iowa, so that he was largely reared in Wapello county, amid the
scenes and environment of frontier life. He followed farming on the old
homestead to the age of nineteen years, when he entered the army, his patriotic
spirit being aroused by the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union. He went
to the front with the Second Iowa Infantry and served for four and a half years,
taking part in many of the most hotly contested engagements, including the
battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth and the one hundred days' fight around
Atlanta. He also went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea, which
proved the weakness of the southern Confederacy, and when the preservation of
the Union was an assured fact he returned to his home with a most creditable
military record.

Mr. Kirkpatrick resumed farming in Wapello county and in 1877 removed to
Ottumwa, where he engaged in merchandising for eight years. He then entered the
government service, with which he was connected for twenty-seven consecutive
years in a war with crime and criminals, looking after everything pertaining to
the government revenues. One of his special duties was to prevent the nefarious
work of the moonshiners and to prevent counterfeiting. In fact, he was at all
times fighting as a stalwart enemy of crime which had to do with the government
and has been the means of putting more men behind the bars than any other
officer of the United States. In 1912 he was elected to congress from the sixth
district and has again been nominated for the office. The record which he made
in office placed him with the careful, painstaking legislators who place the
public good before personal aggrandizement and seek the general welfare rather
than the advancement of partisanship.

In 1865 Mr. Kirkpatrick was united in marriage to Hester M. Lintner, who was
born in Ohio, a daughter of George M. and Mary Lintner. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick
became the parents of four children: Maud, the wife of A. H. Post of California;
Stella, the widow of George E. Porter, a resident of Ottumwa; Minor, who is
living in Baltimore, Maryland; and Chase, who died in early childhood. In 1888
Mr. Kirkpatrick was again married, his second union, celebrated in Nashville,
Tennessee, being with Miss Nellie Woodington, who was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, a daughter of George and Mary Woodington. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick
have a wide acquaintance in Ottumwa, and their circle of friends is coextensive
therewith. Mr. Kirkpatrick is known throughout the country in connection with
his work in the government service and the record which he has made is, indeed,
creditable. He belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Modern
Woodmen of America. His political support is given to the democratic party. He
is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. There is fighting blood in
his veins, for he is a great-grandson of one of seven brothers who, fought from
Bunker Hill to Yorktown, taking part in many of the hotly contested engagements
which brought independence to the nation. Mr. Kirkpatrick is also well known as
an author and lecturer. He has delivered many public addresses upon the subject
of crime and its prevention and is now engaged in writing a book dealing with
crime and criminals, a volume of six hundred pages. His life work has been
productive of good along many directions and no one has ever questioned his
fidelity to the public welfare.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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