Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Kirkpatrick, E, M D 
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E. KIRKPATRICK, M. D. While the date of the immigration of the Kirkpatrick 
family is unknown and its nationality uncertain, there is reason to believe 
that the family was founded in Warren County, N. J., in the eighteenth century 
by a Scotchman. This original emigrant's son, Jacob, settled in Northampton 
County, Pa., in early manhood and there engaged in farming and boating. His 
son, who bore the same name as himself, was born at Freemansburg, Northampton 
County, in 1825, and in boyhood was employed as driver on a canal, by slow 
degrees working his way up to be a boat owner. During a period of many years 
he furnished coal for the Glendon Iron Company. In 1863 he retired from 
boating and turned his attention to farming in his native county. From 1876 to 
1889 he cultivated a farm at Centre Valley, but in the latter year retired 
from active cares and has since lived on his farm, in the quiet enjoyment of 
comforts rendered possible by his early industry. 

When a boy Dr. Kirkpatrick had no advantages except such as his own industry 
secured. He and two brothers began to work on the canal in childhood. They 
were fond of study and usually carried their books with them on the boat, so 
they were able to keep at the head of their classes during the three months 
annually they attended school. When he was seventeen our subject stopped canal 
work and turned his attention to other occupations. His hope was to secure 
sufficient money to complete his education. When he was nineteen he attended 
the Bethlehem boarding school for five months, after which he was given a 
certificate to teach, and for ten years taught in district schools. He was 
given a permanent state certificate after he had taught for four years. During 
his vacations he took a course in the United States Institute of Business and 
Finance, where he completed the regular course. About 1882 he entered the 
Hellerton Collegiate Institute, intending to prepare himself for a civil 
engineer's course in Lehigh University, but after reflecting upon the matter 
and consulting with his preceptor, he decided to devote his life to medicine. 

While gaining his initial knowledge of the science he also taught school. In 
the fall of 1884 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at 
Baltimore, Md., from which he graduated in 1886, standing third in a class of 
one hundred and sixty-four. For this excellent record as a student he was 
awarded complimentary mention and a gold medal. After graduating he was one of 
forty-four members of the class who took an examination before the faculty of 
the Medico-Chirurgical Post-Graduate College in Philadelphia, and by them he 
was awarded the second place in the class.

After having visited for a few months with his parents, Dr. Kirkpatrick went 
to the frontier. The Kaw reserve had been opened up a short time before and he 
settled at Bushong, Lyon County, Kans., where he remained for eight years. 
However, the town did not prosper and he therefore moved to Americus, eight 
and one-half miles distant, where he practiced for three years. In October, 
1897, he came to Illinois and settled in Peotone, where he has since become 
the leading physician of the village. Recently he completed a very handsome 
and commodious residence, and here he and his family have a delightful home. 
In 1875 he married Emma M. Bader, who was born in Hellertown, Pa., daughter of 
David Bader, a prosperous farmer of that locality. Two children were born to 
the union of Dr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick. One is now living, Valeria, an 
accomplished young lady and a graduate of Chicago Musical College in June, 
1900.

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Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present

Biographical Publishing Company; Chicago 1900

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