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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ROBERT KIRKPATRICK.

   Robert Kirkpatrick is one of the few men who got their start in life through
their pay for services rendered during the Civil War. With such a liberal
working fund in those sturdy pioneer days, a man considered himself favored
beyond the average, as indeed he was, and while his labors were not lessened,
his mind was not burdened with worry for his immediate future, as were many of
the early settlers, who had only the clothing they wore.

   Robert Kirkpatrick, farmer, who lives on route No. 1, Flora, Indiana, was
born May 22, 1836, in Carrollton township, one and a half miles south of where
he now resides, and is a son of Benjamin and Hannah (McCain) Kirkpatrick. He
grew to manhood on the old home farm, which he helped to clear and improve.
WTien the Civil War broke out, Mr. Kirkpatrick enlisted in the Twenty-fourth
Indiana Battery, September 20, 1862, and was mustered out August 3, 1865. He was
with Sherman from 1863 to 1864, and later with Thomas, and never had a scratch.
He was duty sergeant, and led the battery on the fields. After he was mustered
out, he' returned to Carroll county, took unto himself a wife, resumed
agricultural pursuits, and became very prosperous, owning at one time almost
five hundred acres of land. With the five hundred dollars saved up during his
service in the army, he purchased real estate, which he later sold to good
advantage; and with his mature insight into business matters, he rapidly became
wealthy, and has put valuable improvements on his present home place, where he
has lived a great many years.

   On account of his advancing age he has divided most of his property among his
children and is now living retired. Mr. Kirkpatrick also receives a good
pension. He has always voted the Democratic ticket, but has never been greatly
interested in politics, the one office which he has held, being that of township
supervisor. Religiously, he is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of
Wheeling, Indiana.

   Benjamin Kirkpatrick, father of Robert, was born in Pennsylvania, and came to
Butler county, Ohio, where he was united in marriage to Han-. nah McCain. They
came to Carroll county in 1832 and settled on the farm where our subject was
born. Here they entered eighty acres of timber land, and after clearing a little
spot, built a log cabin. Mr. Kirkpatrick was the first settler in the township,
and never left his home place to remain any length of time, until he was taken
away to his final resting place. At the time of his death, he owned two hundred
acres of land in all. Politically, he was always a stanch Democrat. Ten children
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, only two of whom are living in 1915—Anna,
who became the wife of Alonzo Bone, and lives in Young America, and Robert.

   Robert Kirkpatrick was united in marriage, September, 1869, to Miss Nancy M.
Wilson, daughter of James and Nancy (Powers) Wilson. She was born May 15, 1848,
in Howard county, Indiana, and was educated in the public schools of the
district. They have had seven children, three of whom were living in 1915, Orion
L. Kirkpatrick, who is a prosperous farmer in Carrollton township; Iva Lenora,
who became the wife of A. J. Wickard, of Carroll county, and Willis E.
Kirkpatrick, also a farmer of Carrollton township.

   Mr. Kirkpatrick is a quiet, unassuming man, and an honorable citizen of
Carrollton township, where he has spent his entire life, and is esteemed by all
who know him.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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