F. W. KIRKPATRICK (deceased); was born in Madison Co., Ill., Dec. 8, 1808. Went with his brother Jesse to Galena, Ill., in 1826, and in 1827, came to Platteville, Wis. Engaged in mining and smelting lead for ten years; then went to Lake Superior and worked in copper mines; from there went to Missouri; then came back to Wisconsin; stayed here two years and then went to Pike's Peak for one year, after which he returned to Wisconsin, and lived here until his death. Was married to Ann R. Hamilton March 12, 1851, who was born April 14, 1824, at Springfield, Ill.; have had four children of whom only one is living - Mary Alice, who married Maxwell Fawcett, and now lives at Emporia, Kan.; those deceased are Sarah J., twin sister to Mary A., Francis and Lillian; the two latter are buried at Rock Church Cemetery, and Sarah was buried near St. Louis. F. W. Kirkpatrick died April 2, 1863, and was buried in Rock Church Cemetery. His wife lived for fifteen months after her marriage at Wingville, then moved on to the place where she now lives, and has resided there ever since with the exception of four years when she lived in Kansas. She is a member of the M. E. Church. The homestead contains 140 acres of land.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.