Powell Liberty Historical Society

A window into the past of Powell and Liberty Township

Members of the KIRKPATRICK Families

KIRKPATRICK Family 1


Robert Kirkpatrick May 26, 1806 - February 26, 1881
son of James and Marion (Wells);married Esther Wood, 12/27/1832; children-John, Marion, Mary E. and Joseph C.

Old Liberty Church

born in Dumfries Scotland, migrated to America at the age of 20 years old;May 1833 moved to Liberty Twsp.; had eight children, but only four lived.
Marion Kirkpatrick Pennell Cunningham October 29, 1838 - September 25, 1925
daughter of Robert Kirkpatrick; married Joshua Pennell, (Sept. 26, 1860) had two children Joshua and Hannah (Shoemaker);(see also Pennell)

Old Liberty Church

Joshua died November 6, 1882; remarried to James Monroe Cunningham, Mary 31, 1892.
Joseph C. June 6,1851 - February 8,1913
Son of Robert and Esther (Woods); married Alice Mattocks; children; William Herbert, Ethel, Alice, Milton, Robert

Powell Cemetery

Census Records-Occupation-Lumberman,(Employer)
Alice Mattocks 1857 - June 10,1947
Wife of Joseph C., children; William Herbert, Ethel, Alice, Milton, Robert

Powell Cemetery

KIRKPATRICK Family 2


William Herbert Kirkpatrick July 26, 1876 - May 22, 1928
son to Joseph and Alice; married Clara Ethel Taylor, children-Russell T., Leonard, Ethel Irene, and W. Jerome

Powell Cemetery

Married Clara November 1, 1899; later divorced. Clara stayed in Powell to raise the children; Russell 16 years old was killed by the train tracks in Powell.
Leonard Kirkpatrick March 3, 1904 - February 19, 1960
son to William Herbert and Clara Ethel. Siblings Russell T., Ethel Irene (Close) and W. Jerome.

Powell Cemetery

do not have much information.
Clara E. Taylor Kirkpatrick February 23, 1879 - December 29, 1977
married to William Herbert; daughter to Jerome and Susan Spong Taylor. Siblings ; Hosea ad John

Powell Cemetery

Parents lived on the Corner of Home Road and Liberty Road (Called Taylor Corners).