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From: "Linda Katherine Jenkins-Wensel" <>
Subject: Bio for Thomas KILLPATRICK, including PURSEL, JAMESON, BLAIR, MARSHALL
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 19:37:34 -0700

Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles
Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.
Monroe County
Biographical Sketches, Perry Township, p. 605

Thomas KILLPATRICK, farmer, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, November 26,
1831; is a son of David and Jane (PURSEL) KILLPATRICK, and is the eldest in
a family
of eight children, and is of Irish lineage. The parents of Mr. KILLPATRICK
were also
born in Ireland, and there his mother died in 1831. In May, 1837, his
father, after a
voyage of nine weeks and three days, with his family, landed at
Philadelphia, and then
came immediately to Preble County, Ohio; remained until the spring of 1838,
then came to
Monroe County, Ind., and settled in Perry Township. Here the father of Mr.
KILLPATRICK remained until 1852, when he removed to Des Moines County, Iowa,
where he died in August, 1869. In August, 1859, Mr. KILLPATRICK came again
to
Monroe County from Iowa, where he had removed his family. He enlisted in
August,
1863, in Company E, One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers. He was
honorably discharged February 25, 1864, at Indianapolis. After this, he
went again to
Iowa, and remained until 1866, when he returned to this county. He was
married,
February 19, 1861, to Miss Nancy J. JAMESON, a native of this county. They
had one
child - James M. Mrs. KILLPATRICK died in April, 1862, and her son in July
following.
In 1868, Mr. KILLPATRICK married Mrs. Isabella BLAIR, formerly MARSHALL.
To
this union have been born five children - Susan E., Robert A., Minnie J.,
Ada B. and Anna
L. In 1868, Mr. KILLPATRICK settled where he now lives. Here he has 180
acres of
well-improved land, and has been successful as a farmer. He is a
Republican, and was an
Abolitionist.
Data Entry Volunteer - Linda Jenkins Wensel

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