Seventh Generation

88. John Kilpatrick was born on 2 Feb 1798 in Lanark, Ayrshire, SCT.¹⁰ He emigrated in 1847 from Scotland. His oldest son had already migrated here. John Berry migrated with them. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Woodland Twp., Barry Co., MI.³⁴ He died on 14 Mar 1869 in Woodland Twp., Barry Co., MI.¹⁰ The cause of his death was chronic disease of the stomach. He was buried after 14 Mar 1869 in Woodland Twp., Barry Co., MI. He wa buried in Woodland Memorial Park Cemetary. John was a little peculiar due to some injury received in some of the Scottish wars and often said, "the Devil had possession of one side of his head and he had to watch him." He told a neighbor, "You must praise your wife sometimes lest she get discouraged for you know you have to scold them sometimes too." He raised his large family to be a credit to this whole community and they occupied places of responsibility. In 1859, he built a sawmill on Mud Creek, in section 23 of Woodland Twp. He became a U.S. citizen on 16 Oct 1851. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1874 and 1878. He was elected Township Treasurer in 1853. John Kilpatrick and Genet Wiley were married on 28 Feb 1819 in Loudoun, Ayrshire, SCT. Another source has the marriage on 6 Mar 1819.

89. Genet Wiley was born on 4 Oct 1797 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.¹⁰ She was christened on 4 Oct 1797 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT. She emigrated in 1847 from Scotland. She died on 22 Oct 1878 in Woodland Twp., Barry Co., MI.¹⁰ Children were:

44	i.	John Kilpatrick Jr..
	ii.	Eugena Kilpatrick was born on 4 Feb 1822 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 She died on 28 Dec 1898 in Woodland Twp., Barry Co., MI.10
	iii.	Rebekah Kilpatrick was born on 14 Apr 1824 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 She died on 26 Dec 1902 in Greenville, Michigan.10 After first husband's death, Rebecca moved to the US with her two children.
	iv.	George Kilpatrick was born on 9 Jun 1826 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 He died on 26 Aug 1881 in Cotesfield, NE.10
	v.	Janet Kilpatrick was born on 21 Jan 1829 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 She died on 29 Apr 1908 in Bedford, MI.10
	vi.	William Wiley Kilpatrick was born on 16 Nov 1830 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 He died on 16 Jul 1918 in Malvern, Arkansas.10 William came with his parents from Scotland in 1847. He lived first near Sunfield, Michigan. He had a store where he made and sold aple jelly. He next bought a farm near Big Rapids, Michigan. Then he moved to Arkansas where he worked for a railroad company, buying land for the company. He worked with the company to arrange for people to move to Arkansas from Michigan to start a colony there.
	vii.	Hugh Kilpatrick was born on 27 Aug 1832 in New Milns, Scotland.10 He died on 27 Apr 1921 in Levering, Michigan.10 In September 1878, Hugh & Eliza moved to Carp Lake Township, Emmett County, Michigan. After homesteading, they lived on their farm until Hugh's death. Eliza then lived part of the time with her daughter, Lydia May Cook, in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Hugh & Eliza are buried in the Bliss Cemetary.
	viii.	Agnes Kilpatrick was born on 16 Apr 1835 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 She died about 1837 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10
	ix.	David B. Kilpatrick35,36 was born on 7 Apr 1837 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 He died on 13 Jan 1910 in Woodland Twp., Barry Co., MI.10 Dr. David Kilpatrick had on office in Woodland and practiced medicine until the time of his death. From book compiled by Oliver and Mildred (Kilpatrick) Hammond: Taken from the Early History of Allegan and Barry Counties. Printed in 1880 The ancestors of this gentlemen are well known in Scotland as an ancient and warlike family, and the lineage is traceable back to the struggles of the covenanters. The doctor himelf is a native of Ayrshire Scotland where he was born April 7, 1837. He was ninth in a family of eleven children. In 1847 when ten years of age, he in the company with his father came to America. Settled first in Hastings Michigan. After a stay of one winter he came to Woodland Twp and located on the farm known as the Kilpatrick farm which he assisted in clearing. From 1856 to 1858, David attended school in Vermontville, the latter year removing to Kalamazoo where he attended the Kalamazoo College classical course until the spring of 1864, with the exception of six months service in the Second Michigan Infantry Company K during the year 1861. Being one of four brothers in the war against the rebellion. He then entered the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, remained there six months when his health failed. Then he went to Rochester University and was graduated July 12, 1865 as A.B. in the classical. Continuig his studies in the medical department of the Michigan University until the spring of 1866 and began the practice of medicine in Woodland Michigan in the summer of the same year. In 1874, he took another course of lecture drill in hospital clinics and was graduated at the Detroit Medical College, March 3, 1875. Dr. Kilpatrick married March 7, 1872, Miss Minnie McArthur, a native of Woodland township, born in 1850. A daughter of John McArthur, one of the early settlers who came as early as 1842. Dr. Kilpatrick is the father of two daughters. (This history was written in 1880 and they had another daughter and a son in 1886 and 1887). In religious convictions the doctor is a Baptist and in politics a radical Republican, an advocate of temperance, and has never used either spiritous liquors or tobacco. Has educated himself or by Manual labor (working in haying and harvest during the summer vacation and teaching school two winters), acquired the means to prosecute his studies and carry him through college. Starting a poor boy and without friends able to assist him in those times. His character and standing in the community are best shown by the respect and esteem in which he is held, not only as a citizen but as a professional man. From Jean Ladouceur [mich2inf@yahoo.com]: Kilpatrick, David (David B.), Home: Kalamazoo Co., AAE: 24, Rnk: Pvt., 15 (13) Jan. 1910, 73 yrs old, Cemetery: Lakeside; Lake Odessa Twp. Ionia Co. Mich., #753 http://www.geocities.com/mich2inf/CoyK/BioItoN.html
	x.	James Kilpatrick was born on 4 Jan 1840 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 He died on 16 Jul.10 Lived in Cross Village, Michigan
	xi.	Andrew Gould Kilpatrick37 was born on 14 Jun 1842 in Newmilns, Ayrshire, SCT.10 He died on 2 Apr 1923 in Houghton, South Dakota.10 From family book: Andrew G. Kilpatrick's Military Record At Lincoln's call for Volunteers in the spring of 1861, Andrew G. Kilpatrick enlisted May 13, at Grand Rapids Michigan for three years in Company E, Third Michigan Infantry, and served throughout the war. In the Army of the Potomac. Re-enlisting at Brandy Station Virginia, Dec 23, 1863. He was one of the 1st remaining Veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg. On June 10, 1864, he ws transferred to Company E, Fifth Michigan Infantry; was promoted to Corporal and was mustered out at Jeffersonville, Indiana July 5,1865. He then returned home and bought the old Kilpatrick Sr. Homestead on Oct. 20, 1867. He married Sarah A. Cole of Woodland. they remained on the old homestead until the spring of 1883. They they moved to what was then Dakota Territory. Settling on the farm in Shelby township, Brown County where they continued to live until 1916, when they moved to Houghton South Dakota. Andrew lived the remainder of his life in Houghton.