My Genealogy Hound

Joe S. Kirkpatrick is justly looked upon as one of the prominent residents of Lonoke County, and like other influential citizens is a native of Williamson County, Tenn., born July 18, 1852, being the youngest in a family of thirteen children of John B. and Catherine (Shirley) Kirkpatrick. The parents were Virginians by birth, and moved to Tennessee with their parents when small, afterward marrying in that State. The father died at the age of sixty-seven years, but his wife still survives, and though eighty-two years old, is well-preserved, enjoying good health. When Joe S. was about eighteen years old he engaged at railroading, which occupation he followed for ten years as conductor, but being in a wreck in 1876 was so severely injured that for several hours he was thought dead. He was one of the best and most popular conductors of his day, being well known all over the South and taking some of the first trains over the Cotton Belt Road. August 3, 1882, Mr. Kirkpatrick was united in marriage with Miss Fannie M. Eagle, a native of Weakley County, Tenn., and a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Long) Eagle, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. One child, a bright little boy, named Aubrey, has blessed their union, and in him they place great hopes. They worship at the Baptist Church and are agreeable and pleasant people, much esteemed by all. In 1882 Mr. Kirkpatrick settled on his present place, five miles northwest of Lonoke County, where he has one of the finest farms in the county, consisting of 490 acres. The Kirkpatrick family are of Scotch extraction, being noted for their longevity.