Maxwell Cobb Kirkpatrick1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15507, (1887 - 1922)
FatherMoses Clark Kirkpatrick4,5 (8 Jan 1857 - 16 Jul 1913)
MotherCarrie Imogene Maxwell6,5 (28 Dec 1857 - 20 Sep 1936)

Key Events:

Birth: 9 Oct 1887, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas7,8,9
Marriage: 6 Nov 1913, Abilene, Taylor Co., Texas, Inez Elizabeth James (6 May 1891 - 13 Nov 1960)10,11,12
Death: 31 Aug 1922, Ranger, Eastland Co., Texas13,14
Burial: Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas15
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Maxwell Cobb Kirkpatrick was born on 9 Oct 1887 in Mullin, Mills Co., Texas.7,8,9
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Mills Co., Texas, in the household of his parents, Moses Clark Kirkpatrick and Carrie Imogene Maxwell.4
     Maxwell attended Austin College, Sherman, Texas, from 1907 to 1909. He left school because of a football injury for which he was hospitalized for several months.16
     He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, at 509 Center Ave., enumerated 18 Apr 1910, in the household of James White and his family, where he is listed as a boarder along with one other man.17
     Maxwell married Inez Elizabeth James, daughter of George W. James and Jessie L. Ferris, on 6 Nov 1913 in Abilene, Taylor Co., Texas.10,11,12
     Worked for Walker-Smith Co., a wholesale grocery company. By 1910 he was an assistant shipping clerk. He soon became a traveling salesman, which required extensive travel and frequent relocations of the family. We know they were located in Sweetwater and Synder, Scurry Co., before 1920.18,19,20
     He registered for the draft for World War I on 2 Jun 1917, while living at Sweetwater, Texas, reporting he was employed as a traveling salesman by Walker Smith Co.21
     Maxwell and Inez appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas, at 1019 Bayview Ave., enumerated 10 Jan 1920, reporting that the family rented its home. Their children Maxwell, Hugh and Elizabeth were listed as living with them.22
     Maxwell and Inez moved to Eastland Co. about 1921, where he was manager of the company's distribution center for the Ranger territory.16
     Maxwell died on 31 Aug 1922 in Ranger, Eastland Co., Texas, at age 34.13,14 He was buried in Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas.15

Children:
     Children with Inez Elizabeth James:

  • Maxwell Cobb Kirkpatrick Jr.23,22 (16 Oct 1914 - 24 Feb 2008)
  • Hugh James Kirkpatrick22 (4 Aug 1916 - 7 Feb 1995)
  • Elizabeth Elsie Kirkpatrick22,24 (9 Jun 1918 - 24 Mar 2002)

Citations

  1. [S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", shows name as Maxwell Cobb Kirkpatrick.
  2. [S853] M. C. Kirkpatrick household, 1900 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows name as Maxwell C. Kirkpatrick.
  3. [S2779] James White household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows name as M. C. Kirkpatrick.
  4. [S853] M. C. Kirkpatrick household, 1900 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
  5. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 75746226, Maxwell C Kirkpatrick, includes tombstone photo showing son of M. C. & C. I. Kirkpatrick.
  6. [S853] M. C. Kirkpatrick household, 1900 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows him as son of Carry's husband, and that they had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S3228] Maxwell C. Kirkpatrick, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, town, and state.
  8. [S853] M. C. Kirkpatrick household, 1900 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows month, year, age 12 and state.
  9. [S2779] James White household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows age 22 and state.
  10. [S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", shows date, city, county, and state.
  11. [S2780] Maxwell C. Kirpatrick household, 1920 U.S. Census, Nueces Co., Texas, shows married.
  12. [S2781] Inez J. Kirkpatrick household, 1930 U.S. Census, Taylor Co., Texas, shows her as a widow.
  13. [S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", shows date, town, county, and state.
  14. [S2781] Inez J. Kirkpatrick household, 1930 U.S. Census, Taylor Co., Texas, shows his wife as a widow.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 75746226, Maxwell C Kirkpatrick, includes tombstone photo.
  16. [S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", citing information from his son Maxwell, when he was age 82.
  17. [S2779] James White household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas.
  18. [S2779] James White household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows occupation as "asst. shipping clk wholesale."
  19. [S2780] Maxwell C. Kirpatrick household, 1920 U.S. Census, Nueces Co., Texas, shows occupation as travel-salesman, industry as groceries.
  20. [S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", citing information from his son Maxwell, when he was age 82, shows name of firm and required travel.
  21. [S3228] Maxwell C. Kirkpatrick, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  22. [S2780] Maxwell C. Kirpatrick household, 1920 U.S. Census, Nueces Co., Texas.
  23. [S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford."
  24. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Elizabeth Elsie Kirkpatrick, Soc. Sec. No. 455-01-2602.