John D. Kirkwood

1826 - 1905  (78 years)

• Name	John D. Kirkwood
  Birth	9 Oct 1826	Fayette County, Indiana, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence	25 Jun 1860	Posey Township, Fayette, Indiana, United States
  Residence	14 Aug 1870	Jefferson Township, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Residence	4 Jun 1880	Jefferson Township, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Residence	19 Jun 1900	Jefferson Township, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Death	6 May 1905	Matthews, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Burial	9 May 1905	Matthews, Grant, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I11442	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	James Stewart Kirkwood,   b. 23 Sep 1801, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 9 Oct 1860, Fayette County, Indiana, United States (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine McCormick,   b. 20 Dec 1808, Preble County, Ohio, United States d. 11 Jun 1900, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Jun 1825	Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F2980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Crawford,   b. 9 Mar 1824, Fayette County, Indiana, United States d. 14 Dec 1902, Matthews, Grant, Indiana, United States (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1857	Fayette County, Indiana, United States
  Children	1. Brooks W. Kirkwood,   b. 24 Sep 1864, Grant County, Indiana, United States d. 23 Sep 1906, Jefferson Township, Grant, Indiana, United States (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frank H. Kirkwood,   b. 2 Jun 1858, Indiana, United States d. 22 Jan 1933, Fairmount, Grant, Indiana, United States (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  I have not put John's supposed middle name yet, due to the fact that I have yet to find any documentation to prove the middle name yet. John's death certificate states the incorrect mother. The mother that is mentioned is his grandmother. John Drennen Kirkwood, mentioned in the family last named, and who died in 1905, near Matthews, in Grant County. Reared in Fayette County, he became a skilled workman as a carpenter and builder, a trade he followed for a number of years. In 1859, he settled in Grant County, where he bought some land near Matthews. Then by his active management and ability he secured two hundred and forty acres for himself in Jefferson Township. Thus practically all his attention after he came to Grant County was given to agriculture, and in his time he was known as one of the most successful men in Jefferson Township. In politics, like the majority of the Kirkwood's, he was a Democrat. Though he and his wife held to no church, he was in every sense a Christian. John D. Kirkwood was married in Fayette County to Mrs. Ruth (Crawford) Burgess. She was born in Fayette County in 1824, and died in Jefferson Township of Grant County, December 16, 1902. By her first marriage to Israel Burgess there were two daughters. To the marriage of John Drennen Kirkwood and Mrs. Burgess were born two sons: Frank Howard and Brooks.

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Marriage note.