| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Ninth Generation4544. David Melvin Kirkpatrick was born on 1 December 1935 in Nevada, Vernon Co., Missouri. He died on 23 December 2006 at the age of 71 in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington.
David passed away at his home in Tacoma, Washington on 23 Dec 2006. He will be missed by all who knew him, and whom he helped with the family history. Barbara's parents were divorced and Barbara lived with her mother and step-father, Lloyd White, at Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. Barbara used the name White in most of her transactions except on her wedding license. Her father, James Wyant, died 22 February 1950 in Kansas City. He was the next to youngest child of James Uriah and Margaret Alice (Long) Wyant of Clearfield, Taylor County, Iowa. David completed a B.M.E. (Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering) degree from the University of Houston in 1963. He began a long career as an engineering executive working successively for Todd Shipyards, Houston, Texas; Dow Chemical, Freeport, Texas; Celanese Polymer; Spinoza; Bechtel Corp.; and Gulf Interstate Engineering. In1981 he was with Litwin Corp., Tacoma, Washington, as director of marketing for electronic technology. He is a Republican and a member of the Christian Church. He lives in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. He is the author of "An American Kirkpatrick Family, 1754-1972" (1972). There were three (3) children born of the marriage. David Melvin Kirkpatrick and Barbara Nevon Wyant were married in 1957 in Bethel, Wyandotte Co., Kansas. Barbara Nevon Wyant, daughter of James Orville Wyant and Edith Nora Earl, was born (date unknown). David Melvin Kirkpatrick and Barbara Nevon Wyant had the following children:
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