Sixth Generation

388. Nero Kirkpatrick was born in August 1814 in Jackson Co., Tennessee. He died in 1885 at the age of 71 in Jackson, Johnson Co., Missouri.

Nero Kirkpatrick was born August 1814 in Jackson County, Tennessee. He married Emiline Ramsey, daughter of Randolph and Polly Ramsey, ca. 1843 in Jackson County, Tennessee. He was a farmer. He left Tennessee about 1851 and went to Illinois, probably Franklin County, where he lived until about 1855. Two surviving letters from Nero to his Father Amos, found in the court records of Jackson County, Tennessee, reveal that at least by 1855 he was in Atchison County, Missouri. He was looking for unclaimed land upon which to file, using an eighty acre land warrant which he had received from his father. In the second letter, dated 1 February 1857, he talks about going on to Kansas or Nebraska to find land, but since he is found in the 1860 census still in Atchison County, he must have abandoned those plans. By 1870 he was found in Jackson, Johnson County, Missouri, where he lived until he died ca. 1885.

There were eight (8) children born of the marriage.

On the 1860 U. S. Census of Nishnabotna Township, Atchison Co., Missouri, Nero appears with his wife Emoline and children, John, Sarah, Polly, Amos, Luisa, William, Mahaly and James.

On the 1870 U. S. Census of Jackson Township, Johnson Co., Missouri, Nero appears with his wife Emiline and children John R., Louisa, Margaret M. and William T. Nero is a farmer.

On the 1880 U. S. Census of Jackson, Johnson Co., Missouri, Nero is in the household of his son John.

Nero Kirkpatrick and Emiline Ramsey were married about 1843 in Jackson Co., Tennessee. Emiline Ramsey, daughter of Randolph Ramsey and Polly ???, was born in 1822 in Tennessee.¹⁴⁹

Nero Kirkpatrick and Emiline Ramsey had the following children:

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John R. Kirkpatrick.
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Sarah E. Kirkpatrick.
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Polly A. Kirkpatrick was born in 1847 in Jackson Co., Tennessee.¹⁴⁹
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Amos K. Kirkpatrick was born in 1849 in Illinois.¹⁴⁹
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Louisa E. Kirkpatrick was born in 1851 in Missouri.¹⁴⁹
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Margaret M. Kirkpatrick was born in 1853 in Illinois.¹⁴⁹
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William T. Kirkpatrick was born in 1855 in Illinois.¹⁴⁹
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James Kirkpatrick was born in 1858 in Atchison Co., Missouri.¹⁴⁹