Sixth Generation

716. Martha Louise Kirkpatrick was born on 25 December 1839 in Lee Co., Iowa. She died on 30 May 1920 at the age of 80 in Salem, Henry Co., Iowa.⁴

Martha Louise Kirkpatrick was born 25 December 1839 (or 25 January 1839, according to one source), Lee County, IA, and died 30 May 1920. She married 3 March 1859 at Lowell, Henry County, Iowa, to Thomas D. Dilts, son of Wilkinson Stine and Catherine (Newell) Dilts. Thomas was born 9 March 1831, West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, and died 3 Jun 1914. In 1864, they moved from Louisa County to Baltimore Township, Henry County, Iowa and in 1870 they moved to Jackson Township, Henry County.

There were four children born of the marriage.

Martha Louise Kirkpatrick and Thomas D. Dilts were married on 3 March 1859 in Lowell, Henry Co., Iowa. The Mount Pleasant News, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 30 August 1949: Smith-Garretson Wedding August 5. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Freddie Mae Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Travis T. Smith of Hutchins, Texas, to Keith Howard Garretson, son of Mrs. Florence Garretson on August 5, 1949 at the First Methodist Church of Hutchins. A reception will be held this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Wilmeth, N. Jackson St., in their honor. They will make their home in Mt. Pleasant. Thomas D. Dilts, son of Wilkinson Stine Dilts and Catherine Newell, was born on 9 March 1831 in West Liberty, Logan Co., Ohio. He died on 3 June 1914 at the age of 83 in Salem, Henry Co., Iowa.⁴

Thomas D. Dilts, son of Wilkinson Stine and Catherine (Newell) Dilts, was born 9 March 1831, West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, and died 3 Jun 1914. On 3 March 1859 Thomas married Martha Louise Kirkpatrick at Lowell, Henry Co., Iowa. In 1864 they moved from Louisa County to Baltimore Township, Henry County, Iowa and in 1870 they moved to Jackson Township, Henry County.

There were four children born of the marriage.

Martha Louise Kirkpatrick and Thomas D. Dilts had the following children:

+1633	i.	William A. Dilts.
+1634	ii.	Emily Josephine Dilts.
+1635	iii.	John Joseph Dilts.
1636	iv.	Anna Laura Dilts was born on 6 January 1872 in Henry Co., Iowa. She died on 8 June 1889 at the age of 17 in Henry Co., Iowa.