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Born 1868, Livingston county
From Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead (1907)
ISAAC A. KIRKPATRICK.
Isaac A. Kirkpatrick has spent almost his entire life in Guthrie county, having been brought to Iowa by his parents when only two years of age. He was born in Livingston county, Illinois, on the 26th of August, 1868, and is a son of Alexander and Sarah (Williams) Kirkpatrick, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work in connection with the sketch of Matthew H. Kirkpatrick, a brother of our subject. In the year 1870 the father brought his family to Iowa and settled upon a farm in Guthrie county.
Isaac A. Kirkpatrick was therefore reared amid the environments and scenes of rural life and early became familiar with the work of the farm. In his youth his attention was divided among the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the work of the fields, and on reaching manhood he took charge of the old home farm, which he has since successfully conducted. He inherited this property of one hundred acres when he reached man's estate and in 1900 he purchased eighty acres on section 17, Thompson township, which he also farms. He feeds the products of his fields to his stock, being well known as a leading stock-raiser and feeder and this branch of his business is very profitable. In the conduct of his interests he displays an aptitude for successful management and his well directed labors are being crowned with gratifying success.
Mr. Kirkpatrick is still single and resides with and cares for his mother. He votes with the democracy but has no aspiration for office. He is regarded as one of the representative young farmers and business men of Thompson township and the fact that many of his stanchest friends are numbered among those who have known him from his boyhood indicates that his life has been an active and honorable one.
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