Contributed by Eileen Gillette
Description: Nevada Pioneer Dies At 82
Thomas A. Kirkpatrick Buried In Hawthorne After An Impressive Service
The death of Thomas A. KIRKPATRICK shortly before midnight on Monday (14 Jul) at the Mineral County Hospital has been announced. he had been confined at the hospital since last December, having been brought in from Belleville. Mr. KIRKPATRICK has been a resident of Mineral County for some five years and was well and favorably known to many of the Hawthorne pioneers.
Since prior to the Goldfield boom, Mr. KIRKPATRICK has been engaged in the business of mining stock broker and promoter and has been a familuar figure about Nevada and California mining stock exchanges. Prior to his demise he was engaged inmning promotion in the vicinities of Belleville and Basalt.
Mr. KIRKPATRICK was within a few days of 82 years old at the time of his death. He was born in Liverpool, England and was admitted into the United States citizenship in 1887. He is survived by three sons; Gerald, who is now permantely located in Hawthorne, Cecil of Imperial Valley, Roy of Globe, Arizona and by a daughter Mrs. Norma FREEMAN of LaJolla, CA. Interment took place at the Hawthorne Cemetery Tuesday afternoon (15 Jul) following inspiring funeral services conducted by Sam KELSO and a choir consisting of Mesdames Walter McKEOUGH, John ANDRES, H.H. MARSHALL and Messrs. Walter McKEOUGH and L.A. RAIME. Mrs. Stell STINSON officiated as pianist.
NOTE : Headstone in Hawthorne Cemetery says that Mr. KIRKPATRICK was born 13 Jul 1847 and died 5 Jul 1929 not on the Monday claimed in the obit.

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