When William Francis Kirkpatrick was born on 1 April 1871, in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, United States, his father, John Milton Kirkpatrick, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Caroline Pharr, was 20. He married Mary Helen Coone on 6 August 1893, in Falls, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Falls, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 2, McLennan, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 27 January 1952, in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Marlin, Falls, Texas, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Scottish: habitational name from either of two places in Dumfriess called Kirkpatrick or any of various other places in Scotland, all so named from the dedication of their church to Saint Patrick. The Scottish word kirk sometimes replaced Gaelic cill ‘church’ in placenames; compare Kilpatrick .
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