IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: Charles Kirkpatrick, 1904, Teacher Bedford High School
PHOTO TAKEN: Siegel-Cooper & Co., Chicago IL, 1904
PURCHASED: This is part of a group of old photos sent to me by Carol Kleppinger, and are assumed to be friends of her grandmother Florence Ream
Charles Kirkpatrick was born 1876 in Spencer, Clay County, Iowa to parents Dougas Kirkpatrick and Cordelia E Davis.
He was a teacher or professor at Bedford High School for a number of years before relocating to Seattle around 1906, where he also taught and worked in school administration. It was in Bedford Iowa that he would have been acquainted with the above-mentioned Florence Ream. He clearly made an impression upon her as she kept his photograph among those of her other friends. She must have valued his memory.
Charles' first wife was Mabel Cordius Hardenbrook (b. 1876 in Iowa) to whom he was married 4 years up until her death in Seattle in 1909.
His second wife was Seattle socialite Edith Lilian Allen (b. 1887) to whom he was married 3 years up until her death from illness in 1916.
(It is believed that neither wife produced any offspring, so I will not be finding descendants who might wish to receive this photograph. Perhaps a relative will step up and offer him a home.)
In 1919, Charles who was at that time principal of the Broadway High School in Seattle (see image at left), tendered his resignation owing to his own ill health.
Charles Kirkpatrick died in 1924 in Washington State, and is buried with family at the Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Iowa.
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