John Gwyn McAlpine

b. 18 December 1881, d. 14 May 1955
  • John Gwyn McAlpine was born on 18 December 1881 in Texas.
  • Willie Cabeen Cameron appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Gwyn McAlpine, Marcus Randolph McAlpine, Willie Sterrett McAlpine, Robert Bruce McAlpine, Ellen Ethridge McAlpine and Bessie Vivian McAlpine.
  • He married Florence Beaumont Kilpatrick, daughter of H. W. Kilpatrick and Ida Roan, on 15 December 1901 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • John Gwyn McAlpine and Florence Beaumont Kilpatrick appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Gwyn Beaumont McAlpine and Gladys L. McAlpine. Also in the household were three young farm laborers.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • John Gwyn McAlpine registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife "Montie" at a rural Navasota address, self-employed there farming.
  • John Gwyn McAlpine and Florence Beaumont Kilpatrick appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Gwyn Beaumont McAlpine and Gladys L. McAlpine.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
  • John Gwyn McAlpine and Florence Beaumont Kilpatrick appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, at 631 Stillwell Boulevard. Also in the household was grandson Claude L. Yaun (age 3), and two female lodgers who were school teachers.
  • He was employed by an oil refinery as a still operator, according to the 1930 census.
  • At the time of his death John Gwyn McAlpine was living in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 9001 Fredericksburg Road.
  • John Gwyn McAlpine died on 14 May 1955 at age 73 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at Santa Rosa Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Gwyn Beaumont McAlpine.
  • His wife Florence Beaumont Kilpatrick became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Fairview Cemetery, White Hall, Grimes County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 2 May 2012

Family: Florence Beaumont Kilpatrick b. circa 1884, d. 10 May 1967