PROFILE of KYUS N. KIRKPATRICK
	8th MO Infantry (US) Company H
Everett Marshall, Heavyweight Wrestling Champion (Grandnephew of Kyus Kirkpatrick)

The following newspaper clipping describes Kyus N. Kirkpatrick on his 90th birthday, as he meets his grandnephew who is a former Heavyweight Wrestling Champion.   The clipping is part of THE NEW WAWLI (Wrestling As We Liked It) PAPERS No. 193-2001.   This news from the Wichita (Kansas) Eagle, June 20, 1938, was unearthed by Los Angeles-area wrestling historian Steve Yohe.

That’s what Kyus Kirkpatrick, who is celebrating his 90^th birthday Sunday, told his grandnephew, Everett Marshall, La Junta, Colo., former world’s heavyweight champion, and he meant it.
 
The Civil War veteran’s eyes flashed as he spoke; for he is a rabid wrestling fan, and never misses a match when Marshall headlines the bill.
 
"You bet I’ll be there Monday night," said Kirkpatrick when asked if he would be at ringside this evening when Marshall clashes with Lee Wyckoff, Kansas heavyweight champion.
 
Kirkpatrick, whose appearance belies his years, and Marshall were honored guests at a picnic given for them by relatives Sunday afternoon at Park Villa.   The younger man, however, took top honors when it came to eating chicken, although Kirkpatrick asked for several helpings.
 
Marshall was joined here by his wife, his two children, Robert, 4, and Ann, 2, and his mother, Mrs. H.C. Marshall, all of La Junta.
 
"Father couldn’t get away, as this is the busy season on the ranch, which comprises 1,100 acres of irrigated land," Marshall said. "We have enough work to do at the present time to keep 30 hired hands busy," he added.
 
Marshall made no predictions on the outcome of the match this evening, but the 75 relatives present answered for him with "Of course, Everett will win."
 
Kyus Kirkpatrick, whose faith in Everett Marshall is unmatched by anyone, looks for him to win without any trouble.
 
The Civil War veteran, a native of Missouri, was a member of Company H, of the Eighth Missouri volunteer infantry (US) and served in the last year of the war between the states.
 
In company with his daughter, Mrs. Nola Kastern, with whom he makes his home, Kirkpatrick will leave later in the month for Gettysburg, Pa., where he will be the guest of the United States government at a reunion of Union and Confederate veterans.
 
"I already have got my invitation," he said.   "All I am waiting for now is railroad transportation."
 
He and his daughter will arrive at Gettysburg June 29, 1938, and will spend eight days visiting the battlefields, which marked the high tide of the Confederacy in the war of secession.
 
After the Civil War, Kyus Kirkpatrick remained in Missouri until 1880 when he went to La Junta, Colorado, where he rode the cattle range and operated a ranch.   Later, he moved to California and then came here to Wichita several years ago to make his home with his only daughter.
 
Out-of-town guests at the picnic included Mr. And Mrs. William Bigelow, and daughter, of Moberly, Mo.; and Mr. And Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, their daughter, Nina, and Miss Verna Boyer, all of Hutchinson, Kan.