Mayhew Adam Kirkendall ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: MWTZ-ZJB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Beloit Weekly Times: Kirkendall Accidentally Shot Himself, 4 Mar 1897, Beloit, Mitchell, KS. ³ A very serious and what may prove to be fatal accident occurred Tuesday to young Mr. Kirkendall, aged 20 years. While fixing a wagon the revolver he carried in his pocket fell on the tongue and exploded, the ball striking him in the chest and passing through to a spot below the shoulder blade. Dr. Felix attended him. There is hope for his recovery although the wound is quite serious.

2. Newspaper: Beloit Gazette: It is now thought that Ad. Kirkendall who accidentally shot himself last week, will recover., 11 Mar 1897, Beloit, Mitchell, KS. ⁴

3. Newspaper: Beloit Gazette: Ad. Kirkendall of Natoma was in town several days last week., 6 May 1897, Beloit, Mitchell, KS. ⁵

4. Newspaper: Beloit Gazette: M. A. Kirkendall, of Osborne county, and Miss Ella Prewett, of Cawker, were married by Rev. McWright the 23d inst., 26 Aug 1897, Beloit, Mitchell, KS. ⁶

5. Newspaper: The Beloit Gazette: A. Kirkendall and Lillie Pruitt were married Tuesday evening., 26 Aug 1897, Beloit, Mitchell, KS. ¹

6. Newspaper: The Beloit Weekly Times: Ad. Kirkendall and Miss Lillie Pruitt were married Monday evening, Rev. McWright officiating. Their home will be in Osborne county., 26 Aug 1897, Beloit, Mitchell, KS. ²

7. Newspaper: Beloit Gazette: Wiley Kirkendall received a telegram Tuesday calling him home on account of Ad. Kirkendall being hurt in a corn cutter., 16 Sep 1897, Beloit, Mitchell, KS. ⁷

8. Census in 1900 in Washington Township, Stone, MO. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded M. A. Kirkendall, widowed, farmer, 24, born Nov 1876, living with brother W. S. Kirkendall, single, 32, Jan 1868; mother P. J. Kirkendall, widowed, 57, Jul 1843; and servant Jane Hembree, 14, Sep 1886. M. A. was born in Kansas, W. S. and their parents in Iowa. P. J. was born in Iowa.

Mayhew married Lillian A. Pruitt, daughter of Randolph F. Pruitt and Frances Emmaline Dukes, on 23 Aug 1897 in Beloit, Mitchell, KS.^{1 2} (Lillian A. Pruitt was born in Apr 1874 in Solomon Rapids, Mitchell, KS ⁹.)