Snyder S. Kirkpatrick

Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick (February 21, 1848 – April 5, 1909) was an American attorney, Civil War veteran and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Kansas from 1895 to 1897.

During the Civil War, he served as a private in Company A of the 136th Illinois Cavalry Regiment from April to October 1864.

In 1873, Kirkpatrick moved to Kansas and settled in Fredonia, engaging in the practice of law.

He was elected prosecuting attorney of Wilson County in 1880, and served as a member of the Kansas State Senate from 1889 to 1893.

Rosa and Solomon has five children: Elsie; Otto; Mark; Byron; and Hobert.