married, son of Nicholas Kimbley and Nancy Hunsaker, married Martha Elizabeth Potter on August 18, 1870, at Adams County, Illinois
d. cert 23656
During the Civil War Benjamin served in the Eighty-fourth Illinois Regiment for about three years, participated in several important battles, and received his discharge on June 17, 1865.
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B. F. Kimbley, the subject of the present sketch, is a native of Marion County, Mo., and was born March 3, 1840. His father, Nicholas Kimbley, was born in Kentucky, but came to Marion County, Mo., and located upon a farm on which he lived until his death in 1849. Nancy (Hunsaker) Kimbley, the mother, also a native of Kentucky, came to Missouri, and died in Adams County, Ill., where she was living with her second husband, John McBride.
Our subject was reared at home until the age of sixteen, and then started out in life for himself. He worked by the month some time in various places, and during the was served in the Eighty-fourth Illinois Regiment for about three years, participated in several important battles, and finally received his discharge, June 17, 1865. After that he returned to Adams County, Ill., where he worked upon a farm for four years, and where he remained working at various places until 1870, when he married and came to Knox County, Mo. His marriage occurred August 18, 1870, in Adams County, Ill. His wife, Mattie Potter, is a daughter of Samuel and Jane Potter, and to her union with our subject five children have been born, viz: James A., Walter L., William E. Lola G. and Zadie.
Mr. Kimbley lives upon the farm, upon which he located immediately after his marriage, and the same consists of 245 acres of good land, well improved and cultivated; and in connection with his farming, Mr. Kimbley makes a specialty of stock raising. In politics he is a Democrat; is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity. Himself and wife belong to the Christian Church, and during their residence in Knox County have made a large circle of warm and true friends.
History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties Missouri, V.2 Biographical Appendix. Goodspeed Publishing, 1887, p. 1061, 1062
married, son of Nicholas Kimbley and Nancy Hunsaker, married Martha Elizabeth Potter on August 18, 1870, at Adams County, Illinois
d. cert 23656
During the Civil War Benjamin served in the Eighty-fourth Illinois Regiment for about three years, participated in several important battles, and received his discharge on June 17, 1865.
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B. F. Kimbley, the subject of the present sketch, is a native of Marion County, Mo., and was born March 3, 1840. His father, Nicholas Kimbley, was born in Kentucky, but came to Marion County, Mo., and located upon a farm on which he lived until his death in 1849. Nancy (Hunsaker) Kimbley, the mother, also a native of Kentucky, came to Missouri, and died in Adams County, Ill., where she was living with her second husband, John McBride.
Our subject was reared at home until the age of sixteen, and then started out in life for himself. He worked by the month some time in various places, and during the was served in the Eighty-fourth Illinois Regiment for about three years, participated in several important battles, and finally received his discharge, June 17, 1865. After that he returned to Adams County, Ill., where he worked upon a farm for four years, and where he remained working at various places until 1870, when he married and came to Knox County, Mo. His marriage occurred August 18, 1870, in Adams County, Ill. His wife, Mattie Potter, is a daughter of Samuel and Jane Potter, and to her union with our subject five children have been born, viz: James A., Walter L., William E. Lola G. and Zadie.
Mr. Kimbley lives upon the farm, upon which he located immediately after his marriage, and the same consists of 245 acres of good land, well improved and cultivated; and in connection with his farming, Mr. Kimbley makes a specialty of stock raising. In politics he is a Democrat; is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity. Himself and wife belong to the Christian Church, and during their residence in Knox County have made a large circle of warm and true friends.
History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties Missouri, V.2 Biographical Appendix. Goodspeed Publishing, 1887, p. 1061, 1062
Family Members
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Rebecca Ann Kimbley Sams
1829–1880
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Andrew Jackson Kimbley
1830–1862
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Mathew Ray Kimbley
1831–1880
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John Wiley Kimbley
1833–1870
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Irenia "Irene" Kimbley Stewart
1836–1892
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George Washington Kimbley
1838–1864
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Sarah Ellen Kimbley McBride
1842–1892
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America Amanda Kimbley Baltzer
1847–1881
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Mary Emaline Kimbley
1848–1850
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Elijah B. McBride
1857–1938
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