Tombstone Tuesday - I.W. Kimsy

I.W. Kimsy

Born 

Sept. 2, 1830

Died

Feb. 14, 1902

Blessed are they that have

part in the first resurrection

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014.

According to his death notice in the Crittenden Press on 20 February 1902, "Mr. I.W. Kimsey died at his home in Tolu Thursday. He sustained a paralytic stroke several weeks ago and never recovered ... 'Uncle Ike,' as he was familiarly known, was born in this county in 1830. Except for 6 years spent in Iowa he has always been a resident of the county."

Isaac W. Kimsey married Mrs. Caroline C. Black 4 September 1861. He was the son of David Kimsey Jr. and Elizabeth Hamilton. Caroline, the daughter of Timothy Taylor, was first married to John R. Black. 

Original Marriage License and Certificate

of Isaac W. Kimsey and Mrs. Caroline C. (Taylor) Black

Published 10 February 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Foster Threlkeld

 

 

Foster Threlkeld was the son of Willis Threlkeld and Susan Foster of Crittenden County, Kentucky. Following the death of his father, Foster Threlkeld, his mother and sister, Clara, moved into the home of his uncle, Robert W. Foster .

Foster Threlkeld married Anna Black 22 December 1880 in Crittenden County. Anna died in 1882 and Foster died in 1904. Both are buried in Mapleview Cemetery, Marion, Kentucky.

Published 11 June 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/