The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
January 21, 1874
Page 3
Column 5Died.
On Wednesday morning, Jan. 14th inst., Mrs. MINERVA A. KIMBROUGH, wife of Thomas J. Kimbrough, of this city, aged 49 years and six days.
The deceased was born in Anderson county, Ky. Her maiden name was Boston. With her family she moved to Hancock county in 1836 and was married to Mr. Kimbrough in 1840. The fruits of the marriage were thirteen children, seven of whom are now living.
Mrs. Kimbrough was a representative type of the pioneer woman. She was industrious, painstaking, religiously conscientious in all her undertakings, very kind-hearted, and one of the best neighbors that ever lived. The calls of sorrow and distress never fell unheeded on her ears but she was always found first and longest at the bedside of suffering and death. She was a member of the Old School Baptist Church, a sincere believer in its faith, and a practical and consistent Christian. Mrs. Kimbrough leaves a large circle of relatives to mourn her loss. The surviving members of her family have the heartfelt sympathies of the community.
Parents: George Boston and Mahala Sutherland
Minerva is buried in the Old Brick Church cemetery located in Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
Children:
Herbert Kimbrough about 1842 . John H. Kimbrough 1842 . Narcissa Ann Kimbrough 17-Sep-1843 25-May-1922 Margaret M. Kimbrough 1845 . Thomas W. Kimbrough 1847 . James W. Kimbrough 1849 . George W. Kimbrough 30-Nov-1851 12-Jan-1874 Louisa C. Kimbrough 1852 . Laura Kimbrough about 1852 . Asa Monroe Kimbrough Nov-1861 26-Jun-1922 Emma Luella Kimbrough 14-Oct-1862 02-Jan-1874
Hancock County Historical Society
Carthage, IllinoisSiegfried XIX
Page 123"Country Jake" wrote news of Oak Grove: The writer had performed the wedding ceremony for Jerry Munson, Sr., of Joetta, and Mrs. Milly Schroader, of Bowen. "This was our ninth wedding in the several branches of this family in a period of fifty years. Mr. Munson reminded us that in the old Berea log school house we taught him his alphabet 52 years ago. The first wedding we remember in Hancock county was, I think, 62 years ago in East Carthage. The parties were Thomas J. Kimbrough and Minerva Boston. John H. Kimbrough, of Carthage, is a son. Mrs. Kimbrough has three sisters living in this city also, Mrs. A. P. Cannon, Mrs. John McMinimy and Nancy, unmarried. John Booth, J. P., performed the ceremony. Uncle George and Aunt Mahala Boston gave their daughter a royal dinner; all the neighbors were invited. The double log cabin was brim full and the dinner was wonderful."
Note: Date of article is unknown, but the article must have been written before May 1916 since the three sisters mentioned above were still alive in May 1916.
