The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
January 14, 1874
Page 3
Column 2Our neighbor, Mr. Thomas Kimbrough, certainly has a fiery ordeal of affliction and distress such as we have rarely if ever witnessed anywhere. His family has been constantly ill since some time in the summer -- from one to four members being down at a time. His youngest daughter died some two weeks ago, and his son George died on Monday evening; his wife and son Asa who were convalescing, have taken serious relapses, and there seems to be a glamour of sad distress and calamity hanging over the family. In the midst of all, Mr. Kimbrough bears up wonderfully, performing the duties of a loving husband and father with a patience and perseverance absolutely wonderful. LATER.-- Mrs. Kimbrough died this morning at 4 o'clock. The boy Asa is very low. Mr. Kimbrough's cup of sorrow overflows.
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.
