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Submitted: 10/20/12 • Approved: 10/22/12 • Last Updated: 10/25/12 • R769693-G769692-S3
William
147th Regiment Infantry
September 7, 1846 - January 30, 1930
*Obituary
Gentry Journal-Advance
February 5, 1930
William Thomas Kimsey, one of Gentry's oldest and highly respected citizens, and Commander of the Gentry Post of G.A.R., answered the final call of taps at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B.A. Chesney, south of Gentry at 1:30 o'clock last Thursday morning, aged 83 years, 3 months and 23 days, death following a short illness. Funeral services were conducted at the Congregational Church in Gentry Sunday afternoon with the pastor, Rev. I.B. Ballmer officiating. Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs. A large concourse of sorrowing ones paid their last sad respects to the departed at the church and the grave. The deceased is survived by two sons, Herbert Kimsey of Seattle, Wash. and Byram Kimsey of Evanston, Ill., and one daughter, Mrs. B.A. Chesney of near Gentry. The deceased was born in Decatur, Ind. Sept. 7, 1846; married to Emma A. Woodford Nov. 29, 1878. To this union were born four children, three surviving as stated above, and Orson, who died in infancy. He joined the Union Army, 147 Reg. Inf and served throughout the Civil War. Mr. Kimsey moved from Indiana to Nebraska in 1881 and came from there to Gentry in 1900, making his home here during the remainder of his days. He was a faithful member of the Congregational church and was commander of the Gentry G.A.R. post at the time of his death. The bereaved ones have the heartfelt sympathy of all in their sad hour.
Emma
Aug 15 1853 - Dec 19 1921
*Obituary
Gentry Journal-Advance
December 30, 1921
Mr. W.T. Kimsey
The friend whose name heads this article had been a citizen of our town for four years before the promotion to the heavenly habitation. After the work of rearing and educating her children had been complete, she and her husband left the farm where they had maintained a happy home for fourteen years. Mrs. Kimsey was unobtrusive, kindly and Christian in her character, 68 years being the span of her life on this earth. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. Edward Parsons, assisted by the Rev. J.E. Whitehead of Siloam Springs. The services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday, Dec. 21 in the Congregational church of Gentry and the remains laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery, Siloam. She was the mother of five children, three surviving her, two having died in childhood. At an early age Mrs. Kimsey united with the Presbyterian church. On moving to Gentry she united with the Congregational church of which she was a faithful member until the time of her death.
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