I'm still trying to find descendants of the Peter Kime/KIMES family who
moved to Kosciusko Co from Wayne Co, OH ca 1838. (Sorry about the length
of this post; unknown how else to relate these people to folks on this
mailing list!)
Here are some of the first generations that are known to have lived in
and around the area:
Peter KIME/KIMES Family:
1 Peter Kime/KIMES b: 15 April 1791 near Oley, Berks Co, PA
d: February 1841 Kosciusko Co, IN
.. +Nancy Leggett b: ca 1787 PA m: ca 1807
.. 2 Jane Kimes
...... +Abraham SATIA m: 17 October 1850 Kosciusko Co, IN
.. 2 John Kimes b: 1810 Lancaster Co, PA
.. 2 George Kimes b: 1811 Lancaster Co, PA
d: 17 March 1878 Concord Twp, DeKalb Co, IN
(George and wife, Sarah BOYER, lived in DeKalb Co, IN)
.. 2 Jacob Kimes b: 17 March 1814 Dauphin Co, PA
d: 09 October 1888 Plain Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
...... +Elizabeth Gensinger b: 1814 PA
d: 1884 Plain Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
....... 3 Sarah Jane Kimes b: 1835 OH d: Bef. 1888
........... +Samuel LEIGHTY b: ca 1826 OH m: 14 March 1852 Kosciusko
Co, IN
....... 3 Susan Kimes b: 1837 Kosciusko Co, IN d: Bef. 1919
........... +Beniah Rosbrugh b: 1840 Leesburg, Kosciusko Co, IN
m: 03 October 1861 Kosciusko Co, IN
............4 Jacob W. Rosbrugh b: 1862
................+Amanda Wheeler
............4 Andrew Webster Rosbrugh b: ca 1864
............4 John E. Rosbrugh b: ca 1867
............4 Emma Jane Rosbrugh b: 1869
....... 3 Eliza W. Kimes b: OH d: Bef. 1840
....... 3 Mary Kimes b: 1840 IN d: Bef. 1888
........... + possibly married Samuel Decker
....... 3 George Kimes b: 18 August 1841 d: Bef. 1919
........... +Phebe Hibschman b: ca 1842 OH
m: 30 March 1865 Kosciusko Co, IN d: Bef. 1906
............4 Dona E. Kimes b: ca 1866 IN
................+Oliver P. Smith
m: 19 December 1895 Kosciusko Co, IN
............4 Sephronia J. Kimes b: ca 1869 IN
................+Heber C. Hathaway m: 22 November 1891 Kosciusko Co, IN
............4 Oran Jacob Kimes b: ca 1873 IN
................+Myrtle May Bloom b: ca 1877
m: 28 December 1895 Kosciusko Co, IN
............4 Edward D. Kimes b: ca 1876 IN
................+?Nora Beeson b: 1883 d: 1956
............ *2nd Wife of Edward D. Kimes:
................+Mattie Hickman b: ca 1877 m: 15 May 1897 Kosciusko
Co,IN
............4 // KIMES b: April 1880 IN
....... *2nd Wife of George Kimes (3):
........... +Cynthia A. Kantner m: 17 May 1906 Kosciusko Co, IN
....... 3 Jacob Kimes b: 17 July 1843 Plain Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
d: Bef. 1919
........... +Julia Rosbrugh b: ca 1846 IN
m: 02 January 1868 Kosciusko Co, IN
............4 Erwin E. Kimes b: 1869 Plain Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
................+Margaret Bennett
............4 Edward H. Kimes b: ca 1871 Plain Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
................+Della Barrick m: Aft. 1892
............ *2nd Wife of Edward H. Kimes:
................+Eva Oswald m: 03 August 1892 Kosciusko Co, IN
............4 Cora L. Kimes b: 1873 Plain Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
................+Frank Berst
....... 3 Elizabeth Kimes b: 1846 Kosciusko Co, IN d: Bef. 1850
....... 3 Daniel Kimes b: 24 September 1848 Kosciusko Co, IN
d: Bef. 1919
........... +Mary Catherine McCleary m: 22 January 1874 Kosciusko Co
............4 Merl F. Kimes, Sr. b: 03 October 1884
d: June 1971 Elkhart Co, IN
................+Mary Silveus b: 03 October 1885
m: 02 March 1907 Kosciusko Co, IN
....... 3 Nancy Jane Kimes b: 1849 Kosciusko Co, IN
d: Bef. 02 September 1850
....... 3 John Kimes b: 23 January 1851 Plain Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
d: 20 March 1919 Clay Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
........... +Alice Kelly b: 02 July 1854 Plain Twp, Kosciusko Co, IN
m: 04 July 1875 d: 04 July 1921 Claypool, IN
............4 Laura Kimes b: 23 February 1876 d: 08 March 1910
................+Charles W. Ingalls m: 08 September 1894 Kosciusko Co
............4 Ella Kimes b: 19 January 1880 d: 22 November 1881
............4 Ona Kimes b: 07 September 1881
................+Charles Clase b: ca 1878 m: 02 May 1900 Kosciusko Co
............4 Minnie Kimes b: 19 January 1885 d: Bef. 1971
................+Joseph Leiter, Jr. b: 18 September 1878
m: 01 January 1902 Kosciusko County, IN
d: September 1971 Warsaw, Kosciusko Co, IN
............4 Avery B. Kimes b: 09 July 1887 Clay Twp, Kosciusko Co
................+Lucy May Leckrone b: 09 October 1888 Packerton, IN
............4 Horace J. Kimes b: 03 September 1889
d: February 1966 Etna Green, Kosciusko, IN
................+Alma Parker m: 22 October 1910 Kosciusko Co, IN
....... 3 Catherine Kimes b: 1855 Kosciusko Co, IN d: Aft. 1919
........... +Salem Black
.. 2 Joseph KIMES b: 1818 PA
...... +(Elizabeth) Jane Davis b: 1823 OH
m: 03 November 1843 Kosciusko Co, IN
....... 3 Francis W. KIMES b: 1845 IN
....... 3 Andrew J. KIMES b: 1847 IN
....... 3 Malvina KIMES b: 1848 IN
....... 3 Erashis W. KIMES b: June 1850 IN
....... 3 Joseph KIMES b: 1852 IN
....... 3 Nancy KIMES b: 1854
....... 3 Lavina KIMES b: 1857 IA?
.. 2 Henry KIMES b: August 1824 Dauphin Co, PA
...... +Lydia DAVIS b: 1827 OH m: 23 March 1845 Kosciusko Co, IN
....... 3 Mary Ann KIMES b: 1846 IN
....... 3 John KIMES b: 1851 IA
....... 3 Jasper KIMES b: 1854 IA
....... 3 Noah KIMES b: 1857 IN
.. 2 Peter Nathaniel Kimes b: 06 December 1824 Dauphin Co, PA
.. 2 Daniel Kimes b: ca 1828 PA
...... +Mary LEIGHTY b: 1833 OH m: 17 January 1851 Kosciusko Co, IN
.. 2 James Kimes b: ca 1832 Dauphin Co, PA
.. 2 Sarah Kimes
.. 2 Elmyra E. Kimes b: 1837 OH
I've not verified ALL the above; some of this has been passed on to me
from relatives so there may be errors. That's another reason I'm looking
for descendants from this family!
Thank you.
Cindy Kimes