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Surname: Kinsey, Thorn
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MARTHA ANN ALICE
(THORN) KINSEY
She was my aunt, my father's sister Born Jan. 3, 1853 - Died June 26, 1909
Born in Randolph County. She belonged to the Christian Church. Was baptized
when fifteen years old and joined the Church at Mt. Gilead. Married April
9, 1870, to David Kinsey. Moved to Fairmount, Ind. in 1907. - Robert M.
Sharp DAVID KINSEY and MARTHA ANN ALICE THORN KINSEY had three children,
two girls and one boy.
ONNA KINSEY - Born July 29, 1871 - Died July 17, 1952 She married ED
SHARP, brother of STELLA BALES. Idris married HARRY DAY. ALICE, working
in Richnmond. CHESTER & ROBERT.
WINIFRED KINSEY - Never married. She had such light blue eyes.
CHESTER CORTLAND KINSEY - Dec. 8, 1887 - March 30, 1910. Died young
with Consumption. (Married INA ALEY)
I remember Aunt Alice as a good woman and the best singer I ever heard.
I remember her as I watched her rocking one of her small children and singing
to quiet the child. I have never forgotten the beautiful voice. It was
really beautiful. She was of a retiring nature, and always frail. She was
younger that ELIZABETH or DEMARIS her sisters.
☐ I well remember an experience I had as a very young child while
visiting at their home. Onna, I believe it was, had brought home some cattails
and as children often do, we were playing with and pulling them apart when
we had the misfortune to get the fuzz in our noses, eyes and mouth. I have
never forgotten.
I once went to their home for dinner and after dinner we went to a tent
show across the road from where I now live, which at that time was a vacant
lot and trees all around. That was where I first saw an elephant, tiger,
bear, and hyena. There were other attractions, but I don't remember them.
My sister AMANADA and myself walked to Lynn from No. five schoolhouse neighborhood,
where I then lived. My Grandfather Thorn met us at the edge of Lynn north
of town, to see that we got there all right. I don't remember how we got
back home. (I now remember father coming after us)
☐ After Ona was married and their son had died, they left Lynn and
Alice was afflicted with cancer, an operation was performed but in one
year the affliction returned and she died, and was buried in Fairmount
cemetery. My father and I made a trip there to be at her funeral. Her suffering
was great, and it seemed she was too frail for the struggles of life. Singular
fortitude and heroism characterized her during her time of great suffering.
She was cheerful in the midst of all she had to endure. She quietly fell
asleep and was gone from the living. She live in Lynn 37 years.
☐ Edgar Sharp, husband of ONNA KINSEY born Nov. 30, 1870, died April
21 1938. EDGAR is Greatgrandfather of Robert M. Sharp