Sources at a Glance

Children of Elizabeth (Kimble) and Samuel Collins

[Elizabeth b.23 Dec 1786, NJ, m.16 Nov 1816 in Sussex County, New Jersey, d.2 Sept 1863, Chili, NY].

[male] -first appears in 1840 census, b.1810-1820

[female] b.1815-1820

[female] b.1820-1825

[male] b.b.1820-1825

Prudence C. Collins b.ca 1828, NJ. m.Jerome RESSEGUIE/RESSEGUYE. 1850 in Chili, NY.

[male] b.1830-1835

Children of Fordham and Mary (Kimble) Sickles

female Sickles b. bet 1800 and 1810 d. bef 1820

male Sickles b. bet 1804 and 1810

[*George? Sickles b. bet 1811 and 1814. m.Nancy Lovina ______. children's names Eliza, Almon H., Charles T., Eber G., George. Almon's son Ernest named one of his children Franklin E.]

* George is said to be son of John Sickles, Fordham's brother. I am going to do more research and perhaps include John and his children as part of the research to avoid any mixing up of their children.

George moved to Calhoun County, Michigan (settling in Ionia County), by 1850, nearly 20 years before any of Nathan Kimble's children moved to nearby Van Buren County.

male Sickles b. bet 1810 and 1820

Samuel Sickles b. abt 1816, Genesee County, New York

Patty Sickles b.abt 1817, New York

Isaac Sickles (m.1, Susan Trisket m.2, Harriet) b. bet 1821 and 1823, Riga, Genesee County, New York d. 1897, Clyde, Wayne County, New York

Eber Sickles (m.1, Electa, m.2, Ann/Anna) b. bet. 1820 and 1822, New York d. 1 Oct 1890, Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Nathan Sickles (m. Eliza (Hoose?)) b. 10 Dec 1822, New York d. 14 May 1899 buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, New York

J. Edson Sickles (m.Jane) b. abt 1831, Riga, Genesee County, New York.

Peter Sickles (m. Nancy Atwater) b. Sep 1832, Riga, Genesee County, New York d. 18 Aug 1907, Clifton Village, Chili Twp, Monroe County, New York buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, New York

Children of Prudence (Kimble) and Henry Widener.

[Prudence b.5 Dec 1792, m.28 March 1809, Riga, NY, d.7 Jan 1845. Henry's sister, Mary Widener, married Eber Franklin's father's cousin Henry Franklin. Henry's sister Anna married Henry Parkhurst].

Belinda Widener b.20 or 29 March 1810. m. William Light

Elizabeth Widener b.9 July 1812, m.Peter Tyler

Francis Widener, b.9 Aug 1814

Peter S. Widener, b.9 Nov 1815, m.Molly Brown

Mary Widener, b.25 Jan 1818, m.Jacob Dingman

Jacob Widener, b.22 Dec 1819, m.Abigail Brown

Kinsey A. Widener, b.22 April 1822, m. Mary R. Phillips

Margaret Widener, b.22 Aug 1824, m.James Scobey

Spencer Widener, b.30 Nov 1826, m.Frances Shepard

Henry Widener, b.4 April 1829, m.Mary A. Allen

The Wideners in America

pp.25-26; 30-31; 34-35; 184-185; 287

Children of Nathan and Mary Ann (Bogart) Kimble

John Kimble (m.Rebecca (Shroads) Barkman), b.3 July 1830, Wyandot County, Ohio, m.9 October 1860, Seneca County, Ohio, d.3 February 1913, Perkins, Erie County, Ohio (died at the Veteran's Home). buried in McCutcheon, Ohio.

Sandusky Register, Feb 5, 1913; p.5 col 4; Soldiers Home News portion of paper.
John Kimble, 164th O.V.I. aged 83 years, died in ward "F" 2:45 a.m., Feb 3.

Ezekiel Kimble (m.Hetty/Hetta Ann High)
b.30 January 1832, Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio, d.1901, Burial:Crane Cemetery, Volinia, Cass County,Michigan. (Terry has the Civil War file- no death information is included in the file, which purports that Ezekiel did not serve in the War)

see https://kimblequest.tripod.com/nathanmarthaandhannah/id55.html

Benjamin Franklin Kimble (m.Lydia Jane Hoyt)
b.ca 4 Dec 1833, [Carey, Wyandot County?] Ohio, according to age at death (73 years, 3 months, 19 days), m.26 January 1865, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio (Hancock County Probate Court has marriage records 1828-1918), d.23 March 1907, Village of Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan. Pneumonia. Death record gives parents as Nathan Kimble, "residence" [place of birth] Vermont, and _____ Bogert, residence [place of birth] _________".

see https://kimblequest.tripod.com/nathanmarthaandhannah/id10.html

Mary A. Kimble (m.Dr. Ezra Wonder)
b.22 Feb 1836, Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio, m.16 September 1857, [Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio?], d.after her brother John (Feb 1913)- Blue Springs, Gage County, Nebraska

Biographical Album of Gage County, Nebraska online http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/pbag/pages/pbag0003.htm#wonder has Mary's date of birth and other information on the family. It says her father is Captain Nathan Kimball of Maine, a War of 1812 veteran. We know he was born in NJ and veteran of the war in New York.

Harrison Kimble (m.1,Mary Ellen (Hawkins) Pope); (m.2, Mary E. (Birman) Penny)
b.21 June 1838, near Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio, m.25 October 1866, Big Lick, Hancock County, Ohio. (Hancock County Probate Court has marriage records 1828-1918) marriage license to Mary Penny states parents as Nathan and Mary Ann (Bogard) Kimble- no places of birth/residence given, d.23 June 1917, Michigan State Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI. He was admitted there 27 March 1917. Previous residence was Lawton.

Death record says father is "Wm Kimble."

At time of death, had deformity of the mouth/no teeth and suffered from senile dementia. Also had valvular heart disease/arterio-sclerosis. Death record says he died of organic brain disease.

see https://kimblequest.tripod.com/nathanmarthaandhannah/id8.html

Margaret Kimble (m.Isaac Lutz) (m.Timothy Burr Hawkins)
b.27 Jan 1842, Carey, Wyandot co., Ohio

m(1).?

m(2).4 March 1870, Adrian, Seneca County, Ohio

d.14 Aug 1898, Porter, Van Buren co., MI; cancer of the liver and stomach. 56 years, 6 months, 18 days. record #3493.

Terry has a lot of information sent to him from Nancy Dunbar, which includes the death record.

Death record states parents are Nathan Kimble, "residence" [place of birth given] "New Jersey;" Mary A. Bogart "residence" [place of birth] Mich.

Hannah Kimble (m.John Wire) (m.John Dorsey) (m.by 1913 _____ Simons? Probably an error, per brother John's obituary. Still married to John Dorsey in 1920 census)
b.abt 1843, Ohio, died 1922, probably in Winona Lake Town, Wayne Twp, Kosciusko County, Indiana.

buried in North Union Cemetery in Locke, near Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana, with first husband John Wire and mother Mary A. (Bogart) Kimble. Terry has some information- and cemetery photos, but no death certificate for Hannah,

Children of Eber and Martha "Patty" (Kimble) Franklin

Sophia Ridout (m.Nathan Ridout-d.13 March 1885)
b.31 March 1817, Riga, Monroe county, New York

m.12 May 1833, Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York.

d.[Her gravemarker is worn, but appears to say she died "18 May 1870], (Leon, Cattaraugus county, New York?). Death records in Leon, NY start at about 1881 due to fires. Obituaries were rare this early; Eber Franklin, Sophia's father, died in 1876 and only has a short paragraph primarily mentioning that he was one of the last surviving, War of 1812, veterans and nothing else in the way of biographical information.

buried Treat/Union Cemetery, Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York.

Andrew Jackson Franklin (m.Aurilla/Orilla _____) (m.Rebecca Rideout) (m.Susan Aurora Wilcox)
b.15 Sept 1818, Riga, Genesee (now Monroe) County, NY

m.bef 1846
m.aft June 1855
m.10 Sept 1859, Ellington, Chautauqua county, New York.
d.6 Oct 1897, Concord, Dodge county, Minnesota. Parents listed as "Eber Franklin and Pattie (maiden name N/A)" Age at death "79 years, 14 days." Another paper pertaining to his service in the war in Leon lists parents as "Eber and Patty Kimble." (Terry Olson has a copy of the Civil War file, death record and obituary and photos from the cemetery. Susan Daniel is the prime source of information on Andrew, as she is a descendant of Andrew and Aurilla Franklin. We all benefit greatly due to Susan's professional research abilities and indefatigable work ethic. Vivian Sayles is a descendant of Andrew and has much information on Andrew, including a photo of Andrew and one of Susan his third wife. Terry has copies of some of Vivian's files on the family. Vivian is now deceased but was living with one of her children either in Idaho or California or Oregon before she died. I still hope to make copies of photos in possession of one of her children. There is a Civil War photograph that was in possession of Diana Turner which could be any of the Franklin boys in this family that served in the Civil War http://www.geocities.com/terry253mpls/GeorgeorEber.html.

Benjamin Franklin (m.Mary Rideout)
b.26 Aug 1820, Riga, Genesee (now Monroe) County, NY

m.? first child b.ca 1844, probably married shortly before that.

d.19 Aug 1896, Richmond, Crawford County, PA. 75 yrs, 11 mos, 24 dys. buried 21 Aug 1896. Mary d.14 Jan 1892. Both buried in Kingsley Cemetery in Townville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, along with son Earl and his wife Alice (Shorts).

Benjamin lived in Richmond or New Richmond P.O., Richmond Twp, Crawford County, PA from at least 1860-1880. When Eber died (probate 1877), he is said to be in Townville (Steuben Twp), Crawford Co, PA.

The death index shows the dates for Benjamin but has no further information about the parents' origins to aid in our quest. Benjamin died of cancer, which he had for 6 months prior to death. If there is an obituary, it would be located at the Crawford Historical Society, 411 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA.

Lyman Franklin (m.Jane [Coe?])
b.5 July 1822 Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York

m. abt 1849
d.9 Nov 1905, Fredonia, Pomfret Township, Chautauqua County, New York.

buried Treat/Union Cemetery, Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York. Terry has cemetery photos, a death notice and obituary from the newspaper, but no records yet. Deb Golley is a descendant of Lyman and has shared her research and photographic abilities, taking photos of Eber and Martha's gravemarkers in the Fairview Cemetery in Leon- which is a feat just to find the place to begin with!- Thanks Deb!

Lovina Sherman (m.Joseph Byron Sherman)
b.30 March 1824, Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York

m.27 Jan 1844, South Dayton, NY
d.24 Oct 1905, South Dayton, Catt. co., NY. Parents listed on death record as Eber Franklin, b.Vermont and Martha Kimball, b.Vermont. Died at William Moore's house on first avenue (Cattaraugus Times, Nov. 2, 1905, p. 6, col. 2). (Terry Olson has a copy of the death record, a newspaper death notice, and loads of other information about his ancestor. Lovina is most likely buried with husband Joseph B. Sherman and his parents, but the only marker indicating the location is for Joseph. Lovina may be the woman in the photograph on this page. It is a photo which was in the posession of Diana Turner who also has a photo of Lovina's son James Wells Sherman and family. She may be one of the women on the porch in the photo of Joseph Sherman with his horse and carriage- http://www.geocities.com/terry253mpls/Josephphotos.html

buried Treat/Union Cemetery, Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York.

Mary Filley (m.George C. Filley- d.21 Nov 1907)
b.17 June 1826, Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York
d.28 Sept 1901, (Leon ?)

buried Treat/Union Cemetery, Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York.
Terry has cemetery photos, but no records

Ichabod W. Franklin (m.Samantha J. Durfee)
b.2 May 1828, Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York
m.15 Feb 1855, Wisconsin
d.31 Dec 1914, Woodburn, OR. Parents listed as Eber Franklin, b.Vermont, and Patsy Kimball, b.New Jersey. Obituary, in the Woodburn Independant, 7 January 1915, does not shed any light on his parents' origins. (Terry Olson has a copy of the death record and obituary, and cemetery photos. There also is a photo of a picnic in Oregon with Andrew Franklin's daughters, and Ichabod and othershttp://www.geocities.com/terry253mpls/Franklinpicnic.html

Aurelia Francis (m.Lathrop Francis)
b.28 Jan 1830, Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York

m.16 Nov 1848
d.21 April 1912, Pomfret, Chautauqua County, NY. Living with daughter Nellie (and William) Hallenbeck in Leon in 1900, and with William and Nellie in Fredonia in 1910.

Eber J. Franklin Jr. (m.Frances A. Dugan)
b.24 Aug 1832, Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York

m.1 January 1860, at the house of C. B. Jones, Warren County, Iowa
d.27 Jan 1863, aboard the Steamer Nebraska [between St. Louis, Missouri, and] Alton, Illinois, of Pneumonia and Typhoid Mal Fever. No mention of parents in Civil War file noted, no death record contained therein. (Terry has Civil War file) There is a Civil War photograph that was in possession of Diana Turner which could be any of the Franklin boys in this family that served in the Civil War http://www.geocities.com/terry253mpls/GeorgeorEber.html.

Joanna Milks (m.Freeman Milks). b.24 July 1834, Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York

m.abt 1855, Freeman Milks; m.2, 1911, or after, Edwin Parkman Battle
d.after 20 January, 1920, and before October 1924 (when Edwin P. Battle returned to Illinois), probably Pomfret, NY.

According to a letter in possession of Terry Olson's family written by Joanna's nephew Albert Sherman, writing to his brother James Wells Sherman in Angora, MN, from Bradford, PA. Albert writes of Joanna: "I have had one letter from Aunt Joanna since she was married then she had a bad foot with a corn and was afraid she would loose her foot. she has a man to take care of now I suppose she is poorer than ever. I have not heard from South Dayton lately." 18 October 1915.
Searching for Joanna's in the area, I found a Joanna married to Edwin Parkman Battle. Married after 1911. Edwin came from Chicago, a widower, but was formerly born and raised in Massachusetts. They were living in Pomfret, NY, during the 1920 census (20 January). Joanna's brother Lyman Franklin had just moved to Pomfret when he died in 1905, her sister Aurelia died there in 1912, and her brother Harrison died there in 1926, so it makes sense for Joanna to also be in Pomfret in 1920. Update: Joanna is used as a witness on Aurelia's son Myron Marcellus Francis' Passport Application, 20 September 1919, going by the name "Joanna M. Battle," including her signature as such, and stating that Myron is her nephew.

Her photo from the History of Dayton, NY is seen here: http://www.geocities.com/terry253mpls/JoannaFreeman.html. Terry finds facial traits very similar to his mother in Joanna in this photograph.

Deb Golley looked up some information on Joanna and writes on 6/26/01 4:22 PM:

I checked today on Joanna Milks but I don't find a marriage record in Cattaraugus County. I checked the index from 1908 to 1920. I did find in the deed when she sold her property [245 Mill Street, formerly the Sherman residence] to Marshall and Alice Baker. She sold it October 11, 1906. I can copy that deed if you want. She was still Joanna Milks in 1911 when she sold a small piece of property in South Dayton.

George Washington Franklin (m.Diana P. Russell)
b.27 March 1838, Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York

m.1860
d.1 July 1863, Gettysburg, PA. No death record contained in the Civil War file, no mention of parents noted. (Terry has Civil War file) There is a Civil War photograph that was in possession of Diana Turner which could be any of the Franklin boys in this family that served in the Civil War http://www.geocities.com/terry253mpls/GeorgeorEber.html.
William Henry Harrison Franklin"https://kimblequest.tripod.com/kimble_family_photos/index.album/william-henry?i=4"
(m.Mary Elizabeth Darling)
b.25 Nov 1840, Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York

m.31 Dec 1863
d.5 Apr 1926, Pomfret, Fredonia Twp, Chautauqua co., NY. Parents listed on death record as Eber Franklin, b.Chelsey, VT; Patty Kimble, b.New Jersey. buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Pomfret, Fredonia Twp, Chautauqua County, New York.

(Diana Turner has loads of information about her ancestor, including a Franklin family Bible record. I have some copies of Harrison's family information as well. There are photos of Harrison and Elizabeth here as well http://www.geocities.com/terry253mpls/harrisonelizabeth.html). Probably not many of you know this, but Harrison's wife Elizabeth Darling has a nephew named Jay Norwood Darling, who is more commonly known as Ding Darling, a very famous political cartoonist. There is even a State Park named after him in Iowa http://www.inhf.org/dingdarling04.htm, [see also some of his work http://www.inhf.org/ding_cartoon.htm] and a Wildlife Refuge in Florida http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/fl_ding.htm

Grace Franklin? b.1841, Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York.

Children of Isaac and Mary Eliza (Dailey) Kimble

male KIMBLE b. bet 1820 and 1825

female KIMBLE b. bet 1820 and 1825

female KIMBLE b. bet 1825 and 1830 d. bef 1840)

son KIMBLE b. bet 1835 and 1840 d. bef 1850)

Emeline "Emma" V. KIMBLE b. Mar 1838, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana d. 15 Apr 1912, Widows Home, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio buried Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati City, Hamilton County, Ohio

William J. KIMBLE b. 1846, Ohio d. aft 1900)

Children of Daniel Harris and Hannah (Kimble) Pomeroy

Parkhurst Pomeroy (m.Mary Elizabeth Kingsbury)
b.6 Apr 1822, Geauga co., Ohio

m.Nov 1848, Ohio
d.31 January 1893, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Franklin Pomeroy (m.Abigail Commins/Cummins)
b.16 Sept 1824, Geauga co., Ohio

m.18 Aug 1844, Geauga co, Ohio
d.6 Sept 1902, Rudd, Iowa

Tirzah Pomeroy (m.James King)
b.17 Apr 1826, Geauga co., Ohio m.6 Oct 1842 in Russell, Geauga County, Ohio d.ca 18 March 1906 (Lawler, Iowa?)

Daniel B. Pomeroy (m.Ann Johnson)
b.22 Aug 1828, Geauga co., Ohio m.24 November 1854. 1860 in Hamilton, Money Creek P.O., Houston County, Minnesota. d.? Waukoma, Iowa

Eli Bond Pomeroy (m.Elvira Lucy Chapman)
b.30 Nov 1830, Geauga County, Ohio. m.29 Aug 1858, Elba, Dodge County, Wisconsin. d.2 October 1894, Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Lydia Pomeroy (m.Alexander Roberts)
b.22 Feb 1833, Geauga co., Ohio. residence Columbus, Wisconsin

Lucy Pomeroy (m.Benjamin Yule)
b.4 May 1836, Geauga co., Ohio. m.17 January 1855. d.31 January 1912, Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Rosetta Pomeroy (m.Fayette Wilder, son of Almon Wilder and Lydia Wyman)
b.20 Dec 1838, Geauga co., Ohio
m.2 July 1864, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. d.3 December 1914, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Albanus Kimble Moulton Pomeroy (m.Lorinda Keefer)
b.2 June 1841, Geauga co., Ohio. m.26 September 1870. (residence in Danville, Elba, Dodge County, Wisconsin, 1880). d.1924

Mary L. Pomeroy
b.2 Dec 1843, Geauga co., Ohio. d.13 August 1884 (Elba, Dodge County, Wisconsin in 1880)

Children of Benjamin and Paulina (Hoag) Kimble

Frances "Fanny" STONE or SCOTT, b. abt 1832, Ohio

Almon KIMBLE/KIMBALL, b . 25 Sep 1837, Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio, d. 16 Jan 1918, Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan, buried old addition of Fairview Cemetery, Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan

Melissa E. "Lucy" KIMBLE/KIMBALL, b. abt Jan 1840, Ohio, d. 21 Jul 1862, buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio

Amelia PATTERSON, b. 1843, Ohio, d. 6 Apr 1872, Hambden, Geaga County, Ohio

Lyman KIMBLE/KIMBALL, b. abt 1844, Ohio, d. 20 May 1908, (Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio?), buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio

Thus far what we have is mostly some information about their family in the book "Early Lewises of Northern New Jersey," which includes some birth dates for some of the Kimbles- Benjamin and some siblings, including Nathan and Hannah. The dates don't appear to be exactly correct necessarily, but are close enough to appear to be the same individuals we are researching. Click the link below to view pertinent pages from the book. The birth dates are on the second page.