Henry A Kimberling 1892 Sketch

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Contents 1 WikiTree Pages of Interest 2 Bibliographic 3 1892 Sketch (Quoted) 4 Research Notes 5 Sources

WikiTree Pages of Interest

• Henry Alfred Kemberling (1842-1931)
• Catharine Ann (Geesey) Kemberling (1840-1924)
• Samuel Kemberling (1818-1878)
• Mary Confer (1825-1890)
• Jacob B. Geesey (1802-1857)
• Margaret (Gast) Geesey (1805-1888)
• John Kemberling (bef.1790-bef.1838)
• Magdalena (Stombaugh) Kemberling (1798-abt.1821)

Bibliographic

Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania, Samuel T. Wiley and W. Scott Garner, eds. (Philadelphia: Gresham Publishing, 1892), 359-340 (Henry A. Kimberling); digital images, InternetArchive.

1892 Sketch (Quoted)

HENRY A. KIMBERLING, an industrious and prosperous citizen of Frankstown township, is a son of Samuel and Mary (Confer) Kimberling, and was born at Point View, near Canoe Mountain, in Catharine township, Blair county, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1842. His paternal grandfather, John Kimberling, was a farmer by occupation, and resided for many years at the base of the Loop mountain, where he operated the flouring mill now known as the Mentzer mill. He was a republican in politics at the time of his death, and had been thrice married. His first wife was a Miss Stambaugh, by whom he had one child. He married for his second wife Lena Geesey, by whom he had two children. His son, Samuel Kimberling (father), was born June 20, 1818, in the beautiful valley at the base of the Loop mountain, in Frankstown township. In early life he was engaged in boating on the Juniata canal, afterward worked at Spang’s furnace, and was successfully engaged in farming on the Good farm, near Cove mountain, and in the Turkey valley, where he died in 1869, aged sixty years, two months and twenty-five days. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and a republican in politics, and had served as supervisor of his township. He married Mary Confer, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and died in 1890. They reared a family of six children, two sons and four daughters: Henry A., Samuel L., Tillie, Hettie M., Lizzie, and Laura R. Mrs. Kimberling was a daughter of Jacob Confer, who was of Irish descent, and a resident of Turkey valley, Blair county.

Henry A. Kimberling was reared on the farm, received his education in the common schools, and has always followed farming and stock raising in Frankstown township.
In 1867 Henry A. Kimberling was united in marriage with Catherine Geesey, and their union has been blessed with one child, a son named William, who was born October 12, 1868, and is assisting his father in farming. Mrs. Kimberling is a model house-keeper, and an amiable and entertaining woman. She was born at Frankstown on March 26, 1840, and is a daughter of Jacob Geesey, who was born in 1802, in New York, from which he removed to Dutch valley, and afterwards to the farm now occupied by Mr. Kimberling, where he died. Jacob Geesey married Margaret Gast, by whom he had twelve children : Mary M., dead; Catherine, dead; Michael, married; Margaret, dead; Sarah, dead; Susan, married; Elizabeth, married; Harriet, married; Catherine Kimberling; Nancy Jane, married; Lydia, dead; and Maria E., married.

In politics Henry A. Kimberling is a republican. He gives close attention to his farm and business affairs, and believes that whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

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