This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kimsey, Darby, Henderson, McCluskey, Ballinger, Cunningham, Hills, Jackson, Gottsche, Greenlee, Acord, Lake Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4098.14 Message Board Post: 1. KIMSEY was not directly named by Darby, who said only that Giles Henderson had been visiting relatives in Lacy Grove during the week Jan. 31 through Feb. 6, 1896. Henderson's wife was a daughter of Patrick K. and Margaret (McCluskey) Kimsey, and, the 1885 Iowa State Census shows P.K. Kimsey living in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 21 range 42 township 69. This location puts Kimsey one mile south of the Lacy Grove School as of 1885, where he would be very much a resident of the Lacy Grove neighborhood. 2. THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. April 25, 1935. "A PIONEER AT REST".--Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ballinger were held from the Sidney Baptist church on Friday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Clark, pastor of the Hamburg Baptist chruch. The following story of her life is a excerpt from Rev. Clark's sermon: "We are met today in this historic spot to honor the memory and decease of one who has resided in our community for a period longer than 80 years. The Kimseys were pioneers in southwestern Iowa, and Elizabeth was one of a family of ten children. Her father and mother, Patrick and Margaret Kimsey, entered this territory in 1851, nine years before the civil war broke out. They were a part of that vast company who leveled the roads and broke the virgin soil where white man had never before set foot. Two years after their arrival to this country, and on the 29th day of November, the daughter Elizabeth was born. "On the 10th of September, just a short while before she attained her 18th birthday, she united in matrimony with a local Baptist minister, the Rev. William E. Cunningham. There was one offfspring from this union, a son, Clement. Just two years later the father passed on. "On December 20, 1876, Mrs. Cunningham united in marrige with Henry J. Ballinger. This home was blessed with four children: Ezra, Willis, Raymond and Fern. Raymond died in infancy; Ezra passed away in January 1928. Clement, her son by the first marriage, expired March 13, 1834 (sic). "She leaves to mourn her passing her son, Willis, of Watson; the daughter, Fern (Mrs. Roy Jackson) of Sidney; a sister, Mrs. Lewis Hills, also of Sidney; fourteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, together with a great number of relatives and friends. "Mrs. Ballinger was a staunch supporter of the Baptist faith for 65 years, a record to be proud of. In 1870 it was, she heard and heeded the preaching of a pioneer Baptist preacher within the walls of a pioneer Baptist church known as the Pleasant Grove, located four miles southeast of Sidney. All those years she has proved true not only to her covenant but also to her God and her faith. Later she removed her membership to the congregation in Sidney where she was a member at the time of her death. "In her declining years she was happy and smiling; the visits of her friends were a joy to her. In the last few months of her illness, wearied and frail of body, she expressed the desire to be at rest with Jesus. She was an indulgent mother, a loving sister, and a faithful friend. It can truly be said that she fought a good fight." Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Ballinger Friday afternoon included Willis Ballinger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ballinger of Watson; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pierson, Mrs. C. O. Cupp, Thurman; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson, Hamburg; Mr. and Mrs. Jess Kimsey, Mrs. Myrtle Smith, Shenandoah; Mrs. Verda Acord, Bert Kimsey, Farragut; Mr. and Mrs. John Oatis, Imogene; Mrs. Kate Moore, Mrs. Pat Reeves, Hamburg. N.B.: The 1885 Iowa State Census shows H. J. Ballinger and wife living in the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8 township 69 range 42. This location is about 1/2 miles northwest of the Lacy Grove school...........About 1940, Fern (Ballinger) Jackson lived straight east across the highway from the Sidney High School. Mrs. Gladys Gottsche of Hamburg gave voice and piano lessons in the Jackson home at that time. Several years later, Fern Jackson lived on the corner, south of the Presbyterian church in Sidney, and again Mrs. Gottsche gave music lessons in her home. --W.F. 3. THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. October 17, 1918. "MRS. W. J. GREENLEE".-- Martha J., daughter of P. K. and Margaret Kimsey, was born March 11, 1850 in Crittenden county, Kentucky. In the fall of 1852 she came with her parents to Fremont county and resided here continuously until her death. She was married November 12, 1871 to William Jasper Greenlee, who lives to mourn her loss. To them were born three children: Orpheus, who died two years ago; Ewell, now in the service of his country at Norfolk, Virginia; and Mrs. William Acord, who resides in Prairie township, this county. Mrs. Greenlee was converted and became a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist church in 1870 and has lived a consistent christian life. During her final illness she expressed faith in her Savior and asked her husband to meet her in the better land. She suffered much in this life, and for more than a year before her death was unable to walk. She entered into rest Sunday morning, October 13, 1918. She was a faithful wife and loving mother. In addition to the relatives mentioned above, Mrs. Greenlee is survived by three sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Ballinger and Mrs. Lewis Hills, who reside in Sidney, and Mrs. J. B. Lake of Battle Creek, Iowa. Funeral services were held from the home of Mrs. L. C. Langston in east Sidney, on Monday, conducted by Rev. Griffin of Hamburg. Interment in the Sidney cemetery. N.B.: The 1885 Iowa State Census shows W. J. Greenlee as living in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 21 township 69 range 42. This is the same location given by the Patrick Kimsey family. The Greenlees could have been some of the relatives whom Giles Henderson was visiting early in February 1896.--W.F.