Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=211 Surname: Boston, Kimbrough ------------------------- The Carthage Republican Carthage, Illinois Wednesday January 21, 1874 Page 3 Column 5 Died. On Wednesday morning, Jan. 14th inst., Mrs. MINERVA A. KIMBROUGH, wife of Thomas J. Kimbrough, of this city, aged 49 years and six days. The deceased was born in Anderson county, Ky. Her maiden name was Boston. With her family she moved to Hancock county in 1836 and was married to Mr. Kimbrough in 1840. The fruits of the marriage were thirteen children, seven of whom are now living. Mrs. Kimbrough was a representative type of the pioneer woman. She was industrious, painstaking, religiously conscientious in all her undertakings, very kind-hearted, and one of the best neighbors that ever lived. The calls of sorrow and distress never fell unheeded on her ears but she was always found first and longest at the bedside of suffering and death. She was a member of the Old School Baptist Church, a sincere believer in its faith, and a practical and consistent Christian. Mrs. Kimbrough leaves a large circle of relatives to mourn her loss. The surviving members of her family have the heartfelt sympathies of the community. Link: Bryant Genealogy URL: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>