Carol Berry shared this: ------------------------- Subject: Past & Present Montgomery Co., 1904 Samuel A. Kime, who has been active in community affairs and is the supporter of many movements for the general good, so that he is numbered among the valued citizens of Montgomery county (IL), was born in Litchfield township on the 2d of November, 1857. His father, Joshua Kime, was a native of North Carolina, and in early manhood removed from that state to Illinois, settling in Montgomery county. He married Miss Cornelia Wagner, and took up his abode in Hillsboro township about 1861. There he rented a farm for two years, and on the expiration of that period purchased the farm which is now occupied by George Ferguson, comprising eighty acres of land. To the further development and cultivation of this place he devoted his energies until his death, and was one of the enterprising agriculturists of his community--a man very reliable in business affairs. He died in October, 1889, when but sixty-seven years of age, his birth having occurred in 1822. His wife survived him for two years and departed this life in 1891, when fifty-four years of age. Both were members of the Lutheran church and were people of the highest respectability, enjoying the confidence and warm regard of all with whom they were associated. They had two children, the daughter being Mary F., now the wife of George L. Ferguson. Samuel A. Kime, the son and the elder child, acquired a common school education and was trained to habits of industry and economy upon the old homestead. When he had arrived at years of maturity he took charge of the farm, which he operated on shares, and there remained until his mother's death. He was married on the 25th of February, 1891, to Miss Mary Johnson and they have two children: Mary I. and Henry Frederick. Mr. Kime owns altogether one hundred and four acres of land and his property is valuable. His house stands on section 27, Hillsboro township, about one mile west and four and a half miles south of the city of Hillsboro. There he carries on general farming. A glance at his place indicates to the passerby that the owner is a man of enterprise and thrift, careful in his work and practical in his methods. His fellow townsmen have called him to public office and for two years he served as justice of the peace, while for nine years he has been a school director. In politics he is a Republican; fraternally is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America; and religiously with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife is also a member. ____________________ Carol, thanks for sharing this. Some of our KIMEs will recognize these folks as ancestors of our friend, Samuel E. Kime, who just passed away in September.