Joyce, A friend of mine is one of the great-granddaughters of Darius Kinsey. Are you related? I have forwarded her your note. She has named her daughter "Kinsey" after her grandmother (who kept the name Kinsey as her middle name when she married). ---------- > From: Joyce Wans <jwans@ix.netcom.com> > To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: "Kinsey Photographer" > Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 3:20 PM > > Greetings, one and all! > > What a day! I get to combine two favorite pastimes: Family history and > visiting Costco. > > I found a terrific book at Costco today called "Kinsey Photographer" > about Darius Kinsey, his family, and his work. The photos are > outstanding and if you had relatives in the timber business in the late > 1800's and/or earlier 1900's you should at least give this a look on > your next Costco visit (find a friend to take you if you don't have a > card). The book is only $18.99. > > It is oversize, about 13" tall and 10 1/2" wide. 319 pages. No index. > The photos are beautifully reproduced. Family history of the Kinseys > and stories from people who were acquainted with him. Lots of his > pictures. Some old ads. This is a single volume edition of what > apparently was originally two volumes (and the price inside says "Deluxe > edition originally published at $150.00" but this edition is plenty > deluxe for me). > > My great-grandfather and my grandfather and some of his brothers built > railroad trestles for timber operations. That's what (I believe) moved > them from Wisconsin to Washington. On Tuesday, May 27, 1930, my grandpa > was setting explosives for bridge work at Sauk Camp near Darrington. > The Arlington Times reported the incident two days later. Here's a bit > of it: > > "The explosion blinded Wans and lacerated his face severely. . . > "Wans' companions brought him to Darrington for emergency first aid > treatment. A hurry up call was sent to Everett and the Everett > ambulance company brought the injured man to the General Hospital at > Everett, where the sight of one of his eyes was pronounced destroyed. > An operation was performed Wednesday in an effort to save the sight of > the remaining optic." > > There were a couple of other follow-ups in the papers. Grandpa did lose > both of his eyeballs and forever greeted us grandkids by tapping on our > shoulders with his hand telling us how big we were and then, every time, > he would move his hand over to where our heads were and, tapping his way > up the side of our heads to the top, with great (mock) surprise exclaim > on how quickly we were growing! > > Joyce Wans > Mukilteo WA USA