Ancestry of
J. K. Simmons

TV and Movie Actor

Bernard Dewitt Kimble

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of J. K. Simmons — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • David Kimble 
  • Mother:
  • Rachel Thornburg   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Mar 1840 
  • Birth Location:
  • Holmes County, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Jun 1915 
  • Death Location:
  • Elk Township, Osage, Kansas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Ridgeway Cemetery, Osage County, Kansas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Delia Porter
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 May 1864 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Fulton County, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Ralph Grierson Kimble (Ahnentafel No:12 )

  • Notes: 

  • 1850 federal census lists Bernard Kimble's name as Barng Kimmel.

• Sources for Bernard Dewitt Kimble

  • ¹ Carbondale Post (Carbondale,Kansas), 24 JUN 1915, Obituary for Bernard DeWitt Kimble.
  • ² Federal Census, KS, Osage County, 1910, Elk, E.D. 97, Sheet 6B, Image 12 of 27.
  • ³ Federal Census, KS, Osage County, 1900, Elk, E.D. 116, Sheet 9A, Image 17 of 28.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, IL, Fulton County, 1860, Putman, p. 296, Image 4 of 27.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, OH, Knox County, 1850, Hilliar, Image 2 of 28.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/02/2018).
  • ⁷ Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, Death record for son Ralph G Kimble.
  • ⁸ Illinois, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Marriage record for Bernard D Kimble and Delila Porter.
  • ⁹ Kansas, U.S., Grand Army of the Republic Post Reports, 1880-1940, Death record for Bernard D Kimble.
  • ¹⁰ Kansas, U.S., Grand Army of the Republic Post Reports, 1880-1940, Muster roll, Overbrook, Osage Co., Sep 1889, Record for B. D. Kimble.
  • ¹¹ Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925, 1875, Osage County, Ridgeway, p. 24, Image 12 of 26.
  • ¹² Kansas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1987, Probate records for Bernard D Kimble.
  • ¹³ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Pension record for Bernard D. Kimble.
  • ¹⁴ Who's Who in the Central States: A Business, Professional and Social Record of Men and Women of . . ., 1929, Washington, D.C.: The Mayflower Publishing Company, Inc. (1929), 525.

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