Herman Artaman Kinsman (1919)

KINSMAN, WARD

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 1/19/2012 at 17:52:24

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
March 5, 1919, page 5

Death of HERMAN A. KINSMAN

Herman A. Kinsman died this morning at his home in Douglas township from kidney disease and complications. He had for nearly fifty years been a resident of Madison county, living and dying on the same farm where he and Mrs. Kinsman first located.

Mr. Kinsman was a native of Vermont, born 75 years ago this month; he came west to Illinois, then to Iowa. Since Mrs. Kinsman's death thirteen years ago, the home has been kept up by his daughters, Misses Priscilla and Faith and his elder sister, Miss Rose, all of whom survive him.

Mr. Kinsman wielded influence wherever he went. Real goodness shone forth from his face. His every word and deed was inspired by a desire to do good to others. His spiritual life was a source of power in the deliberations of the church of his choice, the Presbyterian. With it he was identified as an officer for many years. To him, more than to any other person, probably, is due the inception and growth of the Sunday school work of Madison county. By prayer and labor, he interested others and to him today its leaders point to its founder and builder. In every point, Mr. Kinsman's life rang true. No pretense, no shame existed in his simplicity and genuine worth were his and for those rare traits he was revered and admired.

The sympathy of the community goes forth to his daughters and sister who have a wide friendship in this vicinity.
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Winterset Madisonian,
March 12, 1919, Douglas Twp., page 5

The funeral of H. A Kinsman was held Friday morning at the Kinsman home in Douglas township. Dr. J.S. Corkey conducted the services with burial at the Winterset cemetery.

Transcriber's note from the 1915 History of Madison County, Iowa: “Herman A. Kinsman, at the age of twenty years, enlisted for one hundred days in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was made first corporal of his company. He did garrison duty at Cairo, Illinois and in answer to President Lincoln's call served extra time and went with his regiment to Missouri to meet General Price's army."

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