Hugh Lemon Kinser 1836-1919

KINSER

Posted By: Jeanette Lawson
Date: 9/6/2014 at 07:54:53

Red Oak Express
Red Oak, Iowa
Tuesday 15 February 2005

'The Time Capsule' by Roy Marshall
Obituary reprint from Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa February 1919
 
Another Civil War veteran has gone to the Great Beyond. Hugh Lemon Kinser, 83, died at Red Oak hospital on Monday evening from apoplexy after an illness of seven weeks. The funeral was held yesterday and the remains taken to Oakland for burial. Rev. E. M. Evans preached the funeral sermon. Hugh Kinser was born at Leesburg, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1836, and was married to Barbara Huffman Oct. 15, 1856, and to them eight children were born, including Harvey of Red Oak and Mrs. Emma Humbert of Oakland. Mr. Kinser was a member of Co. E., 50th Ohio infantry, serving for three years. He was one o f the released Union men who had been in Confederate prisons who were on the Mississippi river steamer, Sultana, when it sunk. Mr. Kinser was one of the few survivors. He was a member of Garfield Post, G. A. R.

Deceased had lived in Red Oak for many years. He was a good man and many friends extend sympathy to the sorrowing relatives.

~ submitted by Jeanette Lawson