Margaret (Shayma/Shomo) Kinsel/Kinsell (1818-1882)

SHAYMA, SHOMO, KINSEL, KINSELL, BARR, DEWITT, FENN, HILL, HALE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 11/24/2012 at 11:36:26

From Nevada Representative September 27, 1882

Died.

In Cambridge September 19th, 1882, of neuralgia of the stomach, Margaret Kinsel aged 64 years 2 months and four days.

Margaret Shomo was born in Huntington (now Blair) county Penn., near the town of Hollidaysburgh July 15th 1818 and married to J. C. Kinsel February 23, 1837.

Mr. and Mrs. Kinsel left Penn. Apr. 8th 1851 for Iowa, landing at Muscatine the 26th of the same month. Stopping there a few days thay moved to Cedar Rapids from there to Benton county in 1855, and from there to Cambridge on October 1863 where they have since made their home.

Mrs. Kinsell was the mother of eight shicldren, three sons and five daughters all of whom are living. J. W. Kinsel resides at Colo, A. B. at Cambridge and H. S. in Scott county this state. Mrs. Barr and Mrs. DeWitt two of the daughters live in Colorado. Mrs. Fenn and Mrs. Hill in Nevada and Mrs. Hale at Cambridge. Mrs. Kinsel suffered great pain during her illness and all that could be done by friends and physicians was of no avail, and at 10 o'clock P. M. Tuesday Sept. 19th 1882 she quietly passed away.

The sympathy of the entire community is with the bereaved husband and children who mourn the loss of an affectionate wife and fond mother.