McKimmy, John S.

MCKIMMY

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 15:49:46

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.670

McKIMMY, JOHN S., attorney-at-law, Jefferson Township, Sec. 22; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Washington county, Ind; born May, 1831; in 1841 he came to Burlington, this State, and remained till 1849, when he emigrated to Warren county, and has been identified with its interests ever since: in Oct., 1853, he went to Des Moines county and married Miss Jeanette Woodside, a native of Henry county, Ind., and resided in Indianola till 1858, and followed the carpenter trade; then moved to section 31, in Jefferson township, and lived there till 1866, and for the purpose of schooling his children he moved to his present home; having been elected justice of the peace in 1860, he received such a knowledge of the law that he naturally drifted into the practice of his profession, and is now a licensed attorney in the Supreme Court of the State, and his entire attention is given to the practice of law; he also owns a saw-mill, and for several years has been connected with the lumber business; he has a family of seven children living whose names are, respectively, Roswell A., Mary E., Lorah E., Eugene C., Robert W., Cora A. and Lydia J.; he owns 430 acres of land.