METOAKA DESERT ROSE NURSERY AND DESIGN

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Reverand James Kimsey and Mary Crowley are the parents of Reverand James Kimsey II, born 1784.  If you want more information please contact me so that I can supply the information. Thank You.  Laurie

1. REVERAND JAMES KIMSEY
   1. MARY ELIZABETH CROWLEY
      1. REVERAND JAMES KIMSEY II
         1. HANNAH McCRACKEN 
            1. Samuel Kimsey
            2. Mehalah Kimsey
            3. Hilah Kimsey
            4. John F. Kimsey
            5. Huldah Kimsey
            6. Achsah Kimsey
            7. Edna Kimsey
            8. Duff Kimsey
            9. Anson Kimsey
            1. Edson Kimsey
               1. Melinda Jane Walker
                  1. Hannah Jane
                  2. James Gilliam
                     1. Clara Ann Herrick
                        1. Vina
                        2. Vernie
                        1. Byron Edson
                           1. Barbara Janie Godwin
                              1. Kenneth Byron
                              2. Archie
                              3. Elizabeth
                              4. Ella
                  3. Anna Eliza
                  4. Walker S.
                  5. Emma G.
                  6. Ella (Mary)
                  7. Elizabeth Ann
                  8. John Edson
                  9. Amos
      2. SAMUEL
      3. LITTLEBURY B
      4. ELENOR
      5. ELIZABETH
      6. BENJAMIN F
      7. MARY POLLY
      8. THOMAS

Their children were:

1. Samuel, b. 1806 - 1875, Married Emily Conner and then Sarah Ann Tudor.  *
2. Mehalah, b. 1808, never married     **
3. Hilah, b. 1810 - 1873, Married Absolon Smith    ***
4. John F., b. 1812 - 1880, married Macy Simpson
5. Huldah, b. 1814 - 1846, married John M. Wilson    ***
6. Achsah, b. 1816 - 1856, married Ira Perry Smith    (All were born in Alabama.  All below were born in Missouri)
7. Edna, b. 1819, married John A Benson
8. Duff, b. 1821 - 1858, married Mandana Smith
9. Anson, b. 1824 - 1893, married Elizabeth Beatty Bayley    ***
10. Edson Ross, b. 1826 - 1906, married Melinda Ann Jane Walker
11. Benjamin Franklin, b. 1828 - 1904, married Malinda Smith

*           stayed in Missouri

**         went to California

***       went to Oregon with Simpsons in 1846

Source:  Sorenson, 1993, p. 37

EDSON ROSS KIMSEY:  BORN APRIL 20, 1826  AND PASSED AWAY APRIL, 1906.  HE MARRIED MELINDA ANN JANE WALKER IN 1847 ON THE SMITH TRAIN.  HE WAS THE TEN CHILD OF THE ELEVEN CHILDREN OF REVEREAND JAMES KIMSEY II AND HANNAH JANE McCRACKEN.  EDSON AND MELINDA HAD NINE CHILDREN.

Their children were:

1. Hannah Jane, b.1853 - 1938, married Leonidas Oldham Kimsey and then married Mr. Lyman
2. James Gillium, b. 1856 - 1937, married Clara Ann Herrick
3. Anna Eliza, b. 1858 - 1859
4. Walker S., b. 1858 - 1862
5. Emma G., b. 1860 -  January
6. Ella (Mary), b. 1862 -1948, married Tom Richardson and then married William S. Tull 
7. Elizabeth Ann, b. 1866 - 1895, married Austin Leach
8. John Edson, b. 1871 - 1954, married Temperance L. Nott
9. Amos, b. 1877 - 1879
10. Andy L., b. 1967.

JAMES GILLIUM KIMSEY:  BORN MAY 9TH, 1856 AND PASSED AWAY MARCH 1938.  HE MARRIED CLARA ANN HERRICK.  SHE REMARRIED.

Their children were:

1. Vina, 1903.
2. Vernie, 1907. 
3. Byron Edson, 1909 - 1976, married Barbara Janie Godwin

Source: Kimsey Cousins Second Edition, June 1994, pg 51.

BYRON EDSON KIMSEY: BORN MARCH 6TH, 1909 AND PASSED AWAY MAY 3, 1976.  MARRIED BARBARA JANIE GODWIN IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON.  HE HELP BUILD THE DETROIT DAM AND THE OREGON STATE CAPITOL IN SALEM OREGON ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL HOSPITALS HOSPITALS IN SALEM, OREGON.  HE WAS CARPENTER BY TRADE AND A FARMER.

There children were:

1. Kenneth Byron, b. 1936 and married Shirley Ann Wyatt.
2. Archie D., b. 1940 and married Jeannie.  He had one son and daughter from differant marriages.
3. Laura (Liz), b. 1942 - 1999, first married Dennis Wohlgemuth and then Eldon Aery.  Had one son from first marriage. 
4. Ella Marie, b. 1947 and married Jim Ray Nugent.  Had one son.

KENNETH BYRON KIMSEY: BORN 1936 AND MARRIED SHIRLEY ANN WYATT.

There children were:

1. Sherry Lou, b. 1955, first married B. Bennett and then L. Roberts.  Had a son and daughter from first marriage.  Has numerous grandchildren.
2. Kenneth Brian, b. 1957, first married D. Chase and then C. Burlington.  Has two daughters and a son from first marriage, besides numberous grandchildren.  Has one daughter from second wife.
3. Jerry Lee, b. 1958 Never married.
4. Laurie Ann, b. 1967, First married S. Rodriguez Gonzales and then S. R. Goldstein.  Divorced both.