Our Family Photo Album

Book #3 (K-N)

(Note: Since there are so many images, these have been divided up into several books for the website.

Surnames can be found in other books when a photo contains several family members.

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Book #1 (A-E) Book #2 (F-J) Book #4 (O-S) Book #5 (T-Z)

(More photos of area residents in"Around Kinmundy and Alma with Robert Ford (1960’s-70's)" )

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We are looking for photos of people and/or places from around Kinmundy & Alma. Can you help?

Or maybe you have stories or memories from the "Good Old Days"? What do YOU remember?

The Kinmundy Historical Society would be honored to preserve your memories and stories. We also have the

equipment to scan (or copy) your photos so that they may be enjoyed now as well as for generations yet to come!

We would love to hear from you! For more information, please contact:

Dolores (Ford) Mobley – Dolores@ford-mobley.com

208 Joan Dr.; Divernon, IL 62530; (217) 625-7527

Gladys (Corrie) See – gsee49@yahoo.com

408 S. Washington St.; Kinmundy, IL 62854; (618) 547-7731

(FK-14) Charles and Belle (Blackburn) Keen family - 1910

Standing in back row (L to R): John (who died in WWI), Marion (who went to Flint, Mich.), Eugene (who lived in Kinmundy),

and Daisy (who married Arthur Brimberry and lived in Kinmundy)

Front row: Alvin; Charles Keen, who is holding Frankie; Nellie (standing between her parents); Belle Blackburn Keen, who is holding Sally; Earl, and Maude.

(Earl went to Flint; the twins died as infants; and Alvin, Maude and Nellie all died in Scott Co., MO)

Keen Brimberry Kinmundy Illinois

(FK-1) Eugene Keen & Cora (Brimberry) Coatney Keen – Dec. 1956

(F-21) Eugene Keen & Cora (Brimberry) Coatney Keen (F-22) Eugene Keen & Cora (Brimberry) Coatney Keen

Keen Brimberry Kinmundy Illinois

(FK-2) Children of Eugene and Cora (Brimberry) Keen - 1924

Back row: Hazel (Keen) Geiler – 8 years; Christine (Keen) Followell – 10 years

Front row: Mable (Keen) Olden Jackson – 2 years; Eugene “George” Keen – 6 years

(not pictured: Cecil Keen and Martha (Keen) Hall

(FK-3) Eugene Keen & Cora (Brimberry) Keen with great-grandson, Clayton Keen (Jan. 1962)

(FK-4) 4 Generations - Beryl Keen (dad), Eugene Keen (great-grandfather),

Clayton Keen (baby), and George Keen (grandfather) - Jan. 1962

(FK-5) Mr. and Mrs. George Keen with grandson, Clayton Keen - Jan. 1962

Keen Kinmundy Illinois

(FK-6) George & Marie "Kate" (Mulvany) Keen family

Dennis "Butch", Beryl & Donnie Keen with their dad, George Keen

Keen Kinmundy Illinois

(FK-7) George & Marie "Kate" (Mulvany) Keen family:

Dennis "Butch", Beryl & Donnie Keen with their dad, George Keen - 1983

(K-24) Cora (Brimberry) Coatney Keen with her daughters:

Standing: Christine (Keen) Followell, Mable (Keen) Olden Jackson, Martha "Mat" (Keen) Hall and Hazel (Keen) Geiler.

Seated: Cora (Brimberry) Coatney Keen and Dora (Coatney) Jenkins

(FK-25) Charles Keller

(FK-8) Neal and Mary Kenley who pastured the Kinmundy Christian Church in the 1960’s and 1970’s

(FK-9) Alice Kennedy; Sept. 1, 1886; Age 2;

Daughter of D.W. and Laura Kennedy

(FK-10) Blanche and Jim Kennedy - 1917

Mary Margaret Kennedy

(FK-12) Mary Margaret Kennedy

King family gathering maybe? (probably Ellen (King) Donavan with her siblings and spouse too), along with her mother, nieces, and husband on July 4, 1907

Back row: ________ (possibly brother-in-law or brother), ________ (probably sister of Ellen King Donovan - either Anna King Bagott or Bessie King Smith), Rebecca (Evans) King, Alta Bagott

Front row: ________ (probably sister of Ellen King Donovan - either Anna King Bagott or Bessie King Smith), Ellen (King) Donovan, Pauline Bagott, John F. Donovan

Rebekah (Evans) King (1825-1913) on her 85th birthday on May 5, 1910. Her daughter, Bessie Lincoln (King) Smith wrote the inscription on the photo. Mrs. King and her daughter, Bessie, moved in with the J.F. Donovan family to their home after Rebecca's husband, John B. King, died.

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 12, 1910 - "Natal Anniversary: When the 85^th milestone is reached, it is meant that friends and acquaintances give or send a word of kindly greeting and congratulations. On the fifth of May, Mrs. Rebekah KING was 85 years old. Perhaps we should better say 85 years young, for very few people are more interested in the topics of the day - especially those of church and state, than is Grandma KING, as she is affectionately called. This natal anniversary was made the occasion of a dinner party and quilting bee, lovingly planned by her daughter, Mrs. Bessie KING-SMITH, at whose home the festivities were held, all the plans were so happily executed as to make this milestone in her life’s pilgrimage one of the brightest days of all the fourscore and five. One of the pleasures of the day for Grandma KING, perhaps the greatest, was the presence of her sister, Mrs. Sarah NEIL. Grandma NEIL has passed the last seven years in an invalid’s chair, but though shut within the four walls of her room, her sweet patience and affectionate disposition, make her life helpful and are as a garment of beauty about her. She has passed the 87^th milestone. Another favored guest who had added three years to the fourscore was Mrs. Elizabeth GRAY. These three entertained the other guests, while around the quilting frame with reminiscences of the early - very early - days of Kinmundy. The quilt, quilted and finished at this party was the last one pieced by Grandma SMITH, T.M. SMITH’s mother, and is highly valued by Mr. SMITH and his daughters. At 12 o’clock dinner was served, a triumph in the culinary art, and but adding to the reputation Mrs. SMITH already holds. The birthday cake was one of her far-famed angel food. After dinner the photographer called and thru his art the guests and many other friends now have highly prized postcard souvenirs of the occasion. Other guests than those already mentioned were Mesdames Sarah PARRILL, Geo. FENSTER, Martha LOVELL, Wesley HARRIS, M.P. GRAMLEY, C.S. NEIL, and Thos. BAGOTT. A shower of postcards from still other friends added to the pleasures of the day. We wish for Grandma KING another and yet another happy birthday anniversary and God’s best for all the future. What is more beautiful, as one peacefully awaits the setting of life’s sun surrounded by loving children and many friends, than to look back for a moment upon a life well spent, full of good deeds and rich in Christian experience, as this life has been, and then after the fleeting backward glance to face again toward the "sunset and evening star" and calm await the 'crossing of the Bar'."

Rebecca (Evans) King - probably her daughter & son-in-law's home - John F. Donovan & Ellen (King) Donovan's

KING family - siblings and cousins:

Pauline Bagott-aged 20, Norval King-aged 17, Rodney Hail King-15, Alta Marie Bagott-13, Frank King- aged 4

King family probably

Standing: _________, John F. Donovan, ________, ?Alta Bagott, Ellen (King) Donovan, ________, Pauline Bagott

Seated: maybe Rebecca (Evans) King

(FK-20) Fred Kleiss & Dora (Stock) Kleiss wedding picture

(FK-21) Harold Kleiss, Mildred Kleiss, and Helen (Kleiss) Quandt

Fred & Dora (Stock) Kleiss family

Back row: Fred Kleiss & Mildred (Kleiss) Kleiss

Front row: Harold Kleiss, Dora (Stock) Kleiss, Helen (Kleiss) Quandt

(FK-18) Dora (Stock) Kleiss & Fred Kleiss

(FK-19) Harold Kleiss & Mildred Kleiss -brother & sister. Harold was killed in WWII.

(FK-23) Chester & Nellie (Coughlin) Kline's wedding photo

(FK-24) Gladys (Mercer) Kline & Charles Kline

(FK-22) 4 generations: (baby) Karen (Kline) Lydick, Charles Kline, Chester Kline, and Maggie (Harvey) Kline

Kline Kinmundy Illinois

(FK-13) Merle and Peggy Kline – 50^th wedding anniversary – 1986

Back row: Barbara, Kline, Bobbi Reiter, Robert Kasza, Keith Smith, Merle Kline, Peggy Kline, Linda Kline, Debbie Kline, Scott Kline, Dawn Kline, Kelly Kline

Middle row: Gary Kline holding Josh Kline, Gayle Kline Kaszo, Susan Smith, John Kline, Brian Kline holding Chase Kline, James Kline

Front row: Danny Kasza, Jeret Smith, Jon Wesley Kline, Stephen Kline

John Scott KNISELEY (local teacher, and Superintendent of Marion County Schools)

(FK-15) Mary (Gramley) Hensley Kniseley (FK-16)

(FK-17) Mary (Gramley) Hensley Kniseley and Martha Hensley

Anna Kolb

"Anna was the long time housekeeper for Walter B. Pruett & Bertha (Steuber) Pruett.

They continued to send Anna a monthly stipend after her retirement.

Anna was also very dedicated to the Catholic Church in Kinmundy."

(FL-23) Abraham Folk Lacey (1842-1902)

(FL-25) The family of Abraham Folk Lacey & Mary Belle (White) Lacey - (ca 1893)

_________, Abraham Folk Lacey, Ethel E. Lacey, Laura Permelia (Lacey) Harber (older girl standing in middle),

Belle (White) Lacey holding Ralph Lacey, Nora Alice Lacey

Hiram Gibson Lacey's 75th Birthday Celebration - 1928

(FL-24) Amos Hudson Lacey (1844-1925)

Mr. & Mrs. Laird

John Clement Lamborn (1869-1924)

Lane Kinmundy Illinois

(FL-1a) Easter Sunday 1962: Lane family: Dick Lane, Paul and Leta Lane, Joyce Lane

Richard Lawson - One of the first Owners & Editor of "The Kinmundy Express"

Richard F. Lawson family

Left - Jennie (Simpson) Lawson (Richard's wife); top middle - Ruby Florence Lawson, bottom middle = Eugene Simpson Lawson;

right - either his mother Hester (VanCamp) Lawson, or Jennie's mother Sarah Simpson (in the book, she's listed only as "Grandma").

(Circa 1893/4)

Eugene S. Lawson (Son of Richard & Jennie (Simpson) Lawson)

Lane Kinmundy Illinois

(FL-2a) Oct. 28, 1968 – Earl & Lottie (Perry) Lane's 50^th Anniversary

Standing: Barbara Ball, Paul Lane, Robert Lane, Phyllis See

Front: Earl Lane & Lottie (Perry) Lane

Kathryn (Laswell) Williams

Laswell Alma Illinois

Dr. Samuel L. Laswell & Stella (Caldwell) Laswell

Far left in back: Dr. S.E. Laswell; In front of him are his daughter Kathryn (Laswell) Williams, son-in-law William "Bill" E. Williams, and grandson Robert Laswell Williams.

Dr. S.E. Laswell's wife, Stella (Caldwell) Laswell is on the top step in the back row.

Alice (French) Lewin

(FL-23) John J. Logue holding Zetta Logue, and his wife Essie (Butts) Logue holding Ernie "Jim" Logue

(FL-27) Circa 1919: Seated: Martha (Mulvaney) Long with her husband Henry Long

Standing: Their daughter, Ollie (Long) Miller is on the right back,

and her daughters, Irene the eldest, holding, Iaulanda (the baby).

(FL-26) Ollie (Long) Miller with her daughter Iaulanda

Louis Bailey Lowdermilk (1887 - 1975) was a professional baseball pitcher 1911-1912 for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was also a veteran of WWI.

He married Pearl McCartan, who was a teacher at Alma School, and daughter of Thomas B. & Nancy (Spitler) McCartan.

Lowe Doolen Kinmundy

(FL-5) Lenora Doolen & Charles Lowe - 1930

Lowe Doolen Kinmundy

(FL-6) Lenora (Doolen) Lowe & Charles Lowe – Dec. 1970

Livesay Kinmundy

(FL-7a) Virgil Livesay & Hazel (Garrett) Livesay family

Top row: Mike Gammon, Kenny Gammon, Charlotte Gammon, Dean Livesay, Dale Ragland, Delores Buts, Rex Butts, Fred Gammon

Middle row: Regina (Livesay) Washburn, David Washburn, Clara Muehlhausen, Connie Livesay, Darrell Livesay, Irene (Livesay) Gammon, Ann Gammon,

Margaret Ragland, Shannon Gammon holding Ian Gammon, Tim Gammon

Bottom row: Megan Washburn holding Sean Gammon, Emily Washburn, Ryan Washburn, Matt Gammon

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-8a) The home of Charles Wesley Lowe, Sr. & Eda Ann (Jones) Lowe - 1919

(This was about 1 mile east of where John Jones lived in 2005.)

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-9a) Charles Lowe (son of William & Grace (Arnold) Lowe) standing in front of his father’s (Willie Lowe)’s 1925 Ford

Bought new. White tent. Side luggage carrier.

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-10) Agnes (Morgan) Lowe & Cecil Lowe (FL-22) Rev. Cecil Lowe & Agnes (Morgan) Lowe (50th Anniversary)

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-11a) Charles W. Lowe Sr. (72 years old) and Eda Ann (Jones) Lowe (66 years old

Parents of Sam, Cecil, Willie, Elsie Doolen, and Ethel Robb

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-12a) Charles Wesley Lowe & Eda Ann (Jones) Lowe family

Back Row: Frank Lowe &

Ganetta "Nettie" (Eagan) Dukes (Nettie was the daughter of Charles W. Lowe and his first wife, Sarah (Jones) Lowe)

Front Row: Willie Lowe, Eda Ann (Jones) Lowe, Elsie (Lowe) Doolen, Charles Wesley Lowe Sr., Ethel (Lowe) Robb

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-13) Willie Lowe, Elma (Lowe) Jones, Grace (Arnold) Lowe

(FL-14) Willie and Grace Lowe, Ivy Lowe

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-15) Youngest sons of Charles W. Lowe & Eda (Jones) Lowe:

Sam Lowe & Cecil Lowe - circa 1902

(FL-16) Sons of William C. Lowe & Grace (Arnold) Lowe:

Ivy Lowe & Charles Lowe

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-17) Charles Lowe

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-18) Youngest daughters of Charles Wesley Lowe & Eda Ann (Jones) Lowe:

Ethel (Lowe) Robb & Elsie (Lowe) Doolen

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-19) Children of Charles Wesley Lowe & Eda Ann (Jones) Lowe:

William Lowe, Elsie (Lowe) Doolen, Sam Lowe, Cecil Lowe

Lowe Kinmundy

(FL-20) Sam & Pearl (McCulley) Lowe – 50^th anniversary – Dec. 1979

(FL-21) Rosalyn (Lowe) Uphold with her parents, Lenora (Doolen) Lowe and Charles Lowe

Knute Loyd (son), Auntie Loyd (mother), and Confucious Loyd (father)

Charles & Marolyn (Alberson) Lux

Jennie (Robb) Mahan, Robert D. Mahan, J. Raymond "Beak" Mahan, Maxine (Mahan) Pruett, Florence (Motch) Mahan

A.A. Malinsky in front of F.A. Pruett Feed Store and produce in Kinmundy

Marlow Kinmundy

(FM-1) The Annual Marlow Family Reunion - 1974

(FM-14) Willie Martin & Allie (Jones) Thomas Martin

(FM-18) Elizabeth Mathews taken in front of the Mathews-Elston house

Vera (Morris) Bassett Maxey & James Burdette "Brownie" Maxey

James Burdette "Brownie" Maxey & Vera (Morris) Bassett Maxey family

Mrs. Mary Mayer

John Mazanek & Anna (Doudera) Mazanek family in front of the house they built between the Alma Methodist Church and their business in downtown Alma. Their daughter, Anna (Mazanek) Arnold lived in the old family home for many years too.
In the photo are Anna (Doudera) Mazanek holding Laura (Mazanek) Hamilton, John Mazanek, Anna (Mazanek) Arnold, Joseph Mazanek (on porch), Mary (Mazanek) Hoffman, and John Mazanek, Jr. (Early 1900's)

Mazanek Memories - The John Mazanek Story

“John Mazanek arrived in America January 21, 1861 at the age of three plus years with his parents Johann and Katherine. Leaving their home country of Bohemia, they sailed from Breman, Germany to the Port of Baltimore, Maryland on the Bark Columbia. “Bark” indicates that the ship had three masts, square rigged on the first two masts and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other. Also listed on the Columbia’s Manifest with this family group were Aloise, age 10, and Edward, age 10 months. Not much is known about Aloise, but perhaps she was a half-sister to John and Edward. Johann was 35 years old and Katherine 40 when they sailed.

The family was poor. Johann, a miller, had only fifty cents when they arrived in Baltimore. He got a job driving for the North during the Civil War. They existed on game he hunted and cornbread. They did not even have salt. The dates and details of their migration to Illinois are not available at this time (census films are being reviewed), but it is believed that the family went to Chicago. Sometime later Johann went to Wisconsin to work for a farmer. As a young child John sold newspapers to support the family, his mother, Ed, and Julia. Julia was born in America, the date of her birth is unknown at this writing. John worked in a door and sash factory. Even though he had no formal education, he attended night school to learn more about the trade and become a foreman. He had to quit because of an injury to his hand. At the age of 23 John became a citizen of the United States October 26, 1880 in Cook County, Illinois.

Brother Ed moved to the Alma, Illinois area. John made several trips to see Ed. On one of these train trips he met Anna Doudera, who later became his wife. Around 1885 he purchased 160 acres in Alma….quite an accomplishment for a young man who, when he left Europe, a farmer was considered rich who had two acres! He, no doubt, felt like a very rich American! John lived in a log home on the farm with his mother Katherine. She died in 1886 and is buried in the Martin Cemetery in Alma. Research continues on the date and place of burial of Johann, John’s father. Family lore has it that he is buried in southern Missouri. Extensive research has been unsuccessful. John and Anna were married January 10, 1887. From their farm they cut railroad ties and hauled them to Patoka. Anna was sometimes afraid in the country. Their first three children were born on the farm: Mary (10-21-1887), Joseph (9-28-1889), and John (2-27-1891). When John was two weeks old the family moved into Alma. They did not own the first house they lived in in town.

John, Anna, and a partner, Warner, bought a basket factory, which later burned. They had no insurance, so this was a total loss. With the same partner they bought a store and later bought out the partner. Around Christmas of 1907 a fire in Alma destroyed almost everything except their store. Several of the grandchildren of John and Anna remember the store very well.John and Anna bought a house in Alma where two more of the children were born. Julia was born in April of 1894 and died in December the same year. Anna Helen was born April 28, 1896.

In 1900 they built a new brick home and rented out the other house. Their last child, Laura Josephine, was born there October 3, 1904. That beautiful house, now in disrepair, still stands in Alma in 2005. After the loss of her husband, Art Arnold circa 1920, Anna Helen lived with her parents and continued to live in the home place many years. When her health began to fail, she moved into a retirement home in Alma.

John Mazanek started a life insurance company and was instrumental in starting several financial institutions in Alma. Even while overseeing the store and these various enterprises, he farmed and tended large orchards and became known as a successful fruit grower. Some of the land he farmed continues to be proudly owned and operated by his descendants. John Mazanek died in 1935. Anna Doudera Mazanek died May 6, 1936 and is buried beside her husband in the Alma Cemetery. From the funeral eulogy of John Mazanek, written by a family friend, Barney Craig, the following two paragraphs are copied, because they are so well stated: ‘Mr. Mazanek was a splendid type of the highly desirable class of immigrants who came to America during the earlier decades of its history. They brought to their homes in the new world the ideals and traditions of the best blood and the families of Europe. Their industry, their thrift and their abilities were large contributing factors in the growth and development of this great nation of ours. Mr. Mazanek personified these laudable traits to a high degree. He was a self made man in every sense of the word. He rose from a condition of poverty and hardships to the realization of success. In doing so he gained the respect and esteem of the entire community. His undoubted honesty and integrity were almost proverbial among all who knew him. His admirable self-dependence and industry were qualities admired by all. He was equaled by a few and exceeded by none in his devotion to his family and his concern for their welfare. Of him it may be truly said that he was a good husband and a good father. The memory of his life and achievements of his frank upright and honorable character is one of which any family might well be proud.’ “

(Edited 2005 by LJHS)

Children of John Mazanek & Anna (Doudera) Mazanek:

Mary (Mazanek) Hoffman (b.1887), John Mazanek (b.1891),

Joe Mazanek (b.1889), Anna (Mazanek) Arnold (b.1896)

Anna (Doudera) Mazanek, wife of John Mazanek

Joe & Nellie (See) Mazanek

Nellie (See) Mazanek & Joe Mazanek

Essie (Day) Mazanek and John Mazanek

Children of John & Essie (Day) Mazanek:

Mary Frances (Mazanek) Hurley, Edith (Mazanek) Johnson, and John Ross Mazanek

Richard Mazanek & John Ross Mazanek, sons of John & Essie (Day) Mazanek

Mary Frances (Mazanek) Hurley & Oscar Hurley

Arnold Johnson & Edith (Mazanek) Johnson

John Ross Mazanek & Leta (Atkins) Mazanek with their son, Mark Mazanek

John & Essie (Ross) Mazanek, Richard & Charlotte (Wielage) Mazanek, and Mr. and Mrs. Wielage

Laura Josephine (Mazanek) Hamilton and Clyde Hamilton

(daughter of John & Anna (Doudera) Mazanek)

Alma friends - "the old Alma gang" - May 28, 1990

Hoolie Muehlhausen, Clara (Kerley) Muehlhausen, Dorothy (Kerley) Boyles,

Donna (Caldwell) Kerley, Patty (Johnson) Hardt, Herb Williams, Sylvia (Braden) Hester

James Bonner McBryde of McBryde's Mercantile in Kinmundy

(FM-17b) Tom B. McCartan

Pearl (McCartan) Lowdermilk, Bertha (Spitler) Eagan, Grace McCartan

(FM-20) Jacob Charles McCarty & Steve McCarty - 1955

(FM-22) Children of Jacob & Etta (Marshall) McCarty:

Burdette McCarty, Charles McCarty, Marshall McCarty, Glen McCarty, Kenneth McCarty,

Mary (McCarty) Fehrenbacher & Helen (McCarty) Marquaret

(FM-19) Kenneth McCarty

(FM-21) Glen & Hazel (Plowman) McCarty Family - 1974

Standing:: Darrell "Jake", Loretta, Lawrence "Jerry", Imogene, and Donald
Seated: Hazel (Plowman) McCarty & Glen McCarty

(FM-23) McCarty family reunion - 1937

(FM-24) McCarty family reunion - 1941

(FM-25) McCarty family reunion - 1956

(FM-26) McCarty family reunion

(FM-2a) McCarty cousins – April 2007

Back row: Sam Fehrenbacher, Ralph Petit, L.R. “Jerry” McCarty

Standing: Loretta Folkert, Phyllis Kincaid, Kenny McCarty, Helen Hammond, Larry McCarty, Tom Fehrenbacher, Jerry McCarty

Kneeling: Darrell “Jake” McCarty, Wayne McCarty, Paul McCarty

McCully Kinmundy

(FM-3) Dot McCulley, John William McCulley, and Thurman McCulley holding Sooner - circa 1934

(FM-20) Wedding day for John McCulley & Dorothy (Mercer) McCulley - Feb. 10, 1946.

Maxey Spencer (bestman), John & Dorothy (Mercer) McCulley bride, and Dorothy L. "Dot" McCulley (sister and maid of honor), Thurman McCulley.

John E McCullough (1851-1925) (brother of Mary Jane "Jennie" (McCullough) See)

McElyea Kinmundy

Beryle (Painter) McElyea

Mother of Agnes Tate

Lillian Beryle Agusta

McElyea Kinmundy

(FM-5) Agnes McElyea (4) and Carrie McElyea (3) - circa 1904

Granville McHatton & Jennie (Hall) McHatton family

(FM-15) Granville McHatton & Jennie (Hall) McHatton family

(Granville and Jennie are in the middle of the second row)

Children of Charles Pitts McWhirter & Rebecca (Hammer) McWhirter (taken before 1935)

Mattie (McWhirter) Graves Sprouse, Cora (McWhirter) Wright, Richard "Dick" McWhirter, Charles "Charley" McWhirter, Lillie Belle (McWhirter) Williams, and Maggie (McWhirter) Bassett.

(photo from Stephen P.H. Frakes)

Florence (Osborn) Bassett McWhirter, Ethel (Lewis) Long Hanna, and Cornelia O'Brien

Lucy (Luttrell) Mercer & Denard Mercer

William Frederick Rudolph Meyer and his wife, Sophie (Hoehne) Meyer (Albert C Meyers' parents)

(FM-6) Donald, Frances, Albert & Martha Meyer

Mizeur family

(FM-12) Joannes Constantienus Mizeur family from Houwaart, Belgium (Photo taken in Kinmundy in about 1880)
Front standing: Mary Barbara, b. 28 Dec 1874 - Kinmundy, IL, d. 10 Dec 1929 - Shelby Co., Pana, IL.
Seated left to right: Peter Simon; Constantienus; Henry on mothers knee, b. 10 Dec 1929 - Kinmundy, IL, d. 26 May 1916 - Pana, IL;

and Juliana (VanEmelen) Mizeur
Standing in back left to right: Lewis, Charles, Frank, John

This family came to this country from Belgium in 1872-3. They lived West of Kinmundy on 40 acres until about 1884-85.

After Julianne's death they moved to the Pana area .

(FM-7a) Celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the enlistment of Edward G. Mendenhall (Sept. 7, 1861 - 1911)

"The Kinmundy Express" - Sept. 14, 1911: Enlisted 50 Years Ago: Just 50 years ago last Thursday, Sept. 7, Mayor E.G. MENDENHALL enlisted with 5^th Ohio Calvary, Co. K, at Cincinnati to fight for his country. He served during the entire rebellion and endured the hardships that go with army life. When he was discharged he was serving as Orderly Sergeant of his Company, which speaks well for a boy of 19 years. After the close of the war he located in Cincinnati, where he remained for a few years, settling in this city in the year 1869. In order to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of his enlistment, he invited the members of the G.A.R., the G.A.R. Circle and a number of friends and neighbors to meet at his home on the afternoon and evening of that date. Seats were arranged on the beautiful shady lawn and about 4:30. Photographer WILLIAMS appeared on the scene and made an excellent picture of the crowd. A long table had been prepared and well filled with good things to eat, and near the hour of six, dinner was announced and the crowd seated. After the blessing by Rev. R.D. WOODLEY, Mr. MENDENHALL made an address of Welcome and told of his enlistment and the object of the gathering. The crowd present numbered 85 and the event was very much enjoyed by all."

(FM-20) Golden Wedding Anniversary - Charles Metzger & Louise (Stock) Metzger - Nov. 19, 1934

Nov. 22, 1934 - "The Kinmundy Express":

Just 50 years ago, on Nov. 19, 1884, Charles METZGER, son of John and Barbara METZGER, and Louisa STOCK, daughter of Jacob and Dora STOCK, were married in St. Philomena’s Catholic Church in Kinmundy, and in honor of the occasion, high mass and a special blessing was given them by Rev. Fr. Vincent TIKUISIS on Sunday in the same church where the marriage occurred 50 years ago. After church services, the all day celebration was held at their farm home, northwest of this city, they having lived on the same farm their entire married life. They had the pleasure of having all of their children and their families with them for the happy occasion, together with more than 200 other relatives, friends, and neighbors. A bountiful dinner was spread, and 2 wedding cakes, besides dozens of others. They received many beautiful gifts and flowers, after which music was rendered by Mr. Frank NELMS, Mrs. Ross HANNA and several others. In attendance were their children: Mr. and Mrs. John METZGER and family of Springfield; Mr. and Mrs. Joe METZGER and family of Randolph, Mr. and Mrs. Henry METZGER and family of Decatur, and Mr. and Mrs. George WALLWEBER and family of Kirkwood, Mo. (A long list of others traveling from a distance were also listed.)

(FM-20a) Golden Wedding Anniversary - Charles Metzger & Louise (Stock) Metzger - Nov. 19, 1934 (closeup-left side)

(FM-20b) Golden Wedding Anniversary - Charles Metzger & Louise (Stock) Metzger - Nov. 19, 1934 (closeup-right side)

Dr. Hugo Miller Alice Patrina (Thiemann) Miller

Martha M. "Mattie" (Andrews) Hart Millican -

Oct. 5, 1911 - "The Kinmundy Express" - "A Happy Gathering: A number of members of the Presbyterian church and a few friends gathered at the home of Mrs. Mattie MILLICAN last Thursday to remind her of her 80^th birthday. At the noon hour, an excellent dinner was served and greatly enjoyed. After dinner the photographer arrived and took a picture of the happy company. Some beautiful presents were left Mrs. MILLICAN was a token of the esteem in which she is held."

(FM-10) William E. Molt (1859-1937)

Nondas (Monroe) Cole, daughter of Manford Newton Monroe & Dora (Evans) Monroe Cole.

(FM-27) Calvin Moore (FM-28) Catherine (Leonard) Moore

Mattie (Dupuy) Moore and George A. Moore 50th anniversary

"The Kinmundy Express" June 21, 1928

Morgan family

(FM-14) Morgan family

Top row: Eli E. Morgan*, Wesley H. Morgan*, G. Monroe Nichols, Jonathan R. Nichols, S. Isabel Nichols

2^nd row: Mary H. (Mrs. John) Morgan, J. Benjamin Morgan

3^rd row: Cora D. (Mrs. Wesley) Morgan holding Rose Morgan, M. Elizabeth Morgan (Mrs. Jonathan) Nichols*, Clara A. (Mrs. Eli) Morgan holding Irene M. Morgan,

John B. Morgan* holding Eli M. Nichols

4^th row: Mary Morgan, Helen Morgan (with hair ribbon)

Bottom row: Genevieve Morgan, Edna I. Morgan, Edith L. Morgan, Frances Nichols, C. Maurice Morgan, M. Virginia Nichols

(4 of the 9 children of Benjamin Arnold Morgan, who came from George, and Isabelle Foster Morgan. Her father was Hardy Foster, first settler in Foster Twp.)

William Morris

St. Louis Post Dispatch - Pictorial Supplement - March 9, 1930

(FM-29) William C. Morrow & Sarah C. (Happy) Morrow

(Submitted by Robert Morrow)

(FM-30) Arvie Mulvaney and Elsie (O'Dell) Mulvaney

(FM-32) Arvie & Elsie (O'Dell) Mulvany - ca 1936

Back row: Arvie, Fred and Lonnie; Front row: Clark and Lloyd

(FM-33) George W. Mulvany and Anna Elizabeth (Moreton) Mulvany

(FM-38) William Henry Mulvany (FM-35) Margaret Ellen (Pickel) Mulvany

(FM-36 & FM-37) Margaret Ellen (Pickel) Mulvany and William Henry Mulvany

(FM-31) Elsie Bell (O'Dell) Mulvany and Arvie Bryan Mulvany

(FM-41) Mulvaney sisters (1964): Seated - Abbie (Mulvany) Jamison

Standing - Georgia (Mulvany) Elliott, LaNora (Mulvany) Sullivan, and Thelma (Mulvany) Shierry

Mulvany Kinmundy

(FM-9a) Clarence Mulvany family - Dec. 1941

Clarence Mulvany, Ernie Mulvany, Art Mulvany, Lee Holmes, Leroy Holmes (baby), Ethel Holmes,

Ralph Mulvany, Joe Brimberry, Mary Brimberry (toddler), Minnie Brimberry (holding Everett Brimberry),

Helen Corrie, Harold Mulvany, Rena Mulvany, Everett Corrie

Mulvany Kinmundy

(FM-11a) Ernie Mulvany, Ethel Holmes, Minnie Brimberry, Helen Corrie, and Art Mulvaney - Aug. 1985

(FM-16) Wesley Mulvany & Sarah (Wilson) Mulvany

Robert E. Mulvaney & Lulu (Wagoner) Mulvaney family:

Gurney Mulvaney Andert, Fern Mulvaney Baker, Eloris Mulvaney Lacey, Doyle Ancel Mulvaney,

Marjojrie Mulvaney Rhodes, Robert Elijah Mulvaney - taken 1954 at Lulu Mulvaney's funeral

Doyle Ancel Mulvaney

Notes written by Helen Louise Mulvaney Jenkins (1924-2010) about the photo of the home of Clarence Nathaniel ("Than") Mulvaney & Margaret Lincoln Hartley Mulvaney. Helen was the granddaughter of C.N. & Margaret Mulvaney, and had tucked the notes into the back of the frame of the photo:

"I think this picture was taken at the time Grandpa Mulvaney (Christopher Nathaniel Mulvaney) bought this property. It was, I think 10 acres and a house. Grandpa died when I was 3 yrs old and I remember going to visit him at this house. When I went there[,] there was a couple of trees on the west side that were pretty good shade.

At the time this was taken this was a "cross roads" of sorts. You are looking east – the house faces the south. The south "road" was really a private road to the Eliot Stevenson farm. The road north leads to Omega, Ill. a small town about 3 miles north. That distance is a guess.

You can barely see a two story house (seen between trees) east of Grandpa’s. Dad’s cousin Louis Presgrove lived there for years – the house was struck and burned by lightening after their kids were grown and gone.

Grandpa’s house was 2 rooms on ground floor and 2 rooms upstairs – When it got unfit to live in – (many families after Grandpa) it was torn down.

Bee Branch school and M.E. Church were on west about ¼ mile. That was where I went to school and Sunday School, for 3½ school terms. So I trudged up and down the road in front of this house many times. And then it was a dirt road.

A "rock road" was put along there the fall I started school 1931 – (I had so far to walk and a creek bottom to cross I didn’t start school until the fall I was 7 years old). The rock road connected Omega and Iuka but north of Grandpa’s house it curved across the field and took off one corner of the school yard."

According to Helen's daughter, Carol (Jenkins) Shafer (who shared the above information and the photos of the fmaily), the photo of the house was probably taken between 1900 and 1910.

Clarence Nathaniel "Than" Mulvaney (1861-1928) & Margaret Lincoln Hartley Mulvaney (1861-1922) family - circa 1914:

Front row: Forrest Mulvaney (b.1899), Leta (?) Fowler, Margaret & Than Mulvaney (seated),

Ralph (?) Fowler, and Clarence Melvin Mulvaney (b.1904).

Back row: Hiram Mulvaney, Dwight Fowler & his wife Carrie (Mulvaney) Fowler, Edward Mulvaney and his wife (?Mary)

Helen Louise (Mulvaney) Jenkins (1924-2010) when she was in the 4th grade.

(Granddaughter of "Than" Mulvaney & Margaret Lincoln Hartley Mulvaney.

She married Charles William Jenkins of Alma.)

Charles Sumner Neil & Nancy A. (Shriver) Neil family - 1910

Standing: Paulene (Neil) Johnson and Walter Neil

Seated: Loyd Neil, Nancy (Shriver) Neil, Charles S. Neil, and Harry Neil

Charles Sumner Neil and Nancy (Shriver) Neil - December 1910

Paulene (Neil) Johnson

Pauline (Neil) Johnson

"Salem Herald-Advocate"- Salem, IL - July 18, 1913: "Mrs. Sara A. NEIL, aged 90, and mother of former county treasurer, W.W. Neil, gave a public reception to her friends, young and old on July 15, at the home of her son, C.S. Neil in Kinmundy."

Sarah (Evans) Neil in chair. Her two sons, are behind her, and a daughter-in-law (who took care of her in their home.)

Back: William W. Neil; Nancy "Nannie" (Shriver) Neil and husband, Charles Sumner Neil.

Sarah (Evans) Neil in chair;

Standing behind: ?maybe niece Ellen (King) Donovan?,___________, _____________

William W. Neil

Fannie (Gunn) Neil

Nelms Kinmundy

(FN-1) John Nelms and daughter, Martha June Nelms (who married Eugene Craig) - 1907

John H. Nelms - "The Kinmundy Express" obituary - Feb. 22, 1945

Martha Jane (Nelms) Craig

Martha (Nelms) Craig

Alzora "Allie" (Porter) Dennis Nelms in 1957

(Married 1st to Dr. Charles Dennis, and 2nd to John H. Nelms.)

Jacob Nelson (1851-1924) - Longtime jeweler in Kinmundy. He was born in Denmark in 1851, and family were all seaman. When he found that he could not follow that trade after working on his uncle's vessel as a lad, he learned his trade, as a watch maker. In 1872, he came to the United States to Chicago without friends and could not speak the language. He found work, but was soon stricken with small pox, and laid in a quaratine hospital for 6 weeks, and was penniless. Walking the streets of Chicago, he couldn't find work. One day he came upon an advertisement in a Chicago paper from a Mr. Berthol of Kinmundy, who was a druggist, having a drug store and a small stock of jewelry. Mr. Berthol was advertising for a jewler, especially a watch repairer. Mr. Nelson came to Kinmundy in 1872 in answer to that advertisement, with only a small kit of jeweler's tools, and from this meager beginning built the business of which he and Kinmundy were proud. Honesty was the foundation of his character, and he was the architect of his own fortune. He was also one of the organizers of the First National Bank in 1902, and was elected the director at the organization meeting, which he held until 1918, and also he was one of the early stockholders of the Kinmundy Building & Loan Association. He married Lizzie Hoots in 1875, and they had 4 children.

(FN-8) John Wilson Nichols (FN-7) Mary Bean NICHOLS

(FN-2) John R. Nichols & Mary Elizabeth (Morgan) Nichols family - circa 1902

Back row: Isabelle (Nichols) Arnold, George Monroe Nichols, and Virgie (Nichols) Garrett

Middle: John R. Nichols, Eli Morgan Nichols, Mary Elizabeth (Morgan) Nichols

Front: Frances (Nichols) Neilson Kapper

(Nellie (Nichols) Williams was born in 1904 after this photo was taken)

(FN-3) At Grandpa John R. Nichols house in Salem starting home with Virgie (Nichols) Garrett driving and her children,

Rada (Garrett) Caldwell Ford, Tom Garrett and Lorene (Garrett) Bender - 1915

(FN-4) Permelia (Holtzhausen) Nichols with daughters,

Eva (Nichols) Smith, Kizzie Nichols, Ella (Nichols) Anderson & Hattie (Nichols) Cockrell

(FN-6) Children of John Wilson Nichols, Jr.:

Standing: Mahulda Catherine (Nichols) Richardson and Harriet Ann (Nichols) Burk Wilkinson

Seated: Thomas Nichols and William S. Nichols

Family of William A Nichols and Minnie Maulding Nichols - 1933 - Alma, Illinois

(FN-10) Back Row: _____________, Freda Lenhart, Miranda McWhirter, Lora Baylis, Mary Wantland, Mildred Adams, ________________, Bess Hiestand, Pearl Lenhart,

Luella Shreffler, Mrs. Will Hunter, Georgia Robb, Margaret Gray, Mel Gray.

3rd Row: Alonzo Baylis, George Lenhart, Nona Smith, Charles Nichols, Thurman Robb, Merle Baylis, Bud Adams, Ernest Stevens, Eck Zollar, Will Hunter,

Oscar Smith, Bob Elwell, Sam Hiestand, Leslie McWhirter.

2nd Row: Fleeta Smith Orr, Mary Wantland Johnson, Xon Nichols, Dora Nichols, Molly Nichols, Rhea Shreffler, Andrew Nichols, Ruby Zollar, Blanche Hiestand,

Dorothy Elwell (holding Bobby Gene), Anna Nichols, (holding Donna Mae), Helen McWhirter, Loren Baylis, Marjory Nichols, Harry Shreffler.

Front Row: Frederick See, Aaron Shreffler, John See, Charles Zollar, Laurelie Shreffler Reddy, Ralph Shreffler, Harry Shreffler Jr., Gene Nichols,

_____________, Charles See, _____________, _____________, Charles Johnson.

Gilbert M. Nirider

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