Last updated 13 November 1998

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Thomas Kimmey, born Abt. 1754 in Georgia (Pulaski); married Rachel ?; died 1803 in North Carolina (Onslow).
Rachel ?.

Known children of Thomas and Rachel were as follows:

• 1. Elizabeth, born Abt. 1775 in North Carolina (Onslow); married Simon Prescott.
• 2. Mason, born 1775 in North Carolina (Onslow); married Celia Mashburn.
• 3. Mary, born Abt. 1776 in North Carolina (Onslow); married Benjamin Hawkins.

Mason Kimmey, born 1775 in North Carolina (Onslow); married Celia Mashburn; died in North Carolina (Onslow).
Celia Mashburn, (daughter of Thomas Mashburn & ?), born 1780; died 1833.

Known children of Mason and Celia were as follows:

• 1. John Mason, born 1 May 1801 in North Carolina (Onslow); married Obedience Collins & Harriett Jane Mims.

John Mason Kimmey, born 1 May 1801 in North Carolina; died 6 June 1885 in Lufkin, Texas (Angelina).
1st Wife: Obedience Collins, (daughter of Creed Collins & Lydia Lacy), born 8 February 1801 in North Carolina; married 1822; died 6 January 1838 in Alabama.

Known children of John and Obedience were as follows:

• 1. Narcissa, born 27 July 1822; married Abijah Mims.
• 2. Mason Creed, born 9 October 1824 in Daleville, Alabama (Coffee); married Sarah Cole 2 January 1845 in Coleville, Alabama (Coffee).
• 3. Mary Ann, born 8 February 1826 in Alabama (Coffee); married James Irvine Rodgers 1848.
• 4. Seaborn Celestine, born 9 March 1829 in Alabama (Coffee); married Mary Jane McMahon 9 November 1854 in Texas (Newton).
• 5. Celia, born 12 March 1831 in Alabama (Coffee); married John Beard.
• 6. John Franklin, born 1834 in Alabama (Dale); married Nancy Ann O'Neal 24 December 1854 in Texas (Newton).
• 7. Jasper Newton, born May 1836 in Alabama; married Margaret DuBose 18 May 1863 in Burkeville, Texas (Newton) & Parthenia G. Kolb 15 February 1870.

2nd Wife: Harriett Jane Mims, born 1 January 1822 in South Carolina; died 2 October 1905; buried in Old Center Cemetery, Texas (Angelina).

Known children of John and Harriett were as follows:

• 1. Frances Dirue, born 31 March 1840 in Alabama (Dale); married Nancy E. Odom 19 January 1865 in Texas (Newton).
• 2. Laura L., born 24 March 1841 in Alabama (Dale); married Robert Matthew Stewart 23 June 1868 in Texas (Newton).
• 3. Placedo, born 27 March 1842 in Alabama (Dale); married Timothy Dwight Porter 23 November 1865 in Texas (Newton).
• 4. Frances Harpsey, born 8 April 1844 in Alabama (Dale); married Robert Hext 17 February 1859 in Texas (Trinity).
• 5. Emily, born 18 May 1850 in Alabama (Dale); married David Crockett Welch.
• 6. California, born 8 August 1852 in Alabama; married Wiley Wade Mattox 23 November 1871 in Texas (Newton).
• 7. Predonesia D., born 2 February 1855 in Burkeville, Texas (Newton); married Emaline Matilda Smith.
• 8. Henry Clinton, born 28 February 1856 in Burkeville, Texas (Newton); married Mary Elizabeth Tubbe 2 January 1881 in Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches).
• 9. Charles Edwin, born 13 August 1858 in Burkeville, Texas (Newton); married Dicey Laurence 30 May 1883.
• 10. Alvin Price, born 21 October 1861 in Burkeville, Texas (Newton); married Laura Geneva Mantooth.
• 11. George Augustus, born 22 February 1863 in Burkeville, Texas (Newton); Emily Francis Burns 2 May 1885 in Texas (Angelina).

Jasper Newton Kimmey, born May 1836 in Alabama; died in Texas; buried in Merryville Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard).
1st Wife: Margaret DuBose, born in Georgia; married 18 May 1863 in Burkeville, Texas (Newton).

Known children of Jasper and Margaret were as follows:

• 1. John Amos, born 20 April 1866 in Texas; married Sarah Elizabeth ?.
• 2. Albert, born September 1870 in Texas; married Artennis ?.

2nd Wife: Parthenia G. Kolb, born July 1853 in Texas; married 15 February 1870.

Known children of Jasper and Parthenia were as follows:

• 1. Alzade Eldarada, born Abt. 1872 in Texas.
• 2. Rufus Elizie, born 29 October 1878 in Houston, Texas (Harris); married Virginia Knapp Abt. 1903.
• 3. Liddy Ann, born July 1889 in Orange, Texas (Orange); married Ben Franklin Abt. 1907.
• 4. Thomas Jefferson, born June 1892 in Louisiana.

Rufus Elizie Kimmey, born 29 October 1878 in Houston, Texas (Harris); married Virginia Knapp Abt. 1903; died 6 August 1946 in Texas (Newton); buried in Merryville Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard).
Virginia Knapp, (daughter of Thomas Knapp & Lizzy Jane ?), born 24 December 1888 in Texas; died 17 July 1965 in Texas (Newton); buried in Merryville Cemetery, Louisiana (Beauregard).

Known children of Rufus and Virginia were as follows:

• 1. Alzade Janie, born 1906; married Suit Hilderbrand.
• 2. Ollie Gertrude, born 1909; married Augustus Fountain.
• 3. Ann Estelle, born 1912; married Ruben Moore.
• 4. Minnie Lee, born 1915.
• 5. Rufus Claude, born 1918.
• 6. Alice Pearl, born 1923.
• 7. Ethel Laverne, born 1927.

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