Left to Right
Top row: 1....., 2. Bill Tippet, 3. Mary Crawford Tippett, 4....., 5.
Charlie Casteel, 6. Andrew Franklin Kimmel, 7. Catherine Pyle Kimmel, 8.
Joseph Kimmel, 9. Jeptha Casteel, 10. Julia Kimmel Spieth Casteel, 11.
Josiah Kimmel, 12. Sarah Reed Kimmel, 13. Philip Sheriden Kimmel, 14. Lucy
McCord Kimmel, 15. Mary "Mollie" Kimmel Nausley, 16....., 17. John Logan
Kimmel, 18. Robert Crawford, 19.....
Second row: 1.....,2....., 3. Hugh Crawford ?, 4. John Rude, 5. Sarah (Aunt Sis) Kimmel Rude, 6. Child on lap, Nettie Gertrude Casteel (Holiday, Alexander), 7. Philip KIMMEL, (wife Mary Gertrude Will, deceased), 8. Child, Hallie Kimmel (Parrish), 9. Daniel Kimmel, 10. Mary Ann Boucher Kimmel, 11. John Quincy Adams Kimmel, 12. Martha R. P. Moon Kimmel, 13....., 14....., 15....., 16.....,17.....
Third row: 1....., 2....., 3....., 4. Edward Kimmel, 5. Freely Kimmel, 6.John Griffith, 7. Florence Kimmel Griffith, 8. Hattie Boucher O'Bannion, 9....., 10....., 11....., 12. Susan Ollie Kimmel Deason, 13. Child, Rollie Ray Deason, 14. Ada Martin Kimmel 15. Child, Alta Kimmel Atkins, 16. Wm. Casteel? 17.....
Fourth row: 1.....2. Lucy Reed Kimmel, 3....., 4. Birda Kimmel, 5. Edith Deason, 6....., Chair with slate, birthday messages, 7. Samuel Edgar Deason, sitting on grass
Names of Family and Friends by Ira Leon Kimmel and Wilma Theiss Kimmel c. 1950
Photo contributed by Terry Kimmel, names contributed by Carol Kimmel Allsup
Well done thou good and faithful servant,
Enter thou into
the joy of the Lord."
Philip Kimmel and his twin sister Sarah, were two of eight children
of Abraham and Elizabeth Heiple Kimmel.
On May 4, 1832, in
Somerset County PA, Philip married Mary Gertrude Will, daughter of
Daniel and Magdalena Graeff Will. Eleven children were born of the
union: Mary Ann, James Madison, Elizabeth, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay,
Eliza, Joseph, Julia, John Quincy Adams, Sarah and Josiah.
Philip
Kimmel settled in Somerset Township, Jackson County, c.1841, becoming a
landowner and farmer. It has been reported that at one time he owned one
thousand acres. He became active in politics, and served in numerous
official capacities. For three years he was Supervisor of Somerset
Township as well as Treasurer of the township filling that position for
twenty consecutive years. At one time, he served as a Commissioner of
Jackson County Court, accounting for his being known as Judge Kimmel.
For several years he was President of the Jackson County Agricultural
Society and Joint Stock Association, being one of the charter members of
that organization. He served two terms as County Superintendent of
Schools.
Philip and Marty Gertrude Will Kimmel were active in the
church community also. On page 48 of THE HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY 1878,
Mrs. Mary Kimmel is listed as one of the original members of Zion
Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized 1843. Further on page 50, Rev.
A.L.Yount furnishes a history of the church, of which he was pastor. He
writes "the persons who were the original members of Zion's church, only
two survive, Mrs. Mary Kimmel, wife of Judge Kimmel, and John Will. I
cannot close this sketch without a word of commendation of the noble
service rendered Zion's church by Judge Phil. Kimmel, who united with
the church under the Rev. Mr. Omstead, upward of thirty years ago. He
has been an office bearer, has often represented the church in Synod as
Lay delegate, and in keeping the house in order, and in the work of the
Sunday school and seeing after the comfort of the minister's family. He
stands the peer of his fellow-members. Soon the Master will say, 'Well
done thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of the
Lord.'
Contributed by Carol Kimmel Allsup allsupj@aol.com