The Kimmel Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

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The Kimmel family, whose members were famous in the history of Germany, was founded in the United States by Tobias Musser Kimmel, born in Germany, in 1805, died in Struthers, Ohio, in 1875. He emigrated to the United States and settled in Coitsville, Ohio, where he followed farming. His tilling of the soil was abundantly rewarded and he became a man of considerable substance. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Lydia Smith, born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, died in Coitsville, Ohio, in 1864. Children:

  1. Joseph Kimmel, passed his life on the home farm, where he died.
  2. Abraham Kimmel, of whom further.
  3. Smith Kimmel, a farmer, died in Youngstown, Ohio; married Julia Strouble; children:
    1. Martin Kimmel, lives in Poland, Ohio.
    2. David Kimmel, lives in North Jackson, Ohio.
    3. Several others.
  4. William Kimmel, a blacksmith, died in Hubbard, Ohio; married Jane Kirk, deceased; children:
    1. William (2) Kimmel.
    2. Maud Kimmel.
    3. Calvin Kimmel.
    4. Kirk Kimmel.
  5. John Kimmel, died on the homestead in Coitsville, Ohio; married Maria White, deceased; children:
    1. Luella Kimmel.
    2. Amy Kimmel.
  6. Dwight Kimmel, a farmer, died in Illinois; married and had one child.
  7. Musser Kimmel, died on the home farm in Coitsville, where his wife, Maud (Gisie) Kimmel, still lives; children:
    1. Harry Kimmel, resides on the home farm.
    2. Wilbur Kimmel, deceased.
    3. Julia Kimmel, resides on the home farm.
  8. Mary Kimmel, married D. Stevens, a retired farmer, and lives in Hubbard, Ohio; children:
    1. John Stevens, lives in Hubbard, Ohio.
    2. Alberton Stevens, lives in Hubbard, Ohio.
    3. Maud Stevens.
  9. Sarah Kimmel, died in Youngstown, Ohio; married William Armstrong, deceased, a farmer; children:
    1. Inez Armstrong, lives in Youngstown, Ohio
    2. Mott Armstrong, lives on a farm near Niles, Ohio.
  10. Ruth Kimmel, died in Youngstown, Ohio; married Luther Stevens, deceased, a carpenter; two children.

(II) Abraham Kimmel

Abraham, son of Tobias Musser and Lydia (Smith) Kimmel, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, March 6, 1825, died in Ohio, in 1906. He obtained his education in the public schools and in his late years followed the blacksmith’s trade. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted from his home state and was engaged in much active service, until captured and confined in the Confederate prison at Andersonville. He was at one time an ardent Republican, but later changed his affiliation and became a Democrat. He once held the office of justice of the peace. In religion he was a firm supporter of the belief of his fathers and belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, as did his wife.

He married, in Pymatuning, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1844, Elizabeth McCord, born in Greenville, Pennsylvania, June 26, 1818, died in Struthers, Ohio, April 10, 1875. Her father, Robert McCord, a surgeon in the war of 1812, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, 1791, died in Brookfield, Ohio, May 1, 1872; her mother, Elizabeth (Snyder) McCord, was born in Westmoreland county, died near Greenville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Their children were:

  1. William McCord, married Elizabeth Carmichael, and is a farmer in Iowa
  2. Robert McCord, died young
  3. Thomas McCord, died young
  4. Joseph McCord, married and lives on a farm in Iowa
  5. Elizabeth McCord, of previous mention.

Children of Abraham and Elizabeth (McCord) Kimmel:

  1. Viola A. Kimmel, of whom further.
  2. Albert Kimmel, born November 16, 1848, died September 20, 1849.
  3. Wilfred Kimmel, twin of Albert, died 1849.
  4. Adelaide Kimmel, born in Coitsville, Ohio, July 21, 1850; married, August 17, 1869, Isaac Williams, a farmer, born in Coitsville, Ohio, in 1846, now deceased; children:
    1. Nellie Williams, born in Hubbard, Ohio, June 23, 1872, died June 25, 1872.
    2. Nettie Williams, twin of Nellie, died June 25, 1872.
    3. Chrisse Williams, born October 2, 1874, died same day.
    4. Etta Williams.
    5. Elsie Dale Williams.
    6. Howard Williams.
    7. Harrie Williams.
  5. Margaret Kimmel, born in Coitsville, Ohio, June 25, 1853; married William Carpenter, born in Youngstown, Ohio, where they live; they had one daughter:
    1. A daughter, died when six years of age.
  6. Mary Kimmel, born in Coitsville, Ohio, October 25, 1855; married William Sharp, born near Edenburg, Ohio, lives in Poland, Ohio; children:
    1. Elsie Sharp, born in Poland, October 22, 1874
    2. Edward Sharp, a carpenter, lives in Youngstown, Ohio
    3. Emil Sharp, lives in Youngstown, Ohio
    4. Kimmel Sharp, lives at home
    5. Dorothy Sharp, lives at home.
  7. Albin Kimmel, born in Coitsville, Ohio, March 21, 1860, died in Struthers, Ohio, February 3, 1893, an employee in a sheet mill; married Mary Ditmore, born near Lowellville, Ohio; children:
    1. Albin (2) Kimmel, living in Lowellville, Ohio, with their mother.
    2. Ralph Kimmel, living in Lowellville, Ohio, with their mother.

(III) Viola A. Kimmel

Viola A., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (McCord) Kimmel, was born in Youngstown, Ohio, November 7, 1846. She obtained her education in the public schools of Coitsville, Ohio. After her marriage she moved to Bradford, Pennsylvania, where she is an earnest and devoted member of the Hill Memorial United Brethren Church.

She married, in Sharon, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1868, John Coyne, born in Montreal, Canada, March 23, 1847, died in Bradford, December 1, 1910. John Coyne was a contractor, doing a large business in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In 1870 he settled in Bradford, where he was living at the time of his death. He was the son of Thomas Coyne, born 1816, died near Grove, New York, April 29, 1898, who emigrated from France to Montreal, Canada. Thomas Coyne married Isabel Ferguson, born in 1820, died in Grove, August 22, 1883. Children of Thomas and Isabel (Ferguson) Coyne:

  1. Jeannette Coyne, born 1845; married Steven Nicholson, deceased, a railroad employee, and lives in Chicago, Illinois; children:
    1. John Nicholson, living in Chicago, Illinois.
    2. Patrick Nicholson, deceased.
    3. Joseph Nicholson, living in Chicago, Illinois.
    4. Mary Nicholson, living in Chicago, Illinois.
  2. John Coyne, before named.
  3. Duncan Coyne, a farmer, born in Canada, 1849, died November 11, 1900; married Bridget Crowe, of Fayetteville, Steuben county, New York, who lives in Grove, New York.
  4. William Coyne, a teamster, born in Canada, May, 1854, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1893; married, in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, Ellen Sullivan, born in Ireland, March 16, 1863; children:
    1. Mary Coyne, born October 8, 1883
    2. Margaret Coyne, August 19, 1886
    3. John Coyne, September 3, 1890, died December 30, 1891
    4. Helen Coyne, born January 9, 1892.
  5. George Coyne, born in Canada, November 14, 1856; a railroad employee in Bradford, Pennsylvania; married Ellen Luby, of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, born August 22, 1863; children:
    1. Margaret Coyne, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1884
    2. Thomas Coyne, born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1886
    3. Michael Coyne, Ridgway, May 9, 1888
    4. Florence Coyne, Ridgway, April 2, 1890
    5. Francis Coyne, twin of Florence
    6. Helena Coyne, born in Ridgway, April 26, 1892
    7. Mary Coyne, born in Bradford, April 18, 1897.
  6. Mary Coyne, born in Canada, 1857, where she died.

Children of John and Viola A. (Kimmel) Coyne:

  1. Elver Coyne, born in Warsaw, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1869, died in Fayetteville, New York, October 24, 1870.
  2. Dolly Coyne, born in Warsaw, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1873; married, August 21, 1894, Frank Cathan, an upholsterer, of Bradford, and lives in Ballston Spa, Saratoga county, New York; child,
    1. Ethel Cathan, born July 4, 1898.
  3. May Coyne, born near Andover, New York, January 27, 1875; married Ford O. Williams, a carpenter, of Youngstown, Ohio; children:
    1. Cyril Williams, born July 4, 1902
    2. Ralph Williams, born 1904
    3. Edna Williams, born 1911.
  4. Anna Coyne, born near Andover, New York, July 20, 1876; married Joseph Madigan, of Bradford, and lives in West Chicago, Illinois, where he is a hammersmith; child,
    1. Jack Madigan, born 1909.
  5. Edna Coyne, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1878; married Clifford Stevens, a grocery clerk, of Bradford; child,
    1. Josephine Stevens, born July 31, 1901.
  6. Thomas Coyne, born in Bradford, January 13, 1880, died April 1, 1880.
  7. Lillian Coyne, born in Bradford, April 5, 1883; married Christopher Burke, of Bradford, an express agent at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
  8. Viola Coyne, born in Bradford, September 14, 1888; lives with her mother.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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