The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-02-22
PERSONAL REC0LLECTI0Ns.
BY THE EDITOR.

A short time ago l spoke Of the death
of my uncle, Nathaniel Kimberling. My
mother always spelled the name Kim
berlin, but notice that my cousins now
living at Point Pleasant spell it Kimber-
ling.
The West Virgins. Monitor,!published
at Point Pleasant, has the following arti-
Gle, credited to the Wayne County (Iowa)
Republican. 1t appears to have been
written some time before Mr.. Kimber-
ling's death:
SOLDIER OF lSl2-SATHAyIEL KINBERLISG.
He was born in Bath county, Va Sep
tember 2, 1889, near the noted warm and
hot springs, one of them being so hot
that an egg would cook in a short time.
Near the hot springs are several springs
of very cold water, quite a contrast. His
parents emigrated to Mason county West
Virginia, and settled on the great Ka-
nawha, nine miles above the mouth of
the river, and was among the first set
tiers of that country. At an early age
he had a taste for music, learned to play
the violin and was considered the beat
violinist, in his day, on the Kanawha
and Ohio rivers. Often times has.the
youth Of the land tripped the. fantastic
toe TO the sound Of his violin. He relat-
ed an incident while travelling through
Indiana, Of stopping at house to stay
over night, there being a dance on hand
and six we'll dressed young folks on the
floor. He was requested to furnish the
music and commenced on one of his best
pieces. He played for a short time. but
1T H. nNa mlufr ~.
and when asked the reason they did not
dance, they replied, they could not
stand the music. His friends claim that
he was never excelled with the violin
At the age OF twenty-three he enlisted in
the service of the u. s., in September,
1913, under Capt. Andrew Bryan, at
Point Pleasant, Va; in 2nd Infantry
Shortly after enlisting, he marched to
Camp Delaware, near Sandusky, Ohio,
and went into winter quarters. During
the winter he, with a number of Others
got the privilege OF hunting deer and
wild turkeys; in their wanderings they
got among the British and Indians who
were also out on a hunting trip. There
was about six inches OF snow on the
ground and they were in imminent dan
ger Of being captured, as their trail could
be easily followed. They started for
camp on double quick" and the enemy
followed them within a short distance OF
camp, but did not succeed in capturing
any of them. While in camp the sol
diers suffered from exposure TO cold,
having but scaDty clothing and few
blankets, (wsges s. per month) but they
made the best of it by having an ocea-
sional dance in the snow, on the frozen
ground, to warm up their chilled limbs,
and he was always honored with the
privilege Of doing the iddling on such
occasions. When tired of dancing. sing
ing was in order, Kimberling considering
himself among the best. While in Camp
Delaware his elbow was dislocated by
fall on the ice. He was discharged in
March and returned home, but entered
the service as a substitute as soon as his
arm was we'll, and remained until the
close of the war, which took place soon
after his re-enlstment. He being
cooper by trade, he spent some time IN
making barrels for holding pine tar, also
salt barrels, to be used at Kanawha Salt
Works, the only works Of the kind in
the west at that time, and occasionally
teaching singingschooL He spent four
teen years boating up and down the ka-
nawha and Ohio rivers. The boats were
then propelled by man power as the
had not yet disturbed the
western waters nor was the whistle OF the
heard in all the land. The
were a jolly set of fellows and
often INDUCED in the flowing bowl. He
was personally acquainted with most OF
the prominent boatmen. among which |
was the notorious Mike Fink, OF whom
be tells some amusing stories, being an
eye witness to some of his daring ex-
Dloits, such as setting a tin cup OF whisky /
0n the head Of some of his comrades step |
ping back thirty or forty PAGES, and put /
ing rifle ball through the center Of the |
,up. This would be considered danger |
,us sport in this day and age OF the /
world. Kimberling now bears the marks /
# cut finger that Nike gave him while /
a mess of spare-ribs for supper. |
nike in one OF his shooting exploits /
missed the cup and killed the holder,
nd was afterward killed in q row. Kim