The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-12
END OF A NOTEWORTHY CAREER.
Deceased Had Been Closely Connected with
the Development of Social and Busi-
ness Interests In Kenosha


many hours and death was not unex
pected. AT the time the final sum.
mons came all her children save two
were with her. s The end was calm
and peaceful and the touch of the
death angel was SO gentle that the
anxious watchers at the bedside
thought that the well beloved woman
had. dropped asleep.
Death resulted from a general Civ
ing way of the vital organs.- Two
years ago Mrs. Kimba11 had submitted
to an operation and she had never re.
covered from it. Since last October
| she had been confined to her room and
for the past two weeks she had been
in state of coma.
The funeral will be held from st.
Matthew's Church on Sunday after
noon and the remains will be inferred
in the family lot i'll the city cemetery.
The death of Mrs. Kinba11 marks
the passing of one Of the best known
and most universally beloved women
that ever lived in Kenosha, and peo-
pie in all parts of the city will stop
in their work to recall the many good
deeds she has done and tears will fall
as a tribute to her memory.
Emily Nelson Maulsby was the
daughter of Colonel and Mrs. William
P. Mau1sby, of Frederick and West
Minister, Maryland. She was bornsat
Frederick on March 81, 1916. Her
childhood and young womanhood was
spent at Prospect Hall, near Fred
erick. She was educated in the
schools at Frederick, and in several
private schools. When she was a
girl of fifteen the great struggle of
the Civil war broke out and there is
no one in Kenosha who saw so much
of the great conflict.
Colonel Mau1sby was an officer in
the Union army and in charge of the
arsenal at Harper's Ferry at the time
of the famous opening struggle of the
war. He and his family were loyal to
the cause of the Union and their beau
tiful home at Prospect Hall, which
was just on the firing line of the
great struggle, was the scene Of much
of the excitement of the opening days
of the great Civil War. When she
was fifteen years Of age, Mrs. Kim
ball gave herself over as a nurse in
the Union army, and slipping out of
her home IN hot bed Of rebellion,
she went to the camp of the Union
soldiers, and many dying man was
made happy by her ministrations.
AT the time when Stonewa11 Jack
son marched in triumph through the
streets of Fredericktown, the home Of
Mrs. Kimba11 was situated only three
houses from the famous home of
Barbara Freitche, and she, as young
girl, witnessed the famous incident
of the waving Of the Union flag over
the heads of the victorious Confeder-
ate army.
In 1871, Mrs. Kimba11 was married
to the late j. HI. Kimbal1 at Frederick.
and she came at once to Kenosha to
make her home.
She at once took a leading part in the
society of Kenosha and since that
time she has been an acknowledged
social leader
Her life had been busy one and
since she came to Kenosha she had
taken an intense interestin the affairs
Of the city. She was woman of
great business ability and many of
the institutions of the city have been
founded and fostered by her care and
keeping.
A woman of intense patriotism, she
was the founder.Of the Kenosha chap
ter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and was for several years
the regent of the chapter. She has
also been an officer in the state orga-
nization. She was one of the found
ers Of the Kenosha!W Club and
was at one stime the president of the
club. She was one of the Associate
Sisters Of St. Mary, and in her death
Kemper Hall loses one of its staunch-
est friends and supporters. A patron
of education, she gave her time and
moneystosthe affairs of the Lake Shore
school, and only a few years ago she
went to New York and raised money
to lift the debt of the school. She was
one Of the directors Of the st. Mary's
Home fors Children and had done
much tossmake this work for the waits
of Chicago the great success it has
been.
Not only in social sand club life had
Mrs. Kimball been a leader, for in the
business world she had shown great
ability. She was at the time of her
death the owner Of the controlling
stock IN the Kenosha Gas and Electric
Company, and her efforts were largely
responsible for the recent reorganiza-
ton Of thelcompany.
She was also the owner Of a large
amount of real estate in the city and
was interested in several other Keno
sha institutions.
Mrs. Kimba1l was woman who loved
all people, and for this reason she gave
a large amountsof her time to char
table work, Many people Of the city