The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-04-26
TiinSley.

Mr.. Homer Tinsley Sr. departed this
life on the 18th inst at O'Clock in the
afternoon at his home near Lancas ter
on the Poor Ridge pike. Mr.. Tinsley's
death was due to heart trouble, the
summons coming without warning. he
not having previouly been i'll or heard
to complain. He had entered an out
house near his home, together with his
son and brother, to avoid a shower of
rain, when the rain had partially sub
sided the others left him and went to
the house, and returning shortly after
ward, found him dead. His remains
were placed at rest in the family bury
ing ground at his late home on the 18th
inst, after short funeral ceremonies by
Ed Z. NJ. finder.
Mr.. Tinsley was born in Bedford
county Va. on the 9TH day of February
1913. At the outbreak of the Civil
War he cast his lot with the Confed-
eracy, joining the 18th Va. Volunteer
Infantry, Picketts division, Gen. Long
streets corps, Gen. Lees command,
his enlistment beginning in March 1861.
He was twice wounded, once in bat
tie between the cities of Richmond and
Petersburg Va. and again in the battle
of Gettysburg. He was mustered out
at Appomatox in April 1865, but few
days previous to Lees surrender. In
the following Spring ne emigrated to
Howard Co., Missouri, and after four
years residence, in 1870, he went, in
company with his brother Jerome, by
wagon to Erath county Texas. Mr. Tins
ley was elected and served as Sheriff
of this county for two years, and after
his term expired, he and his brother
purchased herd of longhorns, drove
them across the Staked Plains and up
the Pecos river to Colfax county N NJ
arriving there in the Fall of 1874.
From this time until he came to Gar
rard county in the Fall of 1889, he re-
manned in the West, in New Mexico
and Colorado, where he and his brother
owned ranch and engaged extensively
in the cattle business.
On March 18th 1881 he was married
to Miss Ida Lee in Trinidad Colo, she
being from his old home in Virginia.
To this union was born one child, Mr..
Homer Tinsley, now Surveyor of Gar
rard county.
A striking trait in the character of
the deceased was the fidelity existing
between him and his brother Jerome,
they having been constant companions
since their childhood, intimately as
ISOLATED in all pursuits, both business
and pleasure, and when Mr.. Tinsley
finally emigrated to Kentucky and pur-
chased farm with the expressed in
tention of spending his declining years
thereon, his brother accompanied and
has lived with him since Mr.. Tinsley
is survived by his wife, his brother and
son, all of whom reside at the Tinsley
home
Mr.. Tinsley was of retiring DISPOSE
ton, and was not given to exploiting
his past life upon all occasions, but
when one became acquainted with him,
he was an interesting conversationalist.
a man of splendid education, firm in
his convictions, he was one with whom
it was pleasure to associate. Gar
rard can boast of no better citizen than
Mr.. Tinsley, kind and affectionate
husband and father, neighbor to
whom all would turn when in search of
a neighborly kindness, and man who
will be sadly missed, not only in his
own locality, but throughout the en-
tire county.