We’re half way through the descendants of the children of Andrew Bandy and Rebecca Wooldridge. Today, we will look at the life of the seventh child and fifth daughter born to Andrew and Rebecca.

Elizabeth Bandy was born c1833, Symmes Township. Lawrence, Ohio where she grew up. Elizabeth married George Kimble on 18 April 1852, Lawrence County Ohio.

It is somewhat of a challenge to locate records on this family because Kimble has also been spelled Kimball, Kymbol and even Cimble, all for this family.

George Kimble did serve in the Civil War in the Light Artillery of the 5th Independent Battery of Ohio and he received a pension on 9 March 1872.

George was living in Wellston, Jackson, Ohio with his sister Melissa Headen’s family. Although George was listed as married, Elizabeth was not enumerated with them. Melissa was George’s youngest sister and both were children of Solomon Kimble and Mary Yates.

Also at home was his daughter, Fronnie, born October 1875. Given that Fronnie was born in 1875 and female, it makes me wonder if the 1880 census that includes son Frank, born 1875, was an error. There are no further hints for Frank, perhaps she was called Frankie at that time and the census taker assumed she was a son.

Although George is listed as married, his wife wasn’t Elizabeth at the time, it was Susan Ann Fraley, who George married c1891 and who survived him. Elizabeth apparently died by 1891. Susan was notified by the Old Soldiers’ Home that George died on 30 June 1901 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. Susan was living in Boyd County, Kentucky at the time.

George and Elizabeth (Bandy) Kimble were the parents of eleven children:

1. Joseph Kimble, born c1853, Lawrence County, Ohio; married Elizabeth Rayburn, 12 November 1874, Lawrence County, Ohio. This couple hasn’t been found in 1880.
2. Mary Jane Kimble, born c1855, Ohio; died after 1870. No further record.
3. Lewis William Kimble, born 13 March 1857, Lawrence County, Ohio; died 6 May 1944, Deaerborn, Wayne, Michigan; married Mary Betts, 24 December 1879, Jackson County, Ohio. Mary was born 13 April 1863, Ohio; died 13 November 1944, Inkster, Wayne, Michigan. They were the parents of five children, all living in 1900.
4. Julia Ann Kimble, born September 1859, Lawrence County, Ohio; died after 1880; married Charles Kyser, 30 April 1876, Lawrence County, Ohio. Charles was born c1850, Ohio; died after 1880. They were the parents of at least two children – Alice Elizabeth, born 7 April 1877, Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio and Charles Henry, born 10 November 1878, Symmes Township, Lawrence, Ohio. However, no one in this family has been found after the 1880 census.
5. Solomon Kimble, born November 1864, Lawrence County, Ohio; died 23 June 1927, Kanawha County, West Virginia; married Margaret Stephenson, 11 January 1892, Jackson County, Ohio. Margaret was born 29 August 1870, Ohio died 29 January 1913, Jackson County, Ohio. They were the parents of four children, three living in 1900.
6. Martha Kimble was born about 10 February 1867, Lawrence County, Ohio; died 5 March 1919, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio; married Unknown and divorced. It appears she had no children.
7. William Seymour Kimble, born c1869, Lawrence County, Ohio; died after 1880. No further record.
8. George W. Kimble, born 29 April 1872, Lawrence County, Ohio; died 9 July 1935, Fayette County, West Virginia; married Annie Edwards, 8 March 1896, Fayette County, West Virginia. Annie was born 6 December 1869; died 4 October 1945. They were the parents of four children, all living in 1920.
9. Fronnie/Frank Kimble, born c1875, Ohio; died after 1900; living with father George and aunt Melissa Headen’s family in Jackson County, Ohio in 1900. In 1880, this child was enumerated as a son named Frank, born 1875. No further record.
10. Ella Elizabeth Kimble, born 2 September 1877, Lawrence County, Ohio; died after 1880. No further record.
11. Rhoda Louise Kimble, born c1879, Lawrence County, Oho; died after 1940; married Robert Luther Ball, 4 September 1916, Bristol, Virginia. Robert was born c1880; died before 1940.

As can be seen in this sketch, there are a number of missing details with children either not found as adults or who married, but their whereabouts afterwards is unknown.

If you are descended from this family and can shed light on any of the mystery children, please leave a comment.