John
K and Missouri Kensel
John K Kensel was born October 1842 in Bavaria Germany. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War on 7 Oct 1861 as a First Sergeant in Co D 23rd Kentucky Infantry. The 23rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp King in Covington, Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 2, 1862, under the command of Colonel Marcellus Mundy. John was discharged 28 Dec 1861.
He married Missouri Stevens. He died 28 July 1909 in Carthage and was buried in the Persimmon Grove Cemetery.
Children of John K Kensel and Missouri
Stevens (1850-1913)
Ida Mae Kinsel b-6 Oct 1867 in California Ky.
d-17 Oct 1942 in; br-Evergreen Cemetery; m-Leslie Hemingway
Katie Kinsel b-20 Jan 1869 in California; d-27 Nov 1951 in Berry, Ky. br-Persimmon
Grove Cemetery; m-Joseph Tarvin
Margaret Kinsel b-1876 in Carthage; d-1903 in Covington; br-Persimmon Grove
Cemetery; m-Edgar Hoop
Elizabeh Kensel b-1879 in Carthage; d-1904; br-Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati; m-Benjamin Edward Fox
Stanley Kensel b-27 Feb
1883 in Carthage; d-6 Oct 1929 in Newport; br-Evergreen; m-Stella Fox
Emma
Kensel b-Feb 1885 in Carthage; m-Robert Dones
Harrison Benjamin Kensel b-12 July 1889 in Newport; d-8 Sep 1957 in Bromley Ky.
br-St Mary Cemetery in Ft Mitchell; m-Ida Mae Hahn