Thomas
and Mary Ann Kearns
Information come from church records, census and family files.
Thomas Kearns was born April 1843 in Ireland and immigrated to
the United States in 1851. He served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company D
2nd Kentucky Infantry. He enlisted 23 June 1861 and mustered out 19 June 1864 in
Covington.
The 2nd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Pendleton in Cincinnati, Ohio, May-June 1861. It was organized in Ohio because Kentucky tried to remain neutral. The regiment moved to the Kanawha Valley, Virginia, July 10 where it was attached to Kanawha Brigade, Western Virginia, to October 1861. District of the Kanawha, Western Virginia, to January 1862. 22nd Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to February 1862. 22nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 22nd Brigade, 4th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, to June 1864.
Mary Anna Kinney was born Jan 1851 in Ireland and immigrated in 1863. Thomas married Mary Anna Kinney in 1867 and they settled in Newport where they lived the rest of their lives. Thomas died before 1910 and his wife after 1910.
Children of Thomas Kearns and Mary Anna Kinney
1. Bridget Kearny b-2 Mar 1871 in Newport; d-27
Aug 1934 in Covington; br-St Stephen Cemetery; never married
2. James Kearny b-25 Apr 1873 in Newport; b-26 Sep 1923 in Dayton; br-St Stephen
Cemetery; never married
3. Anastasia Kearny b-27 July 1874 in Newport; d-11 June 1956 in Newport; br-St
Stephen Cemetery; never married
4. Alice Marie Kearns b-17 Mar 1878 in Newport; d-4 May 1945 in Newport; br-St
Stephen Cemetery; m-Elmer Spiller
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 June 1885, page 4
The grand picnic and annual reunion of the First and Second Kentucky Infantry Regiments were held at the Lookout house yesterday during the afternoon and evening.
Visitors-Thomas Kearns Company D Second K V I Newport.
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Children of Alice Marie Kearns and Elmer F Spiller
1. Mary Sadie Spiller b-5 Apr 1916 in Newport;
d-3 Jan 1997 in Cincinnati
2. William Spiller b-27 Jan 1918 in Newport; d-21 Apr 1975 in Newport
3. George E Spiller b-17 Jan 1921 in Newport; d-4 July 1987 in Boone Co Ky.