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John Kinsler

Birth	:	4 Jul 1834 Missouri, USA
Death	:	20 May 1931 Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Indianapolis Cemetery, Rose Hill, Mahaska County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4053001, -92.4364014
Plot	:	Block 15, Lot 4
Description	:	Article from Wichita Eagle, Sunday 3/15/1925: Wedding Coat of 1860 Still Worn by Mulvane Man Claw Hammer Garment of Uncle John Kinsler Still Serves Him Well Wore Pants 44 Years Mulvane, Kansas - March 14 (1925) - Sixty-five years ago, 'Uncle John' Kinsler of near Mulvane was married in St. Louis. Uncle John, as every man, woman and child in this vicinity know him, admits that he was something of a 'cake-eater' in those days so he bought a real wedding suit, claw-hammer tail and all, and was 'spliced' in it... Read More	Article from Wichita Eagle, Sunday 3/15/1925: Wedding Coat of 1860 Still Worn by Mulvane Man Claw Hammer Garment of Uncle John Kinsler Still Serves Him Well Wore Pants 44 Years Mulvane, Kansas - March 14 (1925) - Sixty-five years ago, 'Uncle John' Kinsler of near Mulvane was married in St. Louis. Uncle John, as every man, woman and child in this vicinity know him, admits that he was something of a 'cake-eater' in those days so he bought a real wedding suit, claw-hammer tail and all, and was 'spliced' in it a year before the opening of the Civil War. Good for 65 More Years Kinsler's bride has been dead many years, but he still has the wedding coat and occsionally wears it into town on Saturdays to show the youngsters how to take care of clothes and how a Beau Brummel of the 60's strutted his stuff. The garmet is of excellent material and looks good for another 65 years at least. The wedding coat is not the only reminder Uncle John has of an age from which few now remain, for he also possesses a wealth of stories and accounts of the period when St. Louis was only stump land, and he never lacks an audience when he starts to recount these. Born 87 years ago, he lived in St. Louis until his father and a sister fell victims to the cholera epidemic which swept through the Dixie states in the 50's. He was bound out for work for a farmer, and his remaining sister was kidnaped by the physician who attended the family during the cholera plague. Drifting here to yon, he came to Highland, Illinois, where he accidently located his missing sister, who was married and had two children, Marion L. Howard and George Howard, prominent Mulvane men now. Kinsler's mother was never found. Trousers Had Hard Usage Uncle John has had a doctor but twice in his life, the last time was recently. He wasn't sick then, he avers; some of the folks just thought he was ill. He stays with his nephew, Marion L. Howard, and helps take care of the pigs, chickens, cows and his coat. He declares that the trousers of his wedding suit would have been good yet, but for the hard service they were subjected to at the World's Fair in 1904, and another time, when thugs held him up at a mule barn in St. Louis, whither he had brought a drove of mules, and after taking his money, gagged him and threw him under foot of some of the unbroken animals.

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John Kinsler's memorial is located at: Indianapolis Cemetery, Rose Hill, Mahaska County, USA.
When did John Kinsler death?
John Kinsler death on 20 May 1931 in Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 41.4053001
Longitude: -92.4364014

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 41.4053001, -92.4364014

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14. Saint Josephs Cemetery
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15. Sixteen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4622002, -92.3538971

16. Hewitt Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3277874, -92.3807409

17. Jackson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3191986, -92.4730988

18. Springfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3386002, -92.3531036

19. Old Rose Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.3209991, -92.4929962

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Coordinate: 41.3633320, -92.5527550

21. Barnes City Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4100075, -92.2971268

23. Humes Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4085999, -92.2968979

24. Union Mills Cemetery
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