Kinsler Cemetery

KINSLER CEMETERY MARKERS

1. DANIEL WILLIAM KINSLER: AUGUST 11, 1875 - MAY 1, 1902 - HE WAS THE SON OF MAJOR EDWARD KINSLER AND WAS KNOWN AS "HANDSOME DAN". HE NEVER MARRIED. I DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH. I HAVE HEARD THAT HE DIED OF SOME INFECTIOUS DISEASE BUT I DON'T RECALL WHAT IT WAS.

2. MAJOR EDWARD KINSLER (CSA): MAY 31, 1818 - MAY 21, 1898

3. WILLIAM KINSLER: JANUARY 13, 1809 - JANUARY 3, 1898 - NEVER MARRIED.

MA [Catherine Kinsler Kaigler 1815-1905] ASKED AUNT KATE [Catherine Kinsler Davis 1864-1934] TO NAME A SON FOR HER 2 DEAD BROTHERS, EDWARD AND DANIEL THUS EDWARD'S NAME: DANIEL EDWARD KINSLER NELSON AND SHE LEFT HIM LAND AT EDMUNDS CROSSING FOR DOING THIS.

4. DANIEL KINSLER: JANUARY 6, 1811 - DECEMBER 10, 1870: HE NEVER MARRIED. HE WAS THROWN FROM A HORSE IN A SNOWSTORM COMING FROM A DANCE IN COLUMBIA AND FROZE TO DEATH. THE HORSE CAME HOME WITHOUT HIM TO THE WILLIAM KINSLER HOME PLACE AND HIS BROTHERS BACKTRACKED UNTIL THEY FOUND HIM DEAD IN THE SNOW.

5. WILLIAM KINSLER (MA'S FATHER): OCTOBER 30, 1777 - DECEMBER 4, 1828.

6. SOLOME SENN KINSLER (WIFE OF WILLIAM KINSLER): JULY 6, 1782 - SEPTEMBER 14, 1859.

7. J.J.K. (FOOTMARKER ONLY): PROBABLY SON OF WILLIAM KINSLER AND SOLOME KINSLER. JOHN J. KINSLER MARRIED AMELIA KENNERLY AND THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. HE OWNED A BRICKYARD ON THE CONGAREE RIVER IN CAYCE NEAR THE PRESENT BLOSSOM STREET BRIDGE.

8. JOHN DANIEL ARTHUR - MARYANN KINSLER ARTHUR NOW HOLMES (SECOND MARRIAGE): COUSIN MARYANN'S PARENTS. MARYANN KINSLER WAS MA'S SISTER.

9. SUSAN GRIFFETH (AUNT SUE): WIDOW OF MAJOR EDWARD KINSLER AND THE SECOND WIFE OF MAJOR D.J. GRIFFETH - JULY 15, 1845 - FEBRUARY 6, 1919.

10. MARYANN HOLMES: MA'S SISTER -OCTOBER 15, 1805 - JULY 2, 1891.

11. MARYANN CHAMBERS: WIDOW OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM ELLISON CHAMBERS (CSA) DIED FEBRUARY 4, 1923, A LITTLE OVER 100 YEARS AGO AND THIS WAS OUR COUSIN MARYANN.

12. HENRY 0. KINSLER: FEBRUARY 23, 1823 - FEBRUARY 25, 1910.

13. SARAH E. GEIGER: WIFE OF HENRY O. KINSLER - FEBRUARY 25, 1858 - SEPTEMBER 27, 1954. AUNT SALLY KINSLER WAS 17 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE MARRIED UNCLE HENRY. HE WAS 52. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. SHE WAS MS. A.R. TAYLOR'S SISTER (COUSIN JENNY).