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- Joseph H Kinsman ,
Residence: Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Enlistment Date: 15 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Wisconsin
Unit Numbers: 3083
Service Record: Promoted to Full Sergeant
Enlisted as a Corporal on 15 August 1862 in Company E, 30th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin
Mustered out Company E, on 21 July 1865
Old Soldier Gone
Joseph H. Kinsman was born Feb.24th, 1831, in the county of Cornwall,England. He was married in December 1856 at Mineral Point,Wis. Fourchildren have been born to this union. One died in infancy. Joseph G.Kinsman, Emma Wales and Anna Bosworth are left, with a wife and mother to mourn a husband and father's loss. Twenty five years ago last September Mr. Kinsman came to White Lake, South Dakota the family following him in the spring, and since that time this has been his home. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlistedin the Civil War in the year 1862 as a volunteer in Co. E. 30th Wisconsin infantry, fought during the rest of the war and was mustered out July 21st, 1865. He had grey eyes and brown hair and stood 5 feet 6 inches tall. In early manhood he heard the call of the west and he answered by coming; in a little more matured years he heard his country's call and he answered; and now in old age the last and greatest call has come, and that, too, has been answered, for at midnight of Friday he was transferred at the age of 78 years, 4 months, and 15 days. He was surrounded by wife and loved ones when he quietly passed away. The husband, father, soldier, citizen will be missed, for he has passed over. He was a true husband, loving fatherand loyal citizen.
Mr. Joseph Kinsman died at midnight last Friday after an illness of one week. He was stricken with paralysis during the forenoon of July 2 and from that time was unable to speak or move although he gave signs of consciousness until the last. The funeral was held at the Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. C. Baker preaching the funeral sermon. The Odd Fellows, of which order Mr. Kinsman was a member, had charge of the ceremonies and the pall-bearers were old soldiers of the Civil War. A very large number of neighbors and friends filled the church and formed the long procession that followed the body to its last resting place.
Mr. Kinsman was resident of this vicinity for twenty-five years. Until he retired from the farm he resided in Eureka township and has since lived in this city. He was one of the pioneers of this county and content to spend his declining years among his old neighbors, who like him had toiled in the up-building of the commonwealth. Mr. Kinsman was always very active in the work of the G.A.R. and on all patriotic occasions he could be depended upon to be on hand and do all he could to help in the proper observance of the day and honoring the flag. Nearly everyone knew him, (he was called in affection, "Uncle Joe) and they knew him for a true friend and neighbor, a man who inspired confidence, who had a smile and pleasant word for everyone, a cordial handshake and a good wish for all. Old age and its increasing infirmities did not change his sunny nature. He was one of the men you like to meet, and having met, remember. Few lives have been more serene in their closing years and few deaths have been more peaceful. Life's battle is over, the call of "taps" has been sounded and the old soldier is at rest.
From John Steele --
What I can tell you about the family is that they apparently joined the great Dakota boom of the 1880's and headed west. This part of the country was not settled until the early 1880s when the Milwaukee Railroad extended its line through here. Plankinton, the town I am in, was laid out in 1881. White Lake, 12 miles west of here, was laid out in 1882. Kinsmans were in LaSalle, Illinois in 1880.
They were in White Lake SD by 1891 when Annie Jane married a fellow named Harry Thomas Bosworth. Harry was one of our early homesteaders during the boom of the 1880s.
Joseph Henry Kinsman (that's the way his name appears on the tombstone) died in about 1910. According to his tombstone, the year that you have for his birth is off a little bit. Your posting says 1833 for a year of birth. The tombstone says 1831-1910. Of course, it could bethe tombstone that is in error, but I assume that Elizabeth was responsible for it, and she probably knew better than anyone. As I mentioned, Joseph and Elizabeth (as well as Annie and a host of other relatives) are buried in the White Lake Public Cemetery, White Lake, SD. Elizabeth's maiden name was apparently Schoibill. At least, her death record on file at the Courthouse gives her name as Elizabeth Schoibill Kinsman and I cannot think that Schoibill is a given middle name. She was born, according to the tombstone and her death record,in 1832. She died on March 21, 1928.
_* 30th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment *_
The Thirtieth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, WI, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 21, 1862. While headquarters remained at Camp Randall, portions of the regiment were detailed on guard duty invarious parts of the state. In May 1863, a number of companies were transferred to the Indian frontier and for some months were engaged in guard duty on the line of the Missouri River from Sioux City north to Ft. Pierre, SD. In the summer of the same year the one company remaining in the state was transferred to Superior and later to Bayfield, WI. Other companies were transferred to Camp Washburn,Milwaukee, WI, in December 1863, and took charge of and guarded the conscript camp. Again in 1864 most of the regiment was transferred to the Indian frontier, where it remained until November 1864, when nine companies were transferred to Paducky, KY, and in the following month to Bowling Green, KY. The regiment was on provost, guard and fatigue duty on different assignments in northern Kentucky from that time until it was mustered out of service of the United States on September20, 1865, at Louisville, KY. It returned to Madison and was disbanded.
According to the 1880 Census in La Salle, Joseph was 47 at the time ofthe enumeration. This would make the year of birth in 1833. However, the headstone at the cemetery states 1831.
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