Charles Weeklin Kimler

Charles Weeklin Kimler, a native of Loudoun County, Virginia, sixth child of Daniel Kimler and his wife Elizabeth, whose maiden name was Brewer, was born February 13, 1824.

In childhood he was sickly, but grew strong after the family removed to Missouri in 1837. He had

limited oportunities for schooling. Virginia had only the "Subscription School," which he attended for short periods. After the removal to Missouri; he attended, for about six weeks, a school taught by John H. Duncan.

His life was that of a farmer, and he was a neat one too. After his marriage in 1848, he cultivated a farm, for five or six years, north of the cuivre and south of Louisville. He then opened a new farm and built a home on lands inherited by his wife from her father, situated on Lead Creek,

three miles northeast of where Olney now is.

In the great revival at Bethlehem Baptist Church, in 1857, he was among the converts, and was baptized by R.S. Duncan, pastor. He became a lifelong, and a steadfast Christian.

In January, 1865, he sold his farm, and took his family to Central America in a company of about 80 persons. They were driven to this by the issues of the Civil War. They landed at Greytown, found a pleasant, but unhealthy climate, and returned home in August of the same year. That proved a costly trip for him and his family.

As a church member C.W. Kimler was always in place. Very seldom indeed absent from his church. He lived to see most, if not all, of his children converted, and also his only son, Henry C. Kimler, become a Deacon on a Baptist Church. He ultimately died of heart trouble, and suddenly, on March 19, 1902, and was laid to rest by the side of the mother of his children.