Joseph N. Bimpson
Joseph N. Bimpson was born in Brown county, Ohio, August 22, 1825, and came to this county in February, 1852. His parents are John and Sarah N. (Campbell) Bimpson. Mr. Bimpson was married in Ironton, this county, December 18, 1862, to Julia A. Henshaw, who is a native of Cattaraugus county, New York, born January 26, 1832. Her parents are William Freeman and Nancy (Lane) Henshaw. Mr. Bimpson’s children are Margaret, born September 29, 1863; Henry H., November 5, 1865; Elizabeth H., February 16, 1867; Adaline W., August 4, 1874. They all reside at home. Mr. Bimpson was first lieutenant in Captain J. S. George’s cavalry company in the three month’s service. He was wounded in a skirmish with Floyd’s pickets on Little Sewel Mountain, West Virginia. He was the first soldier wounded from this county. Richard Lambert, of the same company, was the first soldier killed from this county. Henry Henshaw, a brother of Mrs. Bimpson, was killed in the war in the State of Virginia. The only particulars that could be learned of his death was that in destroying some captured arms one of the muskets exploded, severing an artery, from which he bled to death. Mr. Bimpson is a coal operator, residing at Sheridan Coal Works, where he should be addressed.
From Atlas of Lawrence Co., Ohio by Hardesty (1882)