Peter Kimes
Peter Kimes, farmer, P. O. Shalersville, was born March 17, 1818, in Harmony, Butler Co., Penn., son of John and Polly (Blair) Kimes, the latter of whom was a daughter of John Blair, a native of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. John Kimes came to Ohio, with a family of eight children, in 1833, and purchased land in Shalersville Township. They were the parents of the following children: Henry, Martha (wife of Mr. Southers), Amos (deceased), John (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased wife of Mr. Lowery), Peter, David and Thomas. Our subject was united in marriage in 1849, with Sophia, youngest of the three children born to Mrs. Doty, now a widow and a native of New Jersey. By this union there are four children: Amy (wife of F. D. Gray), Emerson B., Estella and Ada (wife of F. E. Armstrong. Mr. Kimes owns nearly 500 acres of land, well improved, watered and with fine barns, etc., etc. He is one of the substantial, enterprising farmers of this township.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885