Joseph Leander Kimes Sr.

Joseph Leander Kimes was born the 31st of December, 1869 in Chester, Crawford County, Arkansas the second son of David G. Kimes and Nancy Evalyn Elkins. He was known as "Land" and signed documents with this name. He married 1)Elizabeth Lewis (Lizzie) the 3rd of April, 1890 in Crawford County, Arkansas. She was born the 15th of February, 1873 in Crawford County, Arkansas, the second child of David Walker Lewis and Eliza Jane Shipley.

Land and Lizzie had eight children all of whom were born near Chester, in Crawford County, Arkansas: Emmett born in 1890, Moody born in 1892, Woodworth born in 1894, Sylvine born in 1895, Herbert born in 1897, Vincent born in 1899, Edith born in 1901, and Theodore born in 1906.