KIMBALL, David Williams 1830-1908
KIMBALL, MOORE
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/27/2012 at 20:06:31
David Williams Kimball was born in Rumford, Maine, in 1830, and died at Riceville, Iowa in 1908. He is buried at Stacyville (a.k.a. Penneyville) cemetery.
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The pioneers of 1856 included D. W. Kimball, brother of the famous "Kimball parlor organ" and "Kimball piano" man, in the southwest quarter of section 25.
David W. Kimball was born in Oxford Co., Maine, February 14, 1830. At thirteen years of age he went to live with an uncle in Massachusetts, learned, and worked at the carpenter trade until January, 1855, when, in company with G. W. Barker, he started for Iowa. They reached Dubuque the same month, and remained there until March, when they came to Wayne Township, Mitchell county, and located adjoining farms. They built a small shanty, the first frame building in the township, on the line between their farms, and thereby held the two claims. Mr. Kimball located on the southwest quarter of section 25, and Mr. Barker on the southeast quarter of section 26, where they have since resided. Mr. Kimball afterward built a house and otherwise improved his farm.
In the summer of 1858 he returned to Worcester, Mass., and married Sarah Moore, a native of that place, born December 9, 1833. He was married August 16, 1858, and they soon afterwards came to their present home in Mitchell County. He is a republican, was elected county assessor in 1857, and has been a member of the school board for ten years.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimball are members of the Congregational Church. They have four children: Jennie W., Curtis M., Isabell M. and Elizabeth S.
[History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, 1883]
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NOTES:David Kimball died in 1908 and is buried in Wayne Cemetery, McIntire, Iowa.
Photo of David from HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, 1883.
Photo of David's Tombstone on GPP
Mitchell Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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