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Kimball, Ellen Packard

educator, poet, was born Oct. 9, 1848, in Woodstock, Maine. Early in life she commenced educational work, and has ever since been engaged as teacher in the public schools. She is the author of many meritorious poems, some of which have been given a place in Poets of America, and other standard works.

Kimball, Emma A

poet, was born Dec. 22, 1847, in Rye, N. H. For many years she taught school; is a successful poet of Haverhill, Mass., and the author of a volume of poems entitled Wayside Flowers.

Kimball, Frank Willard

lawyer, lecturer, musician, was born Dec. 10, 1866, in Augusta, Maine. In 1884 he entered the Hesperian academy of San Luis Obispo, California, and subsequently continued his education in Boston and Somerville, Mass. In 1890 he was admitted to the bar, and has attained success in his profession. He is an eloquent and logical speaker, and has attained success on the lecture platform. He is a writer and musician, and the author of the Saxoptione Quartette.

Kimball, Frederick J

railroad president, was born March 6, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1895 he has been president of the Norfolk and Western railroad.

Kimball, Gilman

educator, surgeon, was born Dec. 8, 1804, in Hill, N. H. He became one of the most noted physicians and surgeons of New England; and for many years had charge of the Lowell Medical institute.

Kimball, Hannah Parker

author, poet, was born in 1861 in Massachusetts. She is a Boston poet, whose work includes Soul and Sense, and Other Verses; and The Cup of Life and Other Poems.

Kimball, Harriet Mcewen

poet, was born Nov. 2, 1834, in Portsmouth, N.

H. She is a religious verse-writer of Portsmouth, N. H., and the author of Swallow Flights of Song; Hymns; The Blessed Company of All Faithful People; and Complete Poems.

Kimball, Increase

inventor, was born Oct. 26, 1777, in Concord, N. H. He invented cut nails and devised the first machinery for their manufacture. He died Sept. 16, 1856, in Hanover, N. Η.

Kimball, James Putnam

soldier, geologist, was born April 26, 1836, in Salem, Mass. In 1861 he entered the union army as assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of captain, and was assigned to duty as chief of staff under General Patrick. In 1873 he accepted the honorary professorship of geology in Lehigh university at Bethlehem, Pa. In 1885 he was appointed director of the United States mints.

Kimball, James William

author, was born Feb. 4, 1812, in Salem, Mass. He was the author of Heaven my Father's Home; Friendly Words with Fellow Pilgrims; Encouragements to Faith; How to See Jesus; and The Christian Ministry.

He died March 28, 1885, in Newton, Mass.

Kimball, Joseph Horace

journalist, author, was born in 1813 in Pembroke, N. H. He resided in Concord, N. H., where he edited The Herald of Freedom, an antislavery journal. He published jointly with two friends Emancipation in the West Indies; a Six Months' Tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in 1837. He died April 11, 1838, in Pembroke, N. Η.

Kimball, Sumner I

state legislator, was born Sept. 2, 1834, in Lebanon, Maine.

In 1859 he was elected to the Maine house of representatives, and in 1878 was elected superintendent of the United States life saving service.