 1826 - 1892 (65 years)
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| Name |
George Washington Kimball |
| Birth |
4 Oct 1826 |
Wells, Maine  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Sep 1892 |
Woburn, Mass |
| Person ID |
I56200 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
5 Jul 2005 |
| Father |
Maj. Wilbraham Kimball, b. 18 Sep 1778, Wells, Maine d. 28 Oct 1852, Woburn, Mass. (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Deborah Bourne, b. 1782, Wells, Maine d. 15 Oct 1859, Woburn, Mass. (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Oct 1804 |
Wells, Maine |
| Family ID |
F23716 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Maria Melvin, b. 10 Mar 1823, Concord, Mass. d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
29 Nov 1849 |
Woburn, Mass. |
| Children |
| | 1. Clara Maria Kimball, b. 30 Oct 1850, Woburn, Mass. d. 7 Jan 1927, Washington (Age 76 years) |
| | 2. Annie Elizabeth Kimball, b. 23 Sep 1854, Woburn, Mass. d. 25 Oct 1854, Woburn, Mass. (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. James Melvin Kimball, b. 22 Jun 1853, Woburn, MA. d. Aft 1935, Washington, DC (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. George Edward Kimball, b. 22 Jun 1853, Woburn, Mass. d. 1 Dec 1941, Hingham, Mass (Age 88 years) |
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| Family ID |
F23629 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Served twice in Civil War, 5th Rgmt. Served church as ministry of song. Carried bible which was stolen by safe breakers, but returned. (dated 1868) He was a builder in Woburn, Mass. and surrounding towns. He was a fine tenor and very fond of music. Never used Liquor or tobacco in any form. Lived on Mt. Pleasant St. in Woburn near Green St. in 1868 - a 'carpenter and builder'.
| Incidents in the life of George W. Kimaball |
In October '64 he was given a pass to go to Washington to visit his brother Israel. In a letter to mother from Ft.McHenry dated October 4, he speaks about a call on the President as follows: "I saw President Lincoln and stood beside him for five minutes. He is a noble looking man. His picture does not do him justice."
In August 1864 four Confederate Spies were brought to Ft. McHenry to be executed and a gallow was ordered for that purpose. George Kimball had it made in readiness for its grim work. The old saying "there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip" was however exemplified in this instance as he wrote home unde date of August 28. 1864 (Fort McHenry), "We expected to see those men hung this morning but we got dissapointed in it as their reprieve came last night but I did my duty. I had the machine all ready for them and was dissapointed in not seeing how it worked. I guess there never was a job that was watched more closely than the building of this gallows or that caused more talk, but it works like a charm. I had the ropes all up and we supposed that they would be hung but the President has seen fit to have their sentence changed to imprisonment. I think he shows too much leniency for I think if anyone whould be hung it is a spy!"
George's comment on this episode is rather remarkable as he was not only a devout Christian but one of the kindest hearted of men. It reflects the feeling of the norther soldier at that most critical time when the Union cause was rather dubious.
(James Melvin Kimball) |
See his father for 1850 census listing.
| 1880 Census Woburn, Mass. | | name | relation | age | born in | occupation | father born | mother born | | | George W. Kimball | self | 54 | ME | Carpenter | ME | ME | | | Maria Kimball | wife | 56 | | MA | MA | | | | James M. Kimball | son | 22 | MA | Clerk in store | | | | | Clara M. Stedson | dau | 29 | MA | | | | | | George W. Stedson | g-son | 3 | MA | | ME | MA | | | Florence M. Stedson | g-dau | 1 | MA | | ME | MA | |
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