Frank Edward Kimball

History of New Hampshire
By Everett S. Stackpole
Five Volumes
Vol V, P 246-7

FRANK EDWARD KIMBALL, who for many years was identified with the lumbering interests of New Hampshire, is a native of this State, a son of Daniel Putnam and Melissa (Keyes) Kimball.  His father resided for many years at Newbury, Vermont, where he followed the occupation of farming, and which town he represented in the Vermont State Legislature in 1880.  He also resided a time at Haverhill, New Hampshire, and it was there that Frank Edward Kimball was born January 20, 1861.

The lad's education was received at the local common schools and at the St. Johnsbury Academy, where he completed his schooling.  He then became interested in the lumbering industry in New Hampshire and shortly afterwards he associated with Mr. N.H. Nutter, under the firm name of Belknap and Nutter, in the buying and selling of horses, as well as the lumber business.  Later, with Mr. A.N. Blandin, he formed the firm of Blandin & Kimball, engaged in the lumber business in Maine.  This concern did a large business at Woodsville, New Hampshire, from the outset and continued to increase in size and importance up to the time of Mr. Kimball's death.  Mr. Kimball, did not, however, confine his attention to the lumber interests.  On the contrary, he became identified with many of the most important enterprises of the region.  He was for a number of years president of the Wells River Savings Bank of Wells River, Vermont, and a director of the National Bank of Newbury, Vermont.  he was also very prominent in the public affairs, and in 1898 represented Newbury, Vermont, in the Legislature of the State.  He was a staunch supporter of the Republican party and was intimately associated with its local organization for many years, up to the time of his death.  He was a member of Pulaski Lodge, No. 58, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Wells River, Vermont.  In his religious belief Mr. Kimball was a Congregationalist and both he and the other members of his family attended the First Congregational Church of that denomination at Newbury, Vermont.

Frank Edward Kimball was united in marriage, November 16, 1887, at Janesville, Wisconsin, with Emma J. Clark, a daughter of Newton Hall and Emily A. (Hatch) Clark, of that place.

Frank Edward Kimball, whose death on November 23, 1916, was felt as a severe loss by the entire community, was one of those men who by sheer force of character have won their way up the ladder of success to places of esteem and honor in the community.  Virtuous, honorable, public-spirited, his life and career exhibited strikingly those virtues and talents typical of the best New England manhood.