William Henry Kimball

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History of New Hampshire
By Everett S. Stackpole
Five Volumes
Vol V, P 175-6

William Henry Kimball, one of the best known figures in the political life of New Hampshire, and who for many years past has been most active in serving the commonwealth in diverse public offices, is a native of the town of Columbia, this State, having been born there November 18, 1853.  He is a son of Edward Walter and M. Jannette (Luey) Kimball, of Columbia, where the elder Mr. Kimball for many years pursued the occupation of farming.  he was a veteran of the Civil War in which he served as a member of the First Regiment, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery.

William Henry Kimball received his education at the public schools of Stratford, and upon completing his studies there engaged in the same business as his father, namely that of farming.  Eventually he added that of lumbering to it, and has ever since continued active in those two lines.  The career of Mr. Kimball is, however, much more closely associated with the public life of the community than with any personal interests, and in this connection he is very widely known and esteemed.  He is, and always has been, a Democrat in politics, and for many years has been one of the recognized leaders of his party in the State.  From 1910 to the present time he has been a member of the Democratic State Committee and has been very active in its work.  His public offices have been numerous, and besides the important ones that he holds at present, he has in the past discharged the duties of many local posts.  He has been a member of the School Board of Stratford, New Hampshire, and has held the office of selectman of Stratford no less than twenty-five times since 1877, when he was first elected.  He has been a member of the State Legislature in the years 1901-2, 1909-10, and is at present serving the second year of the 1917-18 term.  In the year 1912 he was elected commissary general for the State of New Hampshire by the Legislature.  Mr. Kimball is a member of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and he and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal church at Stratford Hollow, New Hampshire.

William Henry Kimball was united in marriage, December 31, 1885, at Stratford, New Hampshire, with Emma J. Bass, a daughter of George B. and Angelina (Platt) Bass, of that town.  They are the parents of two children, as follows:  George Marden, born March 27, 1891, and Lina Jannette, born September 1, 1897.