Russell Freeman Kimball

Brief Life History of Russell Freeman

When Russell Freeman Kimball was born on 13 August 1810, in Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Jonathan Kimball, was 35 and his mother, Dorcas Brooks, was 28. He married Eliza Ann Austin on 5 May 1839, in Kane, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Luverne, Rock, Minnesota, United States in 1880. He died in 1880, in Lake City, Wabasha, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Russell Freeman Kimball
1810–1880
Eliza Ann Austin
1820–
Marriage: 5 May 1839
Helen Kimball
1842–
T Kimball
1842–
Harriet Kimball
1845–
Woodbury Kimble
1847–
Lydia A Kimball
1850–
Artemus Kimball
1853–1885

Sources (13)

  • Russel Kimble, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Russell Freeman Kimball, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Russel F. Kimball, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from Great and Little Kimble (Buckinghamshire). The placename probably derives from Old English cyne ‘royal’ + belle ‘(bell-shaped) hill’.

variant of Kimble .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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