Brief Life History of Solomon Farnham
When Solomon Farnham Kimball was born on 2 February 1847, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, Heber Chase Kimball, was 45 and his mother, Vilate Murray, was 40. He married Mary Ursulia Pomeroy on 10 February 1881, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 70 years. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 7 February 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Solomon Kimball in household of Heber C Kimball, "United States Census, 1850"
- Solomon F Kimball, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
- U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
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1848
Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
1867
Nebraska is the 37th state.
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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Letter from Reuben Samuel Collett to Eleanor Rosetta Pomeroy Jones (concerning Gertrude Asolia Pomeroy)
Vernal, Uintah Co. Utah, July 24th, 1888 Miss Rosetta Pomeroy, Dear Sister Zetta: The peace of night has settled the noise of the day, that has been spent in recreation and holiday by the people of …
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