Brief Life History of John Burnham
When John Burnham Kimball was born on 23 July 1822, in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, James Shepard Kimball, was 36 and his mother, Ruth Burnham, was 30. He married Julia Adelaide Lawrence on 1 August 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Raymond, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 10 November 1871, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John B Kimball, "United States Census, 1860"
- John Burnham Kimball, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- John B. Kimball, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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