Biographical Review

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Excerpt from Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Hampshire County, MassachusettsMr. Kimball has always taken an active interest in public affairs, and, being a man abundantly fitted for the discharge of impor tant trusts, has been called to fill various posi tions of responsibility. He was a member of the Connecticut legislature in 1869, and of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the years 1888, 1889, and 1890, and during the years 1891, 1892, and 1893 held a seat in the State Senate. Although a Democrat in politics, he was chosen from a Republican dis triet, and has been twice elected Mayor of the city of Northampton, giving the people a thor oughly able and progressive administration. He is a Director of the Hampshire County National Bank, of the Hampshire County Sav ings Bank, also of the Norwood Engineering Company, and for the past five years he has been President of the New England Coal Com pany of Hartford, Conn. In Masonry he has advanced to the Knight Templar's degree.He was first married in the month of Octo ber, 1863, to Miss Mary T. Williams, who survived but two years, and he wedded for his second wife, on October 21, 1867, Hannah M. Williams, a sister of his first wife, both of them having been pupils at the school where he taught. Mr. And Mrs. Kimball occupy a very pleasant residence at 57 Prospect Street, which he erected in 1883, and are socially very popular.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.