Memorial encyclopedia of the state of New York : a life record of men and women of the past whose sterling character and energy and industry have made them preeminent in their own and many other states . tee of the Rochester General Hospital;vestryman of St. Pauls Episcopal Church ;a member of the board of directors of theMechanics Institute; member of theSociety of the Mayflower Descendants;Transportation Club of New York; Uni-versity Club of New York; Society ofColonial Wars; Genesee Valley CountryClub of Rochester; Rochester AthleticClub; Rochester Whist Club; Frank Lodge, Free a
Memorial encyclopedia of the state of New York : a life record of men and women of the past whose sterling character and energy and industry have made them preeminent in their own and many other states . tee of the Rochester General Hospital;vestryman of St. Pauls Episcopal Church ;a member of the board of directors of theMechanics Institute; member of theSociety of the Mayflower Descendants;Transportation Club of New York; Uni-versity Club of New York; Society ofColonial Wars; Genesee Valley CountryClub of Rochester; Rochester AthleticClub; Rochester Whist Club; Frank Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma-sons ; Hamilton Chapter, Royal Arch Ma-sons ; Monroe Commandery, KnightsTemplar; and The Protectives. Musicand books were the favorite forms ofrecreation of Mr. Kimball, and in connec-tion with this it may be said that he wasa most accomplished musician. For anumber of years he had been the organistof St. Andrews Church, and the follow-ing incident will give a clue to the char-acter of the man: One day it was noticedthat he came slightly late to the morningservice, but he went quietly to his placeat the organ, and conducted the musicalportion as usual. Later it was noticed that 308. ^j¥^tau~&& ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY his eyebrows had been burned from hisface, and it was then found out that hehad that morning gone with the Protec-tives to fight a fire and with his ac-customed bravery and forgetfulness ofself had fought the hot blaze until his eye-brows were scorched from his face. Hehad said nothing of this to any of hischurch associates. Mr. Kimball married, in 1889, MarthaWhitney Pond, daughter of Charles , at one time comptroller of Roches-ter. She was at her husbands bedsidewhen he passed away, but their two sons,the one a sophomore at Harvard Univer-sity at the time, and the other a student atSt. Georges School, at Newport, RhodeIsland, could not reach their fathersdeathbed in time to see him before hedied. Few deaths of prominent men inRochester in
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