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    Richard Burleigh Kimball

    Birth: 10-11-1816

    Death: 12-28-1892

Biography

Richard Kimball was born in New Hampshire, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1834. He moved to Waterford NY to practice law in the mid 1830's. He founded the town of Kimball, Texas, and constructed the first railroad in Texas extending from Galveston beyond Houston.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 9, 1834

Citations

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Biography: 
Richard Kimball was born in New Hampshire, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1834. He moved to Waterford NY to practice law in the mid 1830's. He founded the town of Kimball, Texas, and constructed the first railroad in Texas extending from Galveston beyond Houston.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Americana: A Universal Reference Library: Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Frederick Converse Beach
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Scientific American Compiling Department
Year: 
1912
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=pYRRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT309&dq=richard+burleigh+kimball+the+americana:+a+universal+reference&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY9omp077NAhVE9R4KHdKJDbgQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=richard%20burleigh%20kimball%20the%20americana%3A%20a%20universal%20reference&f=false
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Biography: 
Richard Kimball's law parter in Waterford, NY, was Nicholas B. Doe.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, VOL III
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
James T. White & Company
Year: 
1893
Start Page: 
252
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Americana: A Universal Reference Library: Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Frederick Converse Beach
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Scientific American Compiling Department
Year: 
1912
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Americana: A Universal Reference Library: Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Frederick Converse Beach
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Scientific American Compiling Department
Year: 
1912
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=pYRRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT309&dq=richard+burleigh+kimball+the+americana:+a+universal+reference&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY9omp077NAhVE9R4KHdKJDbgQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=richard%20burleigh%20kimball%20the%20americana%3A%20a%20universal%20reference&f=false