Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - A. J. Kimbler

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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A. J. Kimbler was born in Texas in 1859, and is a son of Samuel and 
Elizabeth (Orey) Kimbler, natives of Virginia, born in 1818 and 1819, 
respectively. From Virginia they moved to Wisconsin, from there to 
Texas, and in 1868 came to Crawford County, Ark. The father was a 
farmer, and was a soldier in the Rebellion. His death occurred October 
12, 1886, and that of his wife October 12, 1884. Of their eleven 
children, the following five are living: William Kimbler, Crawford 
County; Mrs. Rebecca Wheeler, Dardanelle, Ark.; Franklin, Chickasaw 
Nation; Mrs. Matilda Frances Bird, Washington County, Ark., and our 
subject. Mr. Kimbler's early ancestors were German. He passed his 
youth in Crawford County, attending school but little, but becoming a 
successful tiller of the soil. As a consequence he now owns 176 acres 
of good bottom land, eighty acres of which are in the home place and 
finely cultivated. He is a member of the Christian Church, as were his 
parents. In politics he is a Republican, and his first presidential 
vote was cast for James A. Garfield. 

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