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Source: Citation Appears Below Biography
Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

N. D. KIMBROUGH.
    An energetic business man, whose success in life has been on a parity with
his well directed endeavors, is N. D. Kimbrough, senior partner of N. D.
Kimbrough & Company, brokers and shippers of fruits, vegetables, flour, feed and
seeds, with headquarters in Van Buren. He is a native son of Arkansas and was
born in Crawford county in 1875, a son of J. A. and Katie (Fort) Kimbrough. His
father was born in Springfield. Missouri, but removed to East Tennessee at an
early day and was there reared to manhood. Upon the outbreak of the Civil war he
enlisted in the Confederate army and participated in many oŁ the important
battles of that conflict. He is living, at the advanced age of seventy-six years.

    N. D. Kimbrough is the eldest of six living children, having three brothers
and two sisters. He received his early education in the common schools of
Crawford county and in due time enrolled in the University of Arkansas, from
which institution he was graduated in 1900. While attending the university Mr.
Kimbrough taught school and he was also active along that line during many of
his vacations. At different times for the nineteen years following his
graduation he followed that profession, teaching in the Mansfield, Trusty, and
Malvern high schools. In the summer vacations Mr. Kimbrough would work as
shipper and broker in fruits and vegetables and two years ago he gave up
teaching in order to devote his entire time and attention to that line of
business. He formed a partnership with P. L. Clark and the enterprise is
conducted as N. D. Kimbrough & Company, brokers and shippers of fruits,
vegetables, flour, feed and seeds. Van Buren is the center for the fruit and
vegetable business in western Arkansas and among the products handled here most
extensively are strawberries, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe, potatoes and
cucumbers. These products are shipped clear across the country. Since his
connection with local business interests Mr. Kimbrough has become known for his
spirit of enterprise and his tireless energy, being progressive in his policy
and quick to act when the occasion demands.

    In 1902 occurred the marriage of Mr. Kimbrough to Miss Maud Mickel, a
daughter of Dr. P. A. Mickel of Crawford county. To their union four children
have been born, three girls and one boy: Melba, who is attending the Arkansas
State Normal; Jean, a student also in the State Normal; Lois, ten years of age,
attending the schools of Van Buren; and N. D, Jr., eight years of age and also
attending the grade schools. Mr. Kimbrough always takes an active and helpful
interest in all matters pertaining to the public welfare and the development of
the community and he is conceded to be a representative citizen. In addition to
his interest in the Kimbrough company he owns an eighty-acre farm and he is
quite active in agricultural circles.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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