Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Kimmel, Joseph March 4, 1828 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Jackson Township
p. 577 & 578

Joseph Kimmel was born in Wayne County, Ind., March 4, 1828, a son of Jacob 
and Martha (Witmer) Kimmel, who were natives of Schuylkill County, Pa., and 
Wayne County, Ind., respectively. His father came to Wayne County, Ind., where 
he was married. He was a carpenter by trade, and from this earned money enough 
to purchase a farm, where he followed agricultural pursuits the greater part 
of his life. He died in 1863, and his wife's death occurred in 1869. They were 
the parents of thirteen children, eight still living. Joseph Kimmel followed 
farming till after attaining his majority. He was then engaged in a brewery 
ten years, after which he engaged in shipping malt to distant cities and 
dealing largely in grain. He also carries on farming, having 300 acres of 
valuable land lying on the Walnut Level. He was married in 1852 to Amanda 
Warmon, of Wayne County, and a daughter of Enoch Warmon. Of their three 
children two are living---Medoa and Mary V. Mr. Kimmel and brothers are the 
original patentees of Kimmel's Gang Plow.



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