KIMBROUGH BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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KIMBROUGH, John S. - b: 1819 Louisa Co, VA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 523
residence: Clinton Twp

John S. Kimbrough, stock dealer, was born in Louisa County, Virginia, July 5th, 
1819. His parents, John and Katharine Boxley Kimbrough, were both Virginians by 
birth. When John was an infant they removed to Warren County, Kentucky, where 
he was brought up and educated, and from his fourteenth year clerked in a general 
store at Bowling Green, Kentucky. In October, 1839, they came to Springfield, 
Missouri, where his father died in September, 1840. At his death his family was 
left with very limited means, and their support devolved upon John. 
Notwithstanding this heavy burden his energy was equal to the emergency, and he 
fulfilled his duty nobly. His mother's death occurred in the fall of 1861. In 1841 
Mr. K. engaged in blacksmithing at Springfield, Missouri, which he followed 
successfully for eight years. Then in 1849 he embarked in merchandising and 
general trading in stock, etc., which occupied his attention till December, 1861. 
By this time he had, acquired quite a fortune, but was ruined by the war, and 
retreated with General Price to Arkansas on his move through Missouri. In the 
spring of 1862 he settled in Fayetteville, Arkansas, residing there till the winter 
of 1862, when he returned to Springfield, Missouri. Here he remained till the 
spring of 1863, and then went to St. Louis, Missouri, for a short time. In the fall 
of 1863, he resumed merchandising at Columbia, Missouri, and so continued for 
nearly two years. In the spring of 1865 he started from St. Louis with a stock of 
goods, by water, to Montana Territory, and upon arriving there became interested 
in business at Helena. In December, 1865, leaving his business with a trusted 
clerk, he returned to Columbia, Missouri, by the overland route to visit his 
family. Going again to Helena in the spring of 1866 he continued to do an 
extensive business till the fall of 1866, when he closed out his interests there 
and retraced his steps to Columbia, Missouri. In the spring of 1867 he bought 
another stock of goods at St. Louis, which he shipped by water to Houston, Texas, 
but in the following July was compelled to give up his trade there on account of 
the yellow fever epidemic. Returning to Missouri he settled near Sedalia, and 
buying a farm of 1,160 acres in that county, engaged in farming. In January, 
1868, he traded his farm for a large stock of goods in Sedalia, and was a 
prominent merchant in that city for two years. In 1870 he came to Clinton, 
Missouri, and started in the hardware and implement business, at which he 
remained occupied till 1878. Since that time he has been farming and stock 
dealing. He has a fine farm in Fairview Township consisting of 1,405 acres, upon 
which he feeds an average of 150 head of cattle per year. He is also interested in 
the Coushou cattle ranch in Texas. Mr. Kimbrough was married in December, 1845, 
to Miss Linna Wear, a native of Tennessee. They had three children, Pleasant W., 
Katherine and Anna N. Mrs. K. died December 19th, 1862. He was again married in 
May, 1864, to Miss Ellen M. Graham, of New Jersey. They have five children, John 
S. Joseph B., Laura G., Linna and Henry S. Mr. K. is a member of the Masonic order, 
and belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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