Columbia-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....KIMBLE, John G. 1845 - living in 1899
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  JOHN G. KIMBLE. This expert miller has been successfully engaged in that
  occupation more or less all his life, and is now senior member of the firm of
  Kimble & Jones, manufacturers of White Rose flour and buckwheat flour,
  corn-meal, etc. He was born in Loyalsock township, Lycoming County, Pa., six
  miles above the village of Montoursville, October 7, 1845, and is a son of Jacob
  and Mary (McClarin) Kimble.
  
    Peter Kimble, grandfather of our subject, was a native of New Jersey and was
  of German descent. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and after
  independence had been gained he moved to Lycoming County, Pa., where he followed
  his trade as a blacksmith. He passed from this life at his home in Fairfield in
  1845, at the advanced age of ninety-six years.
  
    Jacob Kimble, our subject's father, was born in Lycoming County, Pa., in 1806.
  He attended the district school a short time and spent the major part of his
  leisure hours working in the blacksmith-shop owned by his father and soon became
  quite proficient in that trade. Attaining his majority, Peter moved to
  Loyalsock, where he pursued the occupation of a blacksmith for thirty-five
  years. In 1857 he purchased a mill in Columbia County, Pa., located two miles
  above Benton, on West Creek, now the property of our subject. He successfully
  operated that mill until 1869, when he returned to his native county and settled
  in Hughesville, where he spent his remaining days in retirement. His death
  occurred in 1884. Religiously he was a member of the Christian Church. He was
  united in marriage to Mary McGarm, by whom he reared four sons and three
  daughters, namely: Lucinda, wife of Samuel Wilson of Clinton, Ill.; Peter F., a
  merchant residing at Springfield, Ill.; Smith W., a well-known inventor residing
  in New York City; Asher, a miller by trade, who died in 1864; Jennie, a resident
  of Hughesville, Pa.; Annie, wife of Ira J. Thomas, proprietor of the old Kimble
  mills in Benton township; and John G., our subject.
  
    John G. Kimble was educated in the public schools of Benton township and then
  worked with his father, learning the miller's trade, at the West Creek Mill. He
  remained in the employ of his father until 1876, when he moved to Springfield,
  Ill.; there he continued his former occupation for three years and then went to
  Mechanicsburg in the same county and engaged in the milling business four years.
  After spending eight years in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, where he followed
  his trade, he returned to Mechanicsburg, Ill., and followed milling two years.
  In 1894 our subject returned to Columbia County and in partnership with his
  brother-in-law, Ira J. Thomas, he purchased the Jonestown Mills. Mr. Thomas sold
  his interest in this property, and on January 1, 1899, Mr. A. W. Jones was
  admitted into partnership with our subject and they are operating under the firm
  name of Kimble & Jones. The mill is a four-story frame building, 40 by 50 feet,
  is operated by water-power, and has a capacity of 100 barrels per day. The
  firm's favorite flour is the White Rose, which is made from select winter wheat,
  and commands a ready sale in the market.
  
    In the spring of 1898 our subject and J. W. Mathews purchased, under the firm
  name of Kimble & Mathews, the Benton Flouring Mills, which they propose to
  remodel and equip with the latest and most improved machinery. This mill is also
  operated by water-power.
  
    Mr. Kimble chose for his life companion Stella Jones, a daughter of James N.
  Jones, a descendant of one of the pioneer families of the section, and they were
  united in marriage December 29, 1869. Two children have blessed their home,
  namely: Lawrence, a miller by trade, residing at Amboy, Minnesota; and Clinton,
  a miller, living at home. Mr. Kimble casts his vote in support of the Democratic
  party.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
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