BIOGRAPHY: Andrew Jackson and George Swigart KIMBERLY, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, pages 620-621.

  ANDREW JACKSON and GEORGE SWIGART KIMBERLY, McVeytown, Mifflin county, Pa., 
are natives of Oliver township, Mifflin county, and sons of James Ross and 
Dorcas (Swigart) Kimberly.  Their paternal grandparents, Frederick and Martha 
(Ross) Kimberly, were residents of Wayne township, where the grandfather was 
occupied in tilling the soil.  For sixteen years he cultivated one of William 
Moore's farms.  He was much respected for his diligence, capability and honesty.  
He died in Wayne township about 1840.  The children of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick 
Kimberly are:  James Ross;  Catherine (Mrs. William M. Jeffries), removed to 
Kansas, had four children, all of whom are deceased except Mrs. E. W. Ober, of 
Salina, Kas.;  Margaret (Mrs. Alexander Sears), of Lewistown, had six children;  
Sarah Ann (Mrs. Samuel Diffenderfer), resided in Mifflin county;  Mary, died in 
her youth;  John Jackson, was for some years foreman on the Pennsylvania canal, 
married Mary M. Bratton, resided in Mifflin county, has one daughter, Clara 
(Mrs. William Rupert), of Oliver township;  Francis Marion, of Mifflin county, 
married Catherine Hart, has three children living, Edward, James R., and Rettie.
  James Ross Kimberly was a native of Wayne township, and educated in the common 
schools.  He resided with his parents until he had passed his majority;  in 
1845, he married Dorcas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Swigart.  Two of their 
children are deceased;  George Swigart, their first son of that name, who died 
when two years old;  and the youngest member of the family, Martha Dorcas, died 
aged about five years.  The eldest son, Andrew Jackson Kimberly, was born June 
11, 1847, married Anna R., daughter of William and Rosanna (Pecht) Wilson, and 
has had two children, one that died in early childhood, and Rose Ethel.  George 
Swigart (2), who was born January 27, 1851, married Mary Margaret, daughter of 
John and Nancy (Rittenhouse) Brindle;  they have eight children:  Carrie Jane;  
Elwood Vance;  Grover Cleveland;  Florence Mabel;  Andrew Guy;  Reese;  
Isabella;  and Gretta.  James Ross Kimberly was most favorably known in his 
neighborhood and among his many acquaintances, as a farmer of skill and energy, 
an honorable man, and a good friend and neighbor.  He died in the early prime of 
manhood, at the age of thirty-one, March 18, 1856;  he had survived his wife 
about a year and a half, she having departed this life October 15, 1854.  She 
was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church.  At the time of Mr. 
Kimberly's death, his three children were taken under the maternal care of their 
grandmother, Martha Ross Kimberly, who then resided in McVeytown;  with her 
Messrs. Andrew J. and George S. Kimberly had their home until they were of age.  
In 1867, the young men, with this excellent and devoted relative, removed to the 
farm which had been their father's, in Oliver township, where they still reside.  
Five years later, October 9, 1872, Martha Ross Kimberly, "full of years and good 
works," died at the age of seventy-three.  She was a member of the Presbyterian 
church.
  Mr. Kimberly's two sons have always shared the political opinions of their 
father, who was a Jefferson Democrat.  They are public-spirited men, actively 
interested, especially in local affairs and progress.  George Swigart Kimberly 
has served the township as school director.  Both are willing contributors to 
funds for church work, without distinction of creed.