BIOS: George F. KIMMEL, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania" Bedford County by 
E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 232/3

George F. KIMMEL.

George F. Kimmel, a representative citizen of Somerset, was born in Jefferson 
township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, December 30, 1837, a son of Samuel R. 
and Mary (Flich) Kimmel and grandson of John and Mary (Barker) Kimmel.  John 
Kimmel (grandfather) was born in Stony Creek township, Somerset county, and 
after his marriage to Mary Barker, a native of Milford, Somerset county, removed 
to Somerset, where his death occurred in 1858.  Their children were: Samuel K., 
deceased; George, deceased; Frederick, deceased; Lucinda, deceased; Sarah, 
deceased; John, deceased; Singleton, deceased; Ludwick, David, Elizabeth Hay and 
Rosa.  Samuel K. Kimmel (father) was born in 1808 and died in 1854; he married 
Mary Flich, born in 1808, and their children were as follows: George F., John 
H., David F., Irvin W., William S., Elizabeth, and Sophia, deceased. 
George F. Kimmel obtained his education in the common schools of Somerset 
county, attending the same until he attained the age of sixteen years.  For a 
number of years thereafter he followed the occupation of teaming, his route 
being between Somerset, Pennsylvania, and Cumberland, Maryland, after which he 
turned his attention to the hotel business, continuing the same for five years.  
He then purchased a farm, consisting of two hundred acres, at Milford, near 
Gebhart's, whereon he successfully conducted general farming for thirty years, 
and in the fall of 1897 he removed to Somerset, where he still resides.  In 
1890, during his residence in Milford, he was elected to the office of county 
commissioner, and re-elected to the same in 1897, this fact attesting to the 
high esteem in which he was held by his fellow townsmen.  His political 
allegiance is given to the Republican party, the principles of which he believes 
to be for the best form of government.
On April 12, 1861, Mr. Kimmel married Barbara Sechler, born in Milford township, 
Somerset county, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1837, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth 
(Dull) Sechler.  Jonathan Sechler was born in 1800, was a farmer all his life 
and died in Milford township, Somerset county, in 1870.  He was a son of Daniel 
Sechler, a native of Milford township, Somerset county, and a prosperous farmer 
thereof.  Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kimmel, namely: Carrie, 
Elizabeth, Emma, Edward, Martha; John, deceased, and Ross, deceased.