A. P. Kimball, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on page 1181 in "History of Dakota 
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				A. P. KIMBALL, M. D. 

	Dr. A. P. Kimball, physician and surgeon successfully practicing 
at Colome, is well qualified to take care of onerous professional 
duties, having in May, 1915, established a well equipped hospital. He 
was born in La Platte, Nebraska, March 14, 1885, a son of Levi and 
Emily (Wilkinson) Kimball. The father was a pioneer farmer of Nebraska, 
settling in that state in 1855 when the work of civilization and 
improvement seemed scarcely begun there. He operated a ferry across the 
Platte river before the building of the railroads and owned the first 
livery stable in Omaha. In fact he was closely connected with many of 
the early events which left their impress upon the early settlement and 
upbuilding of that state. Both he and 0a wife have passed away. 

	Dr. Kimball mastered the elementary branches of learning taught 
in the district schools and afterward attended the Nebraska City high 
school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1904. He decided 
upon the practice of medicine as a life work and in preparation 
therefore entered the Creighton Medical College of Nebraska, in which 
he completed a course by graduation with the class of 1908. He then 
located for practice in Wahoo, Nebraska, where he remained for a year, 
and also spent a year at Creston, that state, before removing to 
Colome, South Dakota, where he is now the only physician. He 
established his hospital in May, 1915, and has accommodations for 
twelve patients. The hospital is splendidly equipped with all modern 
medical and surgical appliances, including, the latest improved 
surgical instruments, permitting him to perform all the major 
operations. He has marked skill in surgery and at the same time 
displays sound judgment in administering those remedial agencies which 
check the ravages of disease. 

	On the 26th of November, 1908, Dr. Kimball was united in marriage 
to Miss Mary Ellen Boland, a daughter of Matthias and Johanna (Ahearn) 
Boland. To them have been born three children, namely: Albert, Mary and 
Robert. Dr. Kimball belongs to the Episcopal church, while the 
religious faith of his wife and children is that of the Catholic 
church. He votes with the democratic party and he belongs to the 
Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the degree of Master 
Mason, but these things are all subservient to his professional duties. 
He keeps in touch with modern thought and research along medical lines 
through his membership in the Rosebud Medical Association, the State 
Medical Association, the Missouri Valley Medical Association and the 
American Medical Association, and when professional duties allow him 
leisure he turns to outdoor sports and to hunting and fishing for rest 
and recreation.