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Show aCNERAL KIMDALL DEAD. Know l the His Who llsfealed (tone-wall (tone-wall JaekMin. Ogden, Utah. Jan 13 Oenerat Nathan Na-than Kimball I deaJ lie pasted away last evening at sMo clock at his home, 1 Madlton avenue The end came peacefully and wat not unexpected, for ot late tho inllrmltlea of old age have been gradually prettlng down upon the old warrior and he has been confined to hit bed for teveral week. Ill daughter wa the only person rretent when he breathed hit latL Hit death hot taken away a man who played an Important part In the history of thl country and removei from the rrltst of n wido circle ol frlendt a character loved nnd trusted by people of all ages, rank, creeds and conditions. He has live surviving chltdren, Jamei N Kimball and Mist Mae Kimball of Ogden, William A. Kimball ot the United Hlntei army, talloncd at Portland, Ore 1 John Kimball, ot San Krancltco, and Mrs. K. T. (Jormsn ot Kvanston, Wyo. (lenersl Nathan Kimball was born In Fredericksburg, Washington county, coun-ty, Ind , Nov 33, IStt III father wa a native of Massachusetts 111 ancestors an-cestors caim from Kngland In the old colonial day and fought with Continental Conti-nental army In revolutionary dayi Nathan Kimball' mother died when he wa but 3 yearaof age, and hit father passed away three year later Ho wa given n common tchool education educa-tion by his grandfather, Jamet Ferguson Fergu-son In mil ho taught school nt Independence In-dependence Ma Later ho wat admitted ad-mitted to tho bar and practiced law, but abandoned this profession for that of medicine In I'll he married Mitt Martha AnnMcl'heetus About this time war waa declared against Mexico and he became a soldier Ho recruited a company and waa commissioned a captain. Alter receiving hit honorable honora-ble dltchargo he went back to medicine. medi-cine. Four day after the surrender ol Fort Sumter young Kimball waa at the bead of a company which ho had recruited re-cruited and wa toon commissioned colonel of the Fourteenth Indiana Infantry. In-fantry. For lit service In different engagements, Nathan Kimball was commissioned brevet major general. The crownlug event of his military career wat that he Is tho only man whoever defeated Htonewall Jackion (leneral Kimball was twlco elected tttte treaiurcrof Indiana, and In 1873 wa appointed turreyor general ot Utah. He wa afterward appointed postmaster at Ogden and served two term. |