Mayor of Green Bay: 1871, 1873
Submitted biography:
Alonzo Kimball was one of the oldest residents of Green Bay. He died at age 92. Mr. Kimball was born at LeRoy, Jefferson county, New York, November 20, 1808, the fifth of a family of twelve children, four of whom lived to their golden wedding. His golden wedding occurred in Green Bay in 1890. Shortly after that his wife died at age 80. His youth was spent on a farm. Ambitious for an education, he worked his way through Union college, from which he was graduated in 1838, at the time of his death the oldest living graduate of that institution. He entered Andover Theological seminary, intending to follow the profession of his father, as a clergyman, but abandoned it on account of delicate health. He became a teacher and then principal of the Lee Academy at Lee, Mass. In 1840 Alonzo married Sarah Weston of Dalton, Mass. They had six children, five of whom survive him. He came West in 1847, by the steamer Jim Woods, from Buffalo to Milwaukee, and with his brother-in-law, Dr. Josiah Weston, established a general merchandise store on East Water street. Two years later he moved to Green Bay, where after a few years of teaching in the public school he engaged in the hardware trade. He was mayor of Green Bay for several terms and for many years president of the board of education. In 1871, when Peshtigo and other North Wisconsin villages were wiped out by forest fires, he was made treasurer of the relief committee and in that capacity had charge of the distribution of over a quarter of a million of dollars, which had been contributed from all parts of the world. It is worthy of mention that on a careful auditing of his accounts it was found that he had paid out to the sufferers of that awful calamity more money than he had received. For over forty years he was an elder in the First Presbyterian church of Green Bay, resigning because of failing health. In politics he was a Republican. As on of the original abolitionists he at one time assisted Rev. Jeremiah Porter in helping a family of runaway slaves on their way to Canada. The manner in which these fugitives were concealed in the belfry of the old church and there supplied with food until the arrival of the Buffalo boat is a matter of history. The name Alonzo Kimball for half a century in Green Bay was a synonym for personal and business and for right living. Probably no merchant who ever did business had so many friends, and it is very sure that no man can say he ever received wrong at Mr. Kimball's hands.
Submitted biography:
Alonzo Kimball was one of the oldest residents of Green Bay. He died at age 92. Mr. Kimball was born at LeRoy, Jefferson county, New York, November 20, 1808, the fifth of a family of twelve children, four of whom lived to their golden wedding. His golden wedding occurred in Green Bay in 1890. Shortly after that his wife died at age 80. His youth was spent on a farm. Ambitious for an education, he worked his way through Union college, from which he was graduated in 1838, at the time of his death the oldest living graduate of that institution. He entered Andover Theological seminary, intending to follow the profession of his father, as a clergyman, but abandoned it on account of delicate health. He became a teacher and then principal of the Lee Academy at Lee, Mass. In 1840 Alonzo married Sarah Weston of Dalton, Mass. They had six children, five of whom survive him. He came West in 1847, by the steamer Jim Woods, from Buffalo to Milwaukee, and with his brother-in-law, Dr. Josiah Weston, established a general merchandise store on East Water street. Two years later he moved to Green Bay, where after a few years of teaching in the public school he engaged in the hardware trade. He was mayor of Green Bay for several terms and for many years president of the board of education. In 1871, when Peshtigo and other North Wisconsin villages were wiped out by forest fires, he was made treasurer of the relief committee and in that capacity had charge of the distribution of over a quarter of a million of dollars, which had been contributed from all parts of the world. It is worthy of mention that on a careful auditing of his accounts it was found that he had paid out to the sufferers of that awful calamity more money than he had received. For over forty years he was an elder in the First Presbyterian church of Green Bay, resigning because of failing health. In politics he was a Republican. As on of the original abolitionists he at one time assisted Rev. Jeremiah Porter in helping a family of runaway slaves on their way to Canada. The manner in which these fugitives were concealed in the belfry of the old church and there supplied with food until the arrival of the Buffalo boat is a matter of history. The name Alonzo Kimball for half a century in Green Bay was a synonym for personal and business and for right living. Probably no merchant who ever did business had so many friends, and it is very sure that no man can say he ever received wrong at Mr. Kimball's hands.
Mayor of Green Bay: 1871, 1873
Submitted biography:
Alonzo Kimball was one of the oldest residents of Green Bay. He died at age 92. Mr. Kimball was born at LeRoy, Jefferson county, New York, November 20, 1808, the fifth of a family of twelve children, four of whom lived to their golden wedding. His golden wedding occurred in Green Bay in 1890. Shortly after that his wife died at age 80. His youth was spent on a farm. Ambitious for an education, he worked his way through Union college, from which he was graduated in 1838, at the time of his death the oldest living graduate of that institution. He entered Andover Theological seminary, intending to follow the profession of his father, as a clergyman, but abandoned it on account of delicate health. He became a teacher and then principal of the Lee Academy at Lee, Mass. In 1840 Alonzo married Sarah Weston of Dalton, Mass. They had six children, five of whom survive him. He came West in 1847, by the steamer Jim Woods, from Buffalo to Milwaukee, and with his brother-in-law, Dr. Josiah Weston, established a general merchandise store on East Water street. Two years later he moved to Green Bay, where after a few years of teaching in the public school he engaged in the hardware trade. He was mayor of Green Bay for several terms and for many years president of the board of education. In 1871, when Peshtigo and other North Wisconsin villages were wiped out by forest fires, he was made treasurer of the relief committee and in that capacity had charge of the distribution of over a quarter of a million of dollars, which had been contributed from all parts of the world. It is worthy of mention that on a careful auditing of his accounts it was found that he had paid out to the sufferers of that awful calamity more money than he had received. For over forty years he was an elder in the First Presbyterian church of Green Bay, resigning because of failing health. In politics he was a Republican. As on of the original abolitionists he at one time assisted Rev. Jeremiah Porter in helping a family of runaway slaves on their way to Canada. The manner in which these fugitives were concealed in the belfry of the old church and there supplied with food until the arrival of the Buffalo boat is a matter of history. The name Alonzo Kimball for half a century in Green Bay was a synonym for personal and business and for right living. Probably no merchant who ever did business had so many friends, and it is very sure that no man can say he ever received wrong at Mr. Kimball's hands.
Submitted biography:
Alonzo Kimball was one of the oldest residents of Green Bay. He died at age 92. Mr. Kimball was born at LeRoy, Jefferson county, New York, November 20, 1808, the fifth of a family of twelve children, four of whom lived to their golden wedding. His golden wedding occurred in Green Bay in 1890. Shortly after that his wife died at age 80. His youth was spent on a farm. Ambitious for an education, he worked his way through Union college, from which he was graduated in 1838, at the time of his death the oldest living graduate of that institution. He entered Andover Theological seminary, intending to follow the profession of his father, as a clergyman, but abandoned it on account of delicate health. He became a teacher and then principal of the Lee Academy at Lee, Mass. In 1840 Alonzo married Sarah Weston of Dalton, Mass. They had six children, five of whom survive him. He came West in 1847, by the steamer Jim Woods, from Buffalo to Milwaukee, and with his brother-in-law, Dr. Josiah Weston, established a general merchandise store on East Water street. Two years later he moved to Green Bay, where after a few years of teaching in the public school he engaged in the hardware trade. He was mayor of Green Bay for several terms and for many years president of the board of education. In 1871, when Peshtigo and other North Wisconsin villages were wiped out by forest fires, he was made treasurer of the relief committee and in that capacity had charge of the distribution of over a quarter of a million of dollars, which had been contributed from all parts of the world. It is worthy of mention that on a careful auditing of his accounts it was found that he had paid out to the sufferers of that awful calamity more money than he had received. For over forty years he was an elder in the First Presbyterian church of Green Bay, resigning because of failing health. In politics he was a Republican. As on of the original abolitionists he at one time assisted Rev. Jeremiah Porter in helping a family of runaway slaves on their way to Canada. The manner in which these fugitives were concealed in the belfry of the old church and there supplied with food until the arrival of the Buffalo boat is a matter of history. The name Alonzo Kimball for half a century in Green Bay was a synonym for personal and business and for right living. Probably no merchant who ever did business had so many friends, and it is very sure that no man can say he ever received wrong at Mr. Kimball's hands.
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