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the rapid transit facilities between the business section of Boston and its numerous suburbs. He is at present making plans for the subway in Cambridge at an estimated cost of six mil- lion dollars. This extension provides for the passage of trains from Harvard Square, Cam- bridge, to Park Square, Boston, underground. It was authorized by an act of the legislature in 1906. He has charge also of the design of the elevated road from Sullivan Square, Charlestown, to Everett and Malden, at a cost of three million dollars. Boston and New York have serious problems of transportation to solve year by year. Much of the wonder- fully efficient and successful system in Boston is due to the foresight and engineering genius of Mr. Kimball.
While in Somerville he was a member of the board of health seven years; member of the board of aldermen in 1889 and 1890; and for many years a member of the water board. Since 1905 he has resided in his beautiful villa at 336 Mystic street, Arlington, Massachu- setts, overlooking Mystic Lake and much of the cities of Cambridge and Boston. He is a member of Prospect Hill Congregational Church at Somerville, and was superintendent of the Sunday school several years, also serv- ing on various church committees. Since 1905 he has attended the Congregational church in Arlington. He is a Republican in politics, and has served his party frequently as delegate to representative, senatorial and congressional nominating conventions. He is a member of John Abbott Lodge of Free Masons, of Somer- ville, since April 5, 1882; of the Knights of Honor ; of Excelsior Council, Royal Arcanum, Somerville. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; of the Boston So- ciety of Civil Engineers ; of the New England Water Works Association; of the Congrega- tional Club of Boston ; of the Winchester Coun- try Club; is a director of the Somerville Co- operative Bank; and was formerly a member of the Home Market Club of Boston.
He married, February 29, 1872, Elizabeth Emily Robbins, who was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, May 10, 1853, the daughter of Lewis and Emily (Winship) Robbins, of New Ipswich. Her father was a farmer, and a soldier in the local military company. Chil- dren : I. Herbert Leslie, born July 24, 1874 ; married, November 25, 1897, Blanche Evelyn Hosmer, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Ax- tel) Hosmer of Somerville; children: i. Hos- mer Robbins, born September 19, 1898; ii. Harlan Winship, born November 14, 1900; iii. Richard Russell, born February 3, 1905.
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2. Josephine Merriam born March 26, 1876; married October 3, 1906, Charles Kingsley Woodbridge, of Somerville, Massachusetts. 3. Ernest Robbins, born October 8, 1880, lives at home. 4. Elizabeth, born December 1, 1895.
(For early generations see Benjamin Kimball 5).
(VI) John Kimball, son of
KIMBALL Benjamin Kimball (5), was born January 10, 1736, died December 1, 1814. He married Dorothy , who died September 7, 1817. They resided in Poplin, now Fremont, New Hamp- shire, and he was one of the petitioners for annexation to Hawke, New Hampshire, in 1782. His will dated July 21, 1813, be- queathes to wife and all his children: I. Dorothy, married Richard Fitts. 2. John, born March 23, 1768, mentioned below. 3. Benjamin. 4. Abel, died August 23, 1822. 5. Moses, born April 15, 1775, died December 8, 1835, at Vienna, Maine. 6. Sarah, married Jabez Page. 7. Nathaniel, born April 4, 1780, married, November 20, 1803, Polly Bickford, of Berwick, Maine. 8. William, born March 17, 1783, resided at Vienna, Maine. 9. James, born April 22, 1785, resided at Vienna. IO. Caleb, born September 24, 1790, died Au- gust 7, 1874.
(VII) John Kimball, son of John Kimball (6), was born, at Poplin, New Hampshire, March 23, 1768, died at Topsham, Vermont, February 8, 1838. He married Hannah Peck, born August 24, 1778, died September 12, 1844. He was educated in the district schools and brought up on his father's farm. He went to Lebanon, New Hampshire, and lived there until he removed to Corinth, Vermont, and thence to Topsham, Vermont, where he died. Their child, Henry, born April 13, 1812, mentioned below.
(VIII) Henry Kimball, son of John Kim- ball (7), was born in Corinth, Vermont, April 13, 1812, and died at Bradford, Vermont. He was educated in the common schools, and brought up on his father's farm where he worked until he came of age. After he mar- ried he settled in West Topsham, Vermont, where he bought a farm. In 1848 or 1849 he sold this place and removed to Corinth, where he purchased a farm in the west vil- lage. He had a hundred and fifty acres and was a successful farmer. In his day much of the cloth used by the family was spun at home, carded and finished at a neighboring mill, and Mr. Kimball sold much of his sur- .
horses and cattle. In 1867 he sold the farm at Corinth and removed to Warren, New Hampshire, where he and his sons bought a seven hundred acre farm and engaged in the lumber business. About 1877 Mr. Kim- ball removed to Bradford, Vermont, and re- tired from active business, living his last years quietly at the home of his daughters Nellie and Susanna. He was a man of quiet tastes and sterling integrity, very industrious and enterprising. He attended the Free Will Baptist church. In politics he was a Republi- can. He served in the militia.
He married Zilpha Merrill, born at Cor- inth, January 24, 1816, daughter of Benjam- in and Patty (Kyle) Merrill. Children: I. Lu- cetta, born October 15, 1838, at Topsham; married, February 22, 1859, Alba M. Banks, of Corinth, Vermont; children: i. Alvin H., born August 16, 1867, died August 3, 1869; ii. Alta L., born August II, 1870, married, at Bradford, Vermont, March 18, 1897, Harley D. Wheatly; children: Marjorie B., born No- vember 23, 1899, and Orville P., born Feb- ruary 21, 1900; iii. Mervin E., born October 29, 1875, married, at Lancaster, New Hamp- shire, November 23, 1898, Nellie Smith. 2. Nellie Mary, born September 13, 1842, lives at Bradford; married, January 1, 1862, Abel A. Heath, of Bradford, Vermont; no issue. 3. Susannah, born March 28, 1845, lives at Bradford; married, October, 1868, Lyman J. Heath, of Bradford, Vermont; children: i. Walter Henry, born February 17, 1875, died March 30, 1875; ii. Herbert Kimball, born April 3, 1878, died September 13, 1878. 4. Charles Henry, born February 5, 1847, mar- ried (first) Flavilla C. Hanson; (second) Sarah A. Gerrish, one child, Ada Maude, born September 26, 1884, married Jay K. Bowker, of Franklin, New Hampshire, one child, Marian Elizabeth, born September 2, 1905. 5. Oscar H., born October 2, 1849, lives in Lancaster, New Hampshire; married, November 2, 1880, Sharlie A. Cossett, of Lancaster; child, Florence E., born March IO, , 1882. 6. Benjamin Franklin, born Au- gust 1, 1853, mentioned below. 7. James Monroe, born September 6, 1855, lives at Lancaster, New Hampshire; a jeweler: mar- ried (first) Eva Poor, of Offord, New Hamp- shire, one child, Wendell, born 1881; mar- ried (second), July 17, 1883, Cora I. Rowell.
(IX) Benjamin Franklin Kimball, son of Henry Kimball (8), was born in Corinth, Vermont, August 1, 1853. He attended the district school of his native town until he was 1 .1.1 .
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parents to Warren, New Hampshire, and completed his schooling in that town. He worked with his father on the farm during his youth. He was for one year clerk in the general store of Ira Weeks. In 1875 he came to Woburn and for a time was employed by A. A. Clement in his ice business and for four years was clerk in the office of James O. Cummings, tanner. Then he became a part- ner of his employer under the firm name of B. F. Kimball & Company, owning two tan- neries, one in charge of each of the partners. This partnership continued for twelve years, when Mr. Kimball's tannery was destroyed by fire and the firm was dissolved. During the following year. Mr. Kimball continued in the leather business, having his leather pre- pared at other tanyards and having his place of business in Boston. Mr. Cummings then retired from business and Mr. Kimball con- ducted the tannery for three years when that also was burned. He then leased the plant now occupied by the Linscott Heel Com- pany and continued there for two years. In August, 1904, he bought his present property at the corner of Fowle and Main streets, where he established the leather business of B. F. Kimball & Company. Mr. Kimball originally carried on the currying of the rough hides until about 1900, since when he employed the chrome tanning process, get- ting out four hundred sides a day to be made into patent leather, and most of his leather is made on contract for Thayer, Foss & Com- pany, of Boston, and put through the patent leather process at the Foucar plant. The fac- tory of B. F. Kimball & Company occu- pies a floor space of about twenty-five thou- sand square feet and employs a force of about forty hands.
Mr. Kimball is a member of the Woburn Congregational Church, having been deacon since 1883 and treasurer since 1887. He has been for eighteen years superintendent of the Sunday-school, and is a member of the par- ish committee. In politics he is a Republican; was selectman two years under the town gov- ernment; alderman in 1898-99; assessor three years in ward six; has often served his party as delegate to state and other nominating conventions. He was formerly a member of the Independent Order of Red Men; he is a member of the Young Men's Congregational Club of Boston, and of the Boston Sunday School Superintendents' Union. He was four years director of the Woburn Co-opera- tive Bank and was one of its organizers.
He married, October 28, 1880, Harriet
Celina Cummings, born December 25, 1854, daughter of James Otis and Susan Celina (Bennett) Cummings, of Woburn. Her fa- ther was a tanner. Children: I. Laura Lynne, born December 6, 1883. 2. Marion, born September 22, 1887.
WYMAN
This surname is of German origin, and was originally spelled Weymann, but for
many centuries the ancestors of the American family of this name have lived in England. The crests of the English families of Wymond and Wyman are the same.
(I) Francis Wyman, progenitor, lived in the parish of Westmill, in county Hertford . shire, where he died in 1658. He was a farmer and a man of some property. In his will dated September 15, 1658, proved Febru- ary 14, 1659, he bequeathed to wife Jane; to two sons Francis and John, "which are be- yond the sea ten pounds apiece of lawful English money to be paid to them if they be in want and come over to demand the same." The sons never had the legacies, both being prosperous citizens of Woburn, Massachu- setts. He also bequeathed to sister Susan Huitt, widow. He left his homestead to son Thomas, who was likewise the residuary le- gatee. He married, at West Mill, May 2, 1617, Elizabeth Richardson, doubtless relat- ed to the three Richardson brothers who with Wyman were among the founders of Wo- burn, Massachusetts. She was buried July 12, 1656; he was buried September 19, 1658. Children: I. Thomas, baptized April 5, 1618, remained in England ; married March 5, 1653, Ann Godfrey. 2. Francis, baptized February 24, 1619, tanner by trade; freeman May 6, 1657, proprietor of Woburn; married Decem- ber 30, 1644, Judith Peirce; second, October 2, 1650, Abigail Read, daughter of William ; died November 28, 1699, aged about eighty- two, according to his gravestone. 3. John, bap- tized February 3, 1621 ; mentioned below. 4. Richard, baptized August 31, 1628. 5. Wil- liam, baptized August 31, 1628, died July, I630.
(II) John Wyman, son of Francis Wyman (1), born in West Mill parish, Hertfordshire, England, was baptized February 3, 1621. He came to Charlestown, Massachusetts, with his brother Francis in 1640, and they were among the founders of Woburn that year. He subscribed to the town orders in Decem- ber, 1640, and was taxed there for the coun- try rate September 8, 1645. He was lieuten-
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ant of the military company; held various of- fices; was admitted freeman May 26, 1647; was a proprietor. He deposed December 18, 1660, that his age was about thirty-nine years. He married November 5, 1644, Sarah Nutt, born in England, and came to this country with her father, Myles Nutt, who settled first in Watertown, then in Woburn, and became a prominent and useful citizen. She married second, August 25, 1684, Thomas Fuller, of Woburn. He died May 9, 1684. Children: I. Samuel, born September 20, died September 27, 1646. 2. John, born March 28, 1648; died 1676; mentions in inventory housing and land given him by grandfather Nutt. 3. Sarah, born April 15, 1650; married December 15, 1669, Joseph Walker, of Billerica; died Janu- ary 26, 1729. 4. Solomon, born February 26, 1651-2; died September 22, 1725. 5. David, born April 7, 1654. 6. Elizabeth, born Janu- ary 18, 1655-6; died November 21, 1658, 7. Bathsheba, born October 6, 1658; married May 30, 1677, Nathaniel Tay, of Billerica. 8. Jonathan, born July 13, 1661. 9. Seth, born August 3, 1663; mentioned below. 10. Jacob.
(III) Seth Wyman, son of John Wyman (2), born in Woburn, August 3, 1663; mar- ried Esther, daughter of Major William Johnson, December 17, 1685. He was a lieu- tenant in the Woburn company. He died October 26, 1715. His widow Esther died March 31, 1742. Children: I. Seth, born September 13, 1686; mentioned below. 2. Esther, born October 25, 1688. 3. Sarah, born January 17, 1690-1; married Caleb Blodgett. 4. Jonathan, born November 5, 1693; died January 19, 1693-4. 5. Susanna, born June 30, 1695. 6. Abigail, born Febru- ary 6, 1698-9; married January 19, 1725, Timothy Brooks. 7. Love, born February 14, 1701-2.
(IV) Seth Wyman, son of Seth Wymalı (3), was born in Woburn, September 13, 1686. He was a soldier under Lovewell, and had charge of the company during the greater part of the day of the famous Indian fight. Sewall says of him: "At Lovewell's fight he greatly distinguished himself by his self-pos- session, fortitude and valor. All his superior officers having been killed or mortally wounded, he had then command of our men almost the whole time of its continuance; and by his prudent management and courageous example he was doubtless mainly instrument- al, under God, for preserving so many of them as were there from being utterly cut off. Seeing them in danger of being dispirited in the contest, in view of the greatly superior
numbers and other advantages of the enemy, he animated them to action (it was afterwards reported by Eleazer Davis, who was one of them), by assuring them that 'the day would yet be their own, if their spirit did not flag ;' and so encouraged were they by his exhorta- tions, and so briskly did they fire in conse- quence, that several discharged their mus- kets 'between twenty and thirty times apiece.' Immediately upon his return he was honored by Lieutenant Governor Dummer, then com- mander-in-chief of Massachusetts, with a captain's commission. He had also presented to him, in testimony of the public approbation of his valor, a silver-hilted sword. But he did not live long to enjoy his honors. To encourage volunteers to enlist against the In- dian enemy, the general court offered four shillings a day in addition to a bounty of a hundred pounds for every scalp. Many en- listed and marched under the command of Captain Wyman and others. But the ex- treme heat of the weather, and the prevalence of dysentery, prevented them from going far, and several of them died on their return, Cap- tain Wyman among the rest, before he com- pleted his thirty-ninth year, September 5, 1725." He married, January 26, 1715, Sarah Ross, of Billerica, who survived him little more than two years, dying November 5, 1727. Children: 1. Seth, born November 5, 171.5. 2. Ross, August 16, 1717. 3. Peleg, August 20, 1719. 4. Hezekiah, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, September 20, 1722.
(V) Hezekiah Wyman, son of Seth Wy- man (4), was born in Woburn, Massachu- setts, August 5, 1720. He married Sarah , and they settled in Woburn. He was baptized by the Arlington minister June 28, 1779, only a few days before his death. Chil- dren, born in Woburn: I. Hezekiah, born March 21, 1747; mentioned below. 2. Seth, March 17, 1749, died young. 3. Seth, Feb- ruary 17, 1750. 4. Daniel, March 6, 1752. 5. Sarah, May 12, 1754. 6. Isaac, December 12, 1756.
(VI) Hezekiah Wyman, son of Hezekiah Wyman (5), was born in Woburn, March 21, 1747. He settled in Weston, formerly Water- town, Massachusetts, and married at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, May 31, 1770, Abi- gail Frost. He was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war from Woburn before 1777. Chil- dren of Hezekiah and Abigail Wyman: I. Abigail, born March 20, 1771; married March 3, 1796, Joseph Cox; had son whose name was changed to Joseph Wyman, a watch- maker at Nashua, New Hampshire. 2. Sam-
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uel Frost, born June 5, 1772; mentioned be- low. 3. Hezekiah, born October 9, 1773; settled in Stow, Massachusetts; died October 13, 1803. 4. William, born May 26, 1776. 5. Amos, born July 2, 1778; married, 1803, Su- sanna Gates, of Stow. 6. Ezekiel, died De- cember 13, 1803, aged twenty-four. 7. Lydia, married February 26, 1804, David Clarke.
(VII) Samuel Frost Wyman, son of Heze- kiah Wyman (6), was born June 5, 1772, in Weston, or moved there from Woburn when quite young. He was educated in the district schools of Weston. When a young man he went to West Cambridge and learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed dur- ing his active life, and his sons Abner and John P. Wyman succeeded him in business. His shop was a popular resort for the best men of the town. His shop being centrally situated, the grappling irons for use in cases of drowning, were kept there, and he was often called upon to use them after drowning accidents. On one occasion, while trying to recover a body, he infected a sore foot, and though his leg was finally amputated in an at- tempt to save his life, he died from the effects of blood poisoning. He was upright, con- scientious, and kind; he had a sense of humor and appreciation of a good story; of strong convictions and much force of character, he was an influential citizen: In politics he was a Whig. He owned the covenant in the West Cambridge church, August 20, 1797; and died August 10, 1825, aged fifty-three years. He married November 10, 1796, Polly Palmer, born June 19, 1778, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Bemis) Palmer; she died October 4, 1863. Children, born in West Cambridge: I. Mary, born August 4, 1797; died June 18, 1885. 2. Samuel, born October 7, 1800, died December 25, 1836. He married a Widow Clark, who had a daughter by her first hus- band, Julius Clark, named Susan M. Clark, who married Abner P. Wyman. 3. Anna Elizabeth, born November 27, 1804, died June 26, 1881; married Blake. 4. Susanna Palmer, born September 15, 1807. 5. Abner P., born May 2, 1810 ; see forward. 6. John P., born July 31, 1815, died July 1, 1891; married November 16, 1843, Margaret Rich- ardson, daughter of Eben, of Arlington; chil- dren: i. Mary Ann, unmarried. ii. Sarah Elizabeth. iii. Sarah Elizabeth, married Au- gust, 1880, Frank A. Gooch, of Cambridge; child Meredith. iv. Samuel Edwin, born March 7, 1852, married Annie G. Gooch. v. John Palmer, Jr., born March 7, 1853, mar- ried Minnie Squire, of Arlington; four chil-
dren. vi. Joseph Palmer, born March 13, 1856, married October 21, 1880, Carrie W. Studley, of Hingham, Massachusetts; (Chil- dren: Forester Studley, born July 15, 1881; Gretchen, January 22, 1887; Ernest Hamil- ton, September 10, 1888; Joseph Richardson, December 21, 189-). vii. Nellie Frost, mar- ried John Harrison Atwood.
(VIII) Abner Palmer Wyman, son of Samuel Frost Wyman (7), born at West Cam- bridge (Arlington), May 2, 1810, died No- vember 2, 1884. He attended the public schools of Watertown until seventeen years of age, and learned the blacksmith trade of his father. He went to sea as a cabin boy and again as a seaman, on the brig "Volante," under Captain Phinney, having twice sailed through to ports in North Europe, but when his father died he took up his trade and con- tinued the business in company with his brother John P. Wyman, who had just fin- ished his college career. They began the manufacture of the first ice tools made in this country. Their shop was situated on the site later occupied by William T. Wood, near the present Grand Army Hall on Massachu- setts avenue, and the present Gifford Wood Company is the successor of these pioneers. The Wymans also made pitchforks, spading forks, etc. In 1845 the business was sold to William T. Wood, who had learned his trade as blacksmith under Abner P. Wyman. The Wyman brothers then devoted their attention to market gardening on the homestead until about 1857, when they dissolved partnership. Abner P. purchased the estate on Lake street, and for a short time engaged in market gar- dening, associated with Elisha N. Peirce. There have been few more successful farm- ers in Arlington than Mr. Wyman in his day. He associated with him in business his two sons Franklin and William Wyman, and later another son Daniel. At present the firm con- sists of Franklin and Daniel Wyman. Abner died November 2, 1884.
Mr. Wyman was naturally studious and, his hearing being impaired for many years, he sought company and friends chiefly in his books, of which he grew very fond. His read- ing was systematic, though covering a wide range of subjects and his mind became a rich storehouse of learning. He was very indus- trious and faithful in business. He was a prominent and influential member of the Bap- tist church, one of its trustees, and at the time of his death one of the oldest members. In politics a Republican, he was especially in- terested in the temperance reform work.
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He married November 22, 1836, Susan M. Clark, born November 5, 1815, at Boston, died at Arlington, daughter of Julius and Susan (Smith) Clark. Her father was in the trucking business. Children: I. Mary Eliza- beth, born November 1I, 1837; died May 16, 1850. 2. Susan Maria, born January 13, 1840; mentioned below. 3. Ellen Louise, born De- cember 28, 1842; died 1844. 4. Abner, Jr., born May 5, 1845; died September 16, 1847. 5. Franklin, born March 3, 1849; mentioned below. 6. William, born September 1, 1850; died February 25, 1903; married December 2, 1873, Jennie E. Upham, of Arlington; chil- dren: i. William Herbert, born January 18, 1876, died October 12, 1876; ii. Mabel Jen- nie, born September 22, 1877, unmarried; iii. . Fred Upham, born May 29, 1881; iv. Julius Clark, born February 4, 1893. 7. Anna Clark, born March 3, 1853; married November 22, 1876, Warren Lincoln Frost, of Belmont; children : i. Edith Anna Frost, born March 17, 1877; ii. John Newton Frost, born De- cember 25, 1878. 8. Daniel, born May 13, 1855; mentioned below. 9. Hattie Mariel, born August 9, 1857. 10. Emma, born Feb- ruary 9, 1860.
(IX) Daniel Wyman, son of Abner Wy- man (8), was born in Arlington, Massachu- setts, May 13, 1855. He helped his father on the farm and attended the grammar and high schools of his native town until eighteen years old, then for some time was engaged as ma- chinist under Alfred Hobbs. He worked on the farm with his father until he came of age, when he was taken into partnership with his father and brothers under the name of Abner P. Wyman & Sons. William Wyman with- drew from the firm and went west three years before the death of the head of the firm in 1884, and the business was continued by the remaining partners, Franklin and Daniel, who bought out the other interests and changed the name to the present firm of Wyman Brothers. The Wymans built among the first greenhouses used in market gardening in Arlington. At present the firm has no less than thirteen greenhouses with the best equipment, covering an area of 122,000 square feet, with a boiler house fifty by fifty, and four boilers of four hundred horse-power combined, and additional hot water boilers, forming one of the largest and best plants of the kind in New England. The firm has also sixty acres of uncovered land devoted to vegetables. In the houses they raise during the winter season three crops of lettuce and parsley, followed by a growth of cucumbers.
Their outside crops are chiefly celery, let- tuce, romaine and cabbage. They are among the leaders in the celery trade. Their produce is sent not only to Boston but to New York and Buffalo markets. They employ from twenty-five to forty men, according to the season.
Mr. Wyman is a member of the Arlington Baptist church. He is a Republican in po- litics; served for four years on the school committee, and is at present a member (1907). He is a member of the Boston Mar- ket Gardeners' Association; director of the Arlington Co-operative Bank, and was form- erly a member of the Arlington Boat Club.
He married first October 10, 1882, Jennie L. Schwamb, born November 26, 1858, died February 2, 1884, daughter of Karl and Jane (Hilton) Schwamb of Arlington, Massachu- setts ; child : 1. Elsie, born January 4, 1884, died August 9, 1885. He married second, Jan- uary 10, 1888, Cora Ina Feakins, born at Pitts- ford, Vermont, February 7, 1869, daughter of Frederick and Esther C. (Ward) Feakins, of Arlington. Frederick Feakins was a painter by trade. Children: 2. Esther Mariel, born November 28, 1888. 3. Dorothy, born May II, 1890. 4. Mildred, born March 27, 1892. 5. Frances, born November 26, 1895. 6. Cora, born December 31, 1898. 7. Elizabeth, born November 29, 1900. 8. Robert, born March 12, 1903; died January 28, 1904.
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