James F. Kimbell
Full Name: James F. KimbellDate of birth: April 13, 1846
Date of death: December 1, 1935
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 60 | Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 | 25th | Democrat | Groesbeck / Limestone | Limestone |
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House District 60
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 Legislatures: 25th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone Counties in district: Limestone |
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Obituary, "Judge Kimbell Dies in Groesbeck Home," The Mexia Weekly Herald, 12/6/1935, p. 4, crediting Gibbs Memorial Library. James F. Kimbell, born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1846, Confederate veteran, "served in public office for 49 years—as county attorney six years, county judge six years, legislature two years, district attorney 25 years, and then as probation officer, a post he held when he died." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Brief biographical sketch, James Kimbell, pp. 157-158. Born 4/13/1846 in Memphis, Tennessee. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Company H, Anderson's Battalion, 1st Arkansas Regiment, General Dobbins Brigade; no James Kimbell, Kimball, or Kimble found by War Department in Company H, 1st (Dobbin's) Arkansas Cavalry, for January-February 1864; affidavits and correspondence. James Kimbell of Groesbeck, Limestone County, birth date 4/13/1846 in Shelby, Tennessee, 5-6 miles southeast of Memphis; death date 12/1/1935 in Limestone County; widow Mrs. Annie V. Kimbell, marriage date 4/4/1880 in Limestone County. Pension File Nos. 45619 (James Kimbell) and 51660 (James Kimbell), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company H, 1st Arkansas Regiment. James Kimbell, death date 12/1/1935. United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949. FamilySearch.
- Confederate States Army, Company H, 1st Arkansas Regiment. Military grave marker, James Kimbell, birth date 4/13/1846, death date 12/1/1935, portraits, burial in Faulkenberry Cemetery, Groesbeck, Limestone County. Find a Grave.
Other Resources
- James Kimbell, birth date 4/13/1846 in Memphis, Tennessee; death date 12/1/1935 in Limestone County, Texas; lawyer, wife Annie V. Kimbell. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Photographs
- Photograph. J.F. Kimbell, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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25th R.S. - 1897
Claims and Accounts Counties and County Boundaries Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Judiciary No. 2 |
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