Thomas Lord Kimball
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| Born | October 1, 1831 Buxton, York County, Maine, USA |
| 💀Died | October 9, 1899 (age 68) Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USAOctober 9, 1899 (age 68) |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United States |
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| 👩 Spouse(s) | Mary Porter Rogers Kimball |
| 👶 Children | Francis Rogers Kimball Holdrege, Arabel Mary Kimball, Thomas Rogers Kimball, Richard Rogers Kimball |
Thomas Lord Kimball (1831–1899), born in Buxton, Maine, was an American businessman, railroad executive, and industrialist in Omaha, Nebraska. For more than forty years, Kimball advanced the development of rail transportation in the United States. The only thing that prevented him from reaching the pinnacle of this industry was his strict moral sensitivity, perhaps attributed to his Puritan ancestry.[1]
Early life
His father and grandfather were both soldiers; the latter, Joshua Kimball, fought in the American Revolutionary War, and the former, Amos Kimball, in the War of 1812.[1] Kimball taught school during the late 1840s and early 1850s before becoming interested in the passenger railway business. He married Mary Porter Rogers in 1855 and had four children, including notable architect Thomas Rogers Kimball (1862–1934).[2]
Career
In 1857, Kimball and his family moved to Ohio, and in 1859 he began working for an amateur newspaper and wrote a series of articles about the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In 1860 he became an agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad, for which he spent over a decade as southwestern passenger agent, assistant general passenger agent, and general western passenger agent.
In 1871, Kimball's associate Thomas A. Scott was made president of the Union Pacific Railway Company and appointed Kimball its general passenger and ticket agent. That same year, Kimball moved to Omaha, where he would spend most of the rest of his life. In 1880, Sidney Dillon, president of the Union Pacific railroad, appointed Kimball as assistant general manager, and by 1889, third vice-president—in addition to being president of the Union Depot Company. Upon the death of Thomas J Potter in 1888, Kimball was elected Vice President and general manager, a position held until 1890.[3] Kimball left the Union Pacific in 1896 and died in 1899.[4]
Kimball was also active in the early development of Omaha. In 1879 he was one of the incorporators of the Omaha Electric Company and in 1888, of its successor, the Nebraska Telephone Company. He was president of the Omaha Thomson-Houston Electric Light Company, a director of the Union National Bank, a founder of the Associated Charities of Omaha, and was identified with many other large enterprises and charities both public and private.[1]
Legacy
Established in 1870 Kimball, Nebraska was originally called Antelopeville when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point.[5] It was renamed in 1885 in honor of Thomas Lord Kimball and incorporated in 1888.[6]
Kimball County, Nebraska was also named in his honor.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wakely, Arthur Cooper, S.J.Omaha: The Gate City, and Douglas County, Nebraska - Clarke Pub. Co., 1917- Vol. II, pp. 818-9
- ↑ Obituary (October 10, 1899, Omaha World-Herald, evening edition, pages 7 & 8
- ↑ Fogarty, Joan M, Thomas Rogers Kimball - Nebraska Architect, 2019, Printed in Omaha, Nebraska, ISBN # 978-0-578-40122-5, pp. 1-2
- ↑ "Thomas Lord Kimball Papers" Online Archive of California, Huntington Library, Manuscripts Department
- ↑ Burr, George L. (1921). History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 123.
- ↑ Shumway, Grant Lee (1921). History of Western Nebraska and Its People. Western Publishing & Engraving Company. p. 329.
- ↑ "History of Omaha from the Pioneer Days to the Present Time," by Alfred Rasmus Sorenson. 1889. Page 248
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