Wilbert Clint Kimball

1864 - 1950  (85 years)

• Name	Wilbert Clint Kimball
  	Went by the nickname Clint. [1]
  Nickname	Clint, Clinton, Wilbur, Will
  Birth	6 Nov 1864	Fulton County, Illinois, United States   [2]
  	Obituary has Hancock County, Illinois, in error.
  Gender	Male
  Mayflower Descent	Yes.
  Residence	16 Jun 1880	Benton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	1880 census.
  Residence	11 Apr 1930	Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	1930 census.
  Occupation	11 Apr 1930	Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	Farmer, general farm. 1930 census.
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	1940 census.
  Residence	19 Apr 1940	Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	1940 census.
  Residence	5 Apr 1950	Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	1950 census.
  Death	7 May 1950	Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States   [2, 3]
  Burial	9 May 1950	Bethel Cemetery, Grant Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I136	Cook-Delmotte Family | Cook
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Rufus Osmore Kimball,   b. Cal 24 Aug 1838, Vermont, United States d. 22 Jan 1895, Worth County, Missouri, United States (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Sarah A. Markee,   b. Abt 1836, Harrison County, Ohio, United States d. 1870, Worth County, Missouri, United States (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1861	Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  Notes	Other children with Sarah Markee (unverified): Florence Effie Kimball (1862-1938), Emma Jane Kimball (1867-1923), Leonidas Benton Kimball (1869-1957). Rufus married second in Union County, Iowa, 6 Feb 1872, Mary Jane Cutshall. Their children: George Milton Kimball (1874-1936), Clarence Geoffrey Kimball (1876-1952), Leanna (Kimball) Miller (1878-1969), Mabel (Kimball) (Walston) Turner (1881-1972), Priscilla Blanche (Kimball) Roberts (1885-1973). [5]
  Documents		Marriage Record of Rufus Osmore Kimball and Sarah A. Markee (1861)
  		Marriage Record of Rufus Osmore Kimball and Mary Jane Cutshall (1872) Union County, Iowa. Marriage Records, v. 1B, p. 163 (FSL DGS 4310397, image 172).
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Myrtle Watts,   b. 5 Jan 1886, Nebraska, United States d. 2 Dec 1950, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1923	Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States   [6]
  Children	+ 1. Jeanie Marie Kimball,   b. 4 Mar 1927, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States d. 22 Aug 2022, Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2024

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Kimball House, Mount Ayr, Iowa Kimball House, Mount Ayr, Iowa, located eight blocks north of courthouse. Photographer unknown. Date unknown. Original in the collection of Cheryl (Kimball) Spoor, Davenport, Iowa; digital version sent by her to Christopher Duane Cook, 29 Jul 2026.
  		Portrait of Wilbert Clint Kimball and Nellie Myrtle (Watts) Kimball (about 1940?) Photographer unknown. About 1940? Original in the collection of Cheryl (Kimball) Spoor, Davenport, Iowa; digital version sent by her to Christopher Duane Cook, 29 Jul 2026.
  		Portrait of Wilbert Clinton Kimball, Nellie Myrtle (Watts) Kimball, Wilbur Kimball, and Jennie/Jeanie Marie Kimball (about 1945) Photographer unknown. About 1945. Original in the collection of Cheryl (Kimball) Spoor, Davenport, Iowa; digital version sent by her to Christopher Duane Cook, 29 Jul 2026.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1880 Census - Benton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States - Kimball
  		Obituary of Mary Jane (Cutshall) Kimball (1922) "Obituary—Mrs. Jane Kimball." Mount Ayr Record-News (29 Nov 1922), p. [1], https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-ayr-record-news-mary-jane-cutshal/190021335/ .
  		Marriage Record of Wilbert Kimble and Nellie Watts (1923)
  		Birth Certificate of Jennie "Jeanie" Marie Kimball (1927) (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		Census 1930 - United States--Iowa--Ringgold County--Mount Ayr - Kimball
  		Census 1940 - United States--Iowa--Ringgold County--Mount Ayr - Kimball
  		Marriage Record of Clyde Eugene Morrell and Jeanie Marie Kimball (1945)
  		Census 1950 - United States--Iowa--Ringgold County--Mount Ayr - Kimball
  		Death Certificate of Wilbert Clint Kimball (1950)
  		Executor's Sale Advertisement, Estate of Nellie (Watts) Kimball (1950) Mount Ayr Record-News (Mount Ayr, Iowa), 14 Dec 1950, p. 3.
  		Executor's Sale Advertisement, Estate of Wilbert Clint Kimball (1950) Mount Ayr Record-News (Mount Ayr, Iowa), 21 Dec 1950, p. 11.
  		Death Certificate of Jeanie Marie Kimball (2022) (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S426] Ingersoll, Jeanette Marie, interviewee; Christopher D. Cook, interviewer, Interviews with Jeanette Marie (Morrell) Rigg Ingersoll, 2024-. [S137] Obituary—W. Clint Kimball, (Mount Ayr Record-News (Mount Ayr, Iowa), 11 May 1950, p. 4), https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-ayr-record-news-w-clint-kimball-o/190018766/. [S25] Iowa. Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951, (Des Moines, Iowa: State of Iowa, Department of General Services, Records Management Division, Micrographics Section, 1980), Death certificates, Pottawattamie-Winnebago Counties, Reel D-50-5, 1950 [FHL Film 104073006, Image 1002], https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4092300. [S1] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11866067/wilbert-clinton-kimball. [S339] Obituary—Mrs. Jane Kimball, (Mount Ayr, Iowa: Mount Ayr Record-News (29 Nov 1922), p. [1]), https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-ayr-record-news-mary-jane-cutshal/190021335/. [S26] Iowa. Department of Public Health, Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2014), 1923, vol. 5, image 219, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/8823/.