Rufus Osmore Kimball

Cal 1838 - 1895  (56 years)

• Name	Rufus Osmore Kimball
  	Rufus's middle name "Osmore" seems to appear only in his widow Mary Jane (Cutshall) Kimball's obituary; a search of all applicable vital, social program, and census records and obituaries of Rufus, his two wives, and his nine children revealed only the initial, not the full name.
  Birth	Cal 24 Aug 1838	Vermont, United States
  	Birthdate calculated from age at death on gravestone: "56Y. 4M. 28D." (died 22 Jan 1895). Place from censuses and obituary.
  Gender	Male
  Mayflower Descent	Yes.
  Residence	28 Oct 1850	Pleasant Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  	1850 census.
  Residence	14 Jul 1860	Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  	Living in the household of his brother William S. Kimball. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBF-9RZW
  Occupation	14 Jul 1860	Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  	Sawyer. 1860 census. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBF-9RZW
  Residence	1865	Birmingham Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States
  	1865 Illinois state census.
  Residence	From Abt 1866	Missouri, United States
  Tax	20 Apr 1866	Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  	R. O. Kimball owed $7.20 in back taxes and $15.41 in taxes for the year 1865 on 120 acres in Bernadotte Township (NE & W1/2 SE of Section 7). The Fulton Democrat (Lewistown, Illinois), 20 Apr 1866, p. [1] ( https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fulton-democrat-fulton-county-back-t/184377996/ ).
  Residence	16 Jun 1880	Benton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	1880 census.
  Occupation	16 Jun 1880	Benton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	Farmer. 1880 census.
  Residence	1885	Washington Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	1885 Iowa state census. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QCT-QB
  Occupation	1885	Washington Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
  	Farmer. 1885 Iowa state census. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QCT-QB
  Death	22 Jan 1895	Worth County, Missouri, United States
  Burial	Aft 22 Jan 1895	Lotts Grove Cemetery, Allendale, Worth County, Missouri, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I138	Cook-Delmotte Family | Cook
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Rufus Porter Kimball,   b. 27 Aug 1800, Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States d. 21 Mar 1848, Bernadotte, Fulton County, Illinois, United States (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Nancy Thompson,   b. Abt 1803, Vermont, United States d. 29 Apr 1852, Fulton County, Illinois, United States (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1824	Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States
  Notes	Other children: Laura A. Kimball (1826-1850), Mary Elizabeth Kimball (1826-1898), Isaac Pettengill Kimball (1828-1854), Sarah Ann Kimball (b. 1830), William S. Kimball (1832-1862), Ebenezer T. Kimball (1836-1915), and Daniel W. Kimball (b. 1842 or 1843).
  Documents		Marriage Record of Rufus Porter Kimball and Nancy Thompson (1824) Danville (Vermont), Town Clerk. Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1747-Aug. 2001. Vol. 1 (1793-1838), p. 235 (FSL DGS 5460127, image 133 of 450).
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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). [2]
  Children	+ 1. Wilbert Clint Kimball,   b. 6 Nov 1864, Fulton County, Illinois, United States d. 7 May 1950, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States (Age 85 years)
  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
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2026

  
  

• Photos

  Portrait of Rufus O. Kimball Image scanned from photostatic copy of photograph owned by Jane Fordyce Rhoades. Uploaded to Ancestry.com on 16 Apr 2011 by David Fordyce. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/7306763/person/48579034719/media/61764cf4-50ad-4022-8575-976d63ef682c

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Probate Record of Rufus Porter Kimball (1848 etc.) Probate Records (Caledonia County, Vermont), 1796-1924. Vol. 18 (1846-1852), p. 136-137, 146-147, and 507-508 (FSL DGS 7714864, images 89-90, 94-95, and 217-218 of 560).
  		Selections from Heirs of Rufus Porter Kimball Estate Packet (1848 etc.)
  		Heirs of Rufus Porter Kimball Estate Packet (1848 etc.) Probate Court (Fulton County, Illinois). Estate Packets, ca. 1830-1922. Packet no. 1243, In the Matter of the Estate of Heirs R. P. Kimball Deceased (FSL DGS 7655891, images 193-239 of 2127).
  		Census 1850 - Pleasant Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States - Kimball
  		Marriage Record of Rufus Osmore Kimball and Sarah A. Markee (1861)
  		Illinois State Census 1865 - Birmingham Township, Schuyler County - Kimball
  		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).
  		1880 Census - Benton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, United States - Kimball
  		Obituary of Rufus O. Kimball (1895) The Ringgold Record (Mount Ayr, Iowa), 31 January 1895, p. [4].
  		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)
  		Death Certificate of Wilbert Clint Kimball (1950)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71488300/rufus-osmore-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/.