Rufus Porter Kimball

1800 - 1848  (47 years)

• Name	Rufus Porter Kimball
  Birth	27 Aug 1800	Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1840	Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  	1840 census.
  Event	10 Mar 1843	Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  	Purchased 80 acres of land in what is now Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, through the Quincy, Illinois, General Land Office. Residence entered as Fulton County. Final land patent (No. 16386) issued 10 Mar 1843. N 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Section 21. Land located at 40.39813 N, 90.27913 W.
  Mayflower Descent	Yes.
  Death	21 Mar 1848	Bernadotte, Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  	Last will written 20 Mar 1848, presented for probate 22 Mar 1848. Newspaper says 21: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-johnsbury-caledonian/88138158
  Burial	Aft 21 Mar 1848
  	Possibly buried on his land. Not found in: Cemetery Inscriptions of Fulton County Illinois, v. 12. Astoria and Bernadotte Townships (Fulton County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1987). [1]
  Person ID	I140	Cook-Delmotte Family | Cook
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Isaac Kimball,   b. 3 Feb 1774, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States d. 15 Jul 1847, Cabot, Washington County, Vermont, United States (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Ruth Goodwin,   b. Cal Abt 1774, United States d. 16 Mar 1846, Cabot, Washington County, Vermont, United States (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1796	United States
  	First son Isaac, Jr., born 21 Jun 1797, Bath or Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire (FSL DGS 4667009, image 437 of 4067).
  Family ID	F222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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).
  Children	+ 1. Rufus Osmore Kimball,   b. Cal 24 Aug 1838, Vermont, United States d. 22 Jan 1895, Worth County, Missouri, United States (Age 56 years)
  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
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Birth Record of Rufus Kimball (1800) Danville (Vermont), Town Clerk. Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1747-Aug. 2001. Vol. 1 (1793-1838), p. 331 (FSL DGS 5460127, image 182 of 450).
  		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).
  		Census 1840 - Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States - Kimball
  		Land Patent - Fulton County, Illinois - Rufus P. Kimball (10 Mar 1843)
  		Probate Record of Isaac Kimball (1848 etc.) Probate Records (Caledonia County, Vermont), 1796-1924. Vol. 18 (1846-1852), p. 196-203, 526-529, and 577-578 (FSL DGS 7714864, images 120-124, 226-227, and 252 of 560).
  		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).
  		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).
  		Selections from Heirs of Rufus Porter Kimball Estate Packet (1848 etc.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S429] Cemetery Inscriptions of Fulton County Illinois, v. 12. Astoria and Bernadotte Townships, (Fulton County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1987).