Alonzo Kimball (November 29, 1808August 7, 1900) was an American politician. He served as mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1871 and 1873. He is also the grandfather of American portrait painter and illustrator Alonzo Myron Kimball (18741923).

Early life and career

Alonzo Kimball was born in

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, the fifth of twelve children to Ruel and Hannah Kimball. He attended

Union College Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...

and

Andover Theological Seminary Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover, Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy. From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambridge. ...

. Kimball had intended to become a clergyman, but health problems kept him from doing so. He married the daughter of a clergyman when he married Sarah Weston (18111891), daughter of Rev. Isaiah Weston of

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, in 1840. The couple had six children: William, Sarah, Mary, Alonzo, Charles and Mather. Alonzo Kimball and his family relocated to

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in 1847 and then moved to Green Bay in 1849. After a few years of teaching in the public school in Green Bay, he decided to change careers, and he established a successful hardware store there. In Green Bay he also served as mayor in 1871 and 1873, as a city

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, a member of the local school board, and as postmaster from 1877 to 1884. Green Bay named a street after him, Kimball Street.

Death

At the time of his death in 1900, at age 91, he was the oldest living graduate of Union College. He was survived by five of his six children.Profile
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References

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