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James P. Kimball

Full Name: James Putnam Kimball

Geologist/Mining Engineer

Centurion, 1866–1913

Proposed by
Ogden N. Rood and Charles F. Chandler
born April 26, 1836
Salem, Massachusetts
died October 23, 1913
Cody, Wyoming
elected November 3, 1866
Age thirty
buried Mount Auburn Cemetery,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
proposer of
seconder of supporter of
Member portrait of James P. Kimball
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 3, Leaf 87
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Century Memorial

James Putnam Kimball, an eminent geologist and mining engineer, and one who did scientific work upon many important surveys and expeditions. He served through our civil war on the staffs of McClellan, Burnside, Meade, and Hooker, and was brevetted Major for gallantry in the Wilderness Campaign. From 1885 to 1888 he made an admirable Director of the Mint, to which prominent post he was appointed by President Cleveland.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1914 Century Association Yearbook

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