1761–1826

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 15, 1761, Tops­field, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Ju­ly 24, 1826, alms­house, Tops­field, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Jacob was the son of Ja­cob Kim­ball and Pris­cil­la Smith.

He gra­du­at­ed from Har­vard Col­lege in 1780. He stu­died law with Judge Wet­more of Sa­lem, Mas­sa­chu­setts, and was ad­mit­ted to the bar in Straf­ford, New Hamp­shire, in 1795.

He taught mu­sic in ma­ny New Eng­land towns, com­pos­ed vocal mu­sic, and wrote a lit­tle po­et­ry.

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Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Kim­ball (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),