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Abraham Haupt |
Abraham Haupt was born on Feb. 17, 1785 in Bucks County, PA, the son of John "Henry" Sebastian and Maria Catharina (Younken) Haupt/Houpt.
At the age of just 20 days, the baby was baptized in the St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Williams Township, Northampton County. A record was written in German in the pastor's papers, spelling the parents' names as "Heinrich Haupt" and "Maria Cattharina." The infant's uncle Abraham Youngken, spelled "Junkin," is believed to have been a witness.
In 1818, at the age of about 33, Abraham wed Catherine Von Billiard (Feb. 8, 1797-1879 ? ) of Northampton County, PA.
Their family of seven children included Catherine "Kate" Baker, Sarah Hundardesse, Mary Baker, Eliza Frazer, Jemima Haupt, Edwin Sebastian Haupt and Henrietta Sebastina Kimball.
They migrated to Illinois between 1825 and 1830, settling in Mount Carmel, Wabash County, as indicated by the 1830 United States Census. The 1850 federal census enumeration shows them in Wabash, with his name spelled "Hopp" and his occupation stated as "farmer."
Grief covered the family when daughter Jemima died at the age of about 23 on Dec. 1, 1853.
The U.S. Census of 1860 places the family in Pleasant Hill, Wabash County, with them receiving their mail through the Gards Point Post Office. At that time, only daughter Henrietta was in their household.
Then in 1870, census records show the Haupts in Lick Prairie, Wabash County, still with Gards Point as their post office location.
Abraham passed into the arms of the angels on Sept. 29, 1874. At that time, per the terms of his last will and testament, he owned a tract of 120 acres valued at $1,500 and divided it between his living children. He named his son Edwin as the executor and granted him an extra share of the estate "in lieu of compensation for his taking Care of us and supplying the wants and necessities of his Mother." The document was witnessed by John F. Younken (connection not yet known) and Barber A. Shearer.
Catherine lived on for another five years. Her name was mentioned in the April 7, 1877 edition of the Evansville (IN) Journal, at age 80, saying she "is the oldest lady in Wabash County, Ill."
Death claimed her on May 1, 1879. Burial was in Baker Family Cemetery in Wabash County. No stones are known to mark their final resting places.
~ Daughter Catherine "Kate" (Haupt) Baker ~
Daughter Catherine "Kate" Haupt (1819- ? ) was born on Feb. 11, 1819.
She was unmarried as of 1850, when she shared a home with her married sister Eliza Frazier in Waltz, Wabash County, IN.
On Dec. 10, 1856, in nuptials held at Reading, PA, she married her widowed uncle by marriage, Dr. Ezra Baker Jr. (Dec. 23, 1794-1870). The pair did not reproduce. See the Baker biography for more.
~ Daughter Sarah (Haupt) Hunderdasse ~
Daughter Sarah Haupt (1821-1850) was born on Oct. 10, 1821.
She was joined in marriage with (?) Hunderdasse ( ? - ? ), also spelled "Hundardesse" and "Hunderdassa," a pastor of the Lutheran Church. He is believed to have been "Rev. C." Hunderdasse, who served the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church two miles southwest of Olney in the 1850s.
Later, Rev. Hunderdasse led the Salem Evangelical Lutheran congregation, renamed Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Together, they produced a duo of children, both of whom died young.
Sarah died on either June 28 or July 9, 1850. Interment was in the Baker Family Cemetery in Gard's Point, Wabash County.
~ Daughter Mary (Haupt) Baker ~
Daughter Mary Haupt (1822-1875) was born on Jan. 24, 1822.
On June 6, 1841, she entered into wedlock with George W.S. Baker (1816- ? ), a New Jersey native and a half-brother of her uncle by marriage Dr. Ezra Baker.
They settled on a farm in Wabash County, IL.
Nine offspring in this family were Ruth Eliza Baker, Florence Sebastina Baker, Franklin A.B. Baker, William Haupt Baker, Dora Catherine Baker, Effie Caroline Baker, Ezra George Baker, Nellie Marie Baker and Abraham Lincoln Baker.
When the federal census enumeration was made in 1860, the Bakers dwelled in Bonpas, Wabash County.
George may have died during the 1860s, as Mary is shown in the 1870 census as heading a household of their children in Lick Prairie, Wabash County. In addition to Mary's seven children, teenager Sarah Gard lived under her roof in 1870.
Mary died at Wabash on June 27, 1875.
Daughter Ruth Eliza Baker (1844- ? ) was born on Oct. 5, 1844 in Illinois. Single at the age of 24, she was employed as a teacher and lived at home in Lick Prairie, Wabash County, IL.
Daughter Florence Sebastina Baker (1847-1870) was born in December 1846 or 1847 in Wabash County, IL. She succumbed to the spectre of death on Jan. 4, 1870.
Son Franklin A.B. Baker (1849-1859) was born on June 5, 1849 in Wabash County, IL. Sadly, he died at the age of about 10 in 1859.
Son William Haupt "W.H." Baker (1851- ? ) was born on Nov. 24, 1851 in Wabash County, IL. William secured a position as a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office and worked in this occupation in 1870 in Lick Prairie, Wabash County. In September 1878, he and his brother Ezra generated news in the gossip columns of the Mount Carmel Register when traveling to Missouri on a hunting trip. The two were back in the Register columns in April 1879 when "grafting fruit trees in the neighborhood of Hickman, Ky."
Daughter Dora Catherine "Kate" Baker (1854-1877?) was born in March 1854 in Wabash County, IL. She and her cousin Bell Haupt were members of the local Friendship Grange No. 697. Sadly, when she was 23 years of age, she "died at the residence of her mother, near Gard's Point, one day last week," reported the Mount Carmel Register on Aug. 23, 1877. "Miss B. was a gentle, lovable girl whose death causes her friends the keenest anguish." A week later, her fellow Grange members placed an "In Memoriam" statement in the Register, saying:
Whereas, God in His great wisdom has thought best to remove from us, by the hand of death, our worthy sister DORA BAKER who was endeared to us by many ties of love and friendship, therefore be it Resolved, That by the death of sister Dora Baker the Grange has lost an honored and useful member and society an accomplished and esteemed lady. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the bereaved ones in their sad affliction, and that we tender them our heartfelt sympathies. Resolved, That as a token of respect to the cherished memory of the deceased, this Hall be draped in mourning, and that the members wear the usual badge of mourning thirty days. Resolved, That these resolutions be put upon the records, a copy be presented to the family of the deceased, and a copy be sent to the Mt. Carmel REGISTER for publication. BELL HAUPT, ELIZA RISLEY, BETTIE WILCOX, Committee.
Daughter Effie Caroline Baker (1856-1868) was born on Oct. 8, 1856 in Wabash County, IL. She passed away in 1868.
Son Ezra George Baker (1859- ? ) was born on April 5, 1859 in Wabash County, IL. In September 1878, he and his brother William generated news in the gossip columns of the Mount Carmel Register when going to Missouri on a hunting trip. The two were back in the Register columns in April 1879 when "grafting fruit trees in the neighborhood of Hickman, Ky." Evidence suggests that he was the same Ezra George Baker, born on April 6, 1862 in Indiana, who died April 7, 1941 in Kern County, CA.
Daughter Nellie Marie Baker (1862- ? ) was born on March 19, 1862.
Son Abraham Lincoln Baker (1864- ? ) was born on Nov. 10, 1864.
~ Daughter Eliza (Haupt) Frazer ~
Daughter Eliza Haupt (1825-1904) was born on Jan. 20, 1825 in Bucks County. She was baptized in infancy on Feb. 30, 1825, in the Durham Union Church of Bucks County, with Thomas Kressman/Cressman standing as her sponsor.
When she was 21 years of age, on June 28, 1846, she was united in matrimony with Dr. Milton David Frazer (April 26, 1824-1912) of Indiana.
Together, the pair bore a family of six -- Dorsey Frazer, Caroline Frazer, Henry Frazer, Dr. Charles Frazer, Fremont Frazer and Edwin Haupt Frazer. Grief enveloped the family when eldest son Dorsey died at only a few weeks of age on April 15, 1848.
When the federal census was enumerated in 1850, the Frazers dwelled in Yorktown/Waltz, Wabash County, IN, with Milton working as a physician. At that time, Eliza's 26-year-old sister Catharine lived under their roof.
Milton continued the practice of medicine during the 1850s and 1860s, with the family relocating by 1860 to Jackson Township near Xenia, Miami County, IN. Then by 1863, they migrated once more, this time to Bridgeport, Lawrence County, IL.
They stayed in Bridgeport for good. Milton in 1863 helped to found the Bridgeport lodge of the Masons. Of Eliza, the Sumner Press once said that:
For forty-three years Mrs. Frazer has lived in our midst and taken a prominent part in the social and religious life of Bridgeport and surrounding country. As a child she was confirmed by the Lutheran Church, but after her marriage united with the Methodist Episcopal Church and with that church in Bridgeport in 1862, but she has continuously work ever since as Sunday school teacher, class leader and in any capacity her services were needed. Her home was the haven for Methodist preachers and the latch string always hung out for ministers of other denominations. Her hand was an open one. It was ready to grasp that of neighbor and extended toward the stranger. She gave of her substance-food, clothing and money-to the relief of the poor. She visited and minister to the sick and afflicted, soothing their sufferings and comforting their spirits. She was a consolation to the bereaved and was indeed a benediction to those who came under her influence. Mrs. Frazer had left her impression upon the community in which she so long resided, and while she has been taken away from us her life and character will live in the hearts and memories of all who knew her.
Tragedy rocked the family in 1884 when their son Frazer, a drugstore owner, was burned and died after a lamp he was lighting exploded and covered him with flaming oil. Census records for 1900 show the empty-nesters in Bridgeport, having been married for 53 years but outliving three of their six offspring. Sadness covered the family when Eliza, having suffered an illness for several months, passed away in their residence on Aug. 4, 1904. Milton survived for another eight years. At the age of 88, he was preparing for a trip to Tipton, IN to see his granddaughter Bonnie Pugh and family. But death came quickly and without warning and he passed away on June 6, 1912. Burial was in Bridgeport City Cemetery in Lawrence County, IL. Word of his demise was sent to the granddaughter in Indiana.
Daughter Caroline Frazer (1848-1907) was born on Nov. 12, 1848 in Yorktown, Delaware County, IN. On Oct. 25, 1871, in Lawrence County, IL, she married Robert B. Beauchamp (1845-1908), son of Curtis and Rachel (Schooley) Beauchamp. The young family moved to Tipton, IN. Their two known daughters were Bonnie Pugh and Ora "Edith" Proctor. Beauchamp. Robert was a lawyer and profiled in the 1883 History of Tipton County:
When the subject of this sketch was about one year old, his father removed with him to Miami County, Indiana, where he had entered 160 acres of land from the Government, on the present site of Amboy. That section of country was then an almost uninhabited wilderness, but he soon had a large portion of his wild tract of land converted into a productive farm... R.B. Beauchamp received his education from the common schools of the State and the high school of Marion, the county seat of Grant county. Several years were spent in teaching, when, in 1869, he took up the study of the law at Marion, Indiana. After two years' study, he removed to Tipton, and entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1872, after a residence of one year, he was elected district Attorney of the district, including the counties of Tipton, Hamilton, Howard, Clinton and Grant. But the General Assembly of 1872-1873 abolished Common Pleas courts and the office of District Attorney, so that Mr. Beauchamp only discharged the duties of that office about three months.
For two years, from 1874 to 1876, he served as prosecuting attorney for the county. He also was in private law practice partnership, Beauchamp and Gifford, which then combined with N.R. Overman to become Overman, Beauchamp and Gifford. When Overman became a judge in 1880, the firm reverted back to Beauchamp and Gifford. Robert left the partnership in 1883. Then from 1902 to 1906, he and Judge Walter W. Mount combined their practices. Sadly, Caroline died in Indianapolis at the age of 58 on July 9, 1907. Her remains were placed into eternal repose in Tipton's Fairview Cemetery. Robert lasted for another year. At the age of 62, he succumbed to the spectre of death on Sept. 16, 1908. Daughter Edith married (?) Proctor and moved to Richmond, VA. Daughter Bonnie (1871-1945) was considered an "early advocate and organizer of the Indianapolis day nursery," said a newspaper. Bonnie wed Edwin B. Pugh ( ? - ? ), onetime prosecuting attorney for Marion County, IN. The Pughs' daughter was Caroline Beauchamp Silmer, a novelist who died in 1937.
Son Henry Frazer (1851-1856) was born on Jan. 8, 1851. He only lived to the age of five and died in 1856.
Son Dr. Charles Frazer (1852-1928) was born on April 9, 1852. Charles became a physician. Circa 1877, he was joined in wedlock with Rebecca Ann Tevis (Oct. 1855-1925). They bore two daughters together, Mabel Allen (1878-1966) and Belle Hill (1885-1943). The Frazers put down roots in Whiteley near Muncie, IN, where he opened a medical practice. The pair is known to have spent the winter of 1910 in Houston, TX. In about 1915, their daughter Mabel relocated to Orlando, FL, and her parents soonafter followed in a move to Florida. They lived in Orlando for a 11 years until Rebecca's death on Nov. 25, 1925. The widowed Charles remained in Orlando until about 1927 when he relocated to Lake Hamilton near Winter Haven. He died on Jan. 17, 1928. Funeral services were officiated by Rev. O.E. Rice of the First Methodist Church, and the remains laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery. An obituary was printed in the Orlando Sentinel. Both of the daughters spent their lives in the Orlando area.
Son Fremont Frazer (1855-1884) was born on Jan. 27, 1855. He may have owned a drugstore in Bridgeport, IL. Tragedy struck on the fateful day of Feb. 23, 1884. Said the Chicago Tribune, "Mr. Frazer was filling the lamps in his drug-store, when one of them exploded, covering his clothing with burning oil. Mr. Frazer was a prominent business-man and highly esteemed." His age at death was 29 years, one month and seven days. His remains were laid to rest in Bridgeport City Cemetery in Lawrence County, IL.
Son Edwin Haupt Frazer Sr. (1857-1943) was born on July 28, 1857 in Xenia, Miami County, IN. On the Fourth of July 1878, as a 19-year-old, he was selected to recite the Declaration of Independence at a celebration at Lanterman's Grove near Mount Carmel. He became an attorney and in 1880, at age 23, the practice of law was his occupation. By 1890, he moved to Atlanta and formed a partnership with James F. O'Neill, with offices at 27½ Whitehall Street. The Atlanta Journal said in March 1890 that "The firm of O'Neill and Frazer practices in all the courts and solicits all kinds of legal business." As of 1893, he was in partnership with another lawyer and operating their firm as "Frazier & Hynds." Then circa 1895, he wed Lucy (1858-1921?). Their only son was Edwin Haupt Frazer Jr. By 1904, Edwin opened a law office in the Century Building. His son Edwin Jr. relocated from Atlanta to El Paso, TX, and sent a letter home which was reprinted in the Atlanta Constitution on March 22, 1903, headlined "An Atlanta Boy Writes of Life Out in Texas." The son later returned to Atlanta. In 1910, Edwin, Lucy and their son all were roomers in the home of newspaperman William F. Crusselle on Atlanta's Spring Street. The Frazers pulled up their stakes during the 1910s and migrated to the District of Columbia, with Edwin continuing his law practice in an all-new city. The 1920 census shows them in one household with their married son (1891-1965) and his bride Helen B. (1896- ? ). In 1935, the family made a home in Cedar Grove, Essex County, NJ and by 1940 all moved to Newark. Edwin Sr. and his son became newspaper publishers in New Jersey with the Roseville Citizen. They all lived together in 1940 along with Edwin Jr.'s children Annabelle and Edwin. Sadly, Edwin Sr. died in Newark, NJ on Feb. 7, 1943. A brief notice of his death was printed in the Bridgewater (NJ) Courier-News.
~ Daughter Jemima Haupt ~
Daughter Jemima Haupt (1830-1853) was born in about 1830.
She migrated to Illinois with her parents and settled on their farm in Wabash County, IL.
Jemima died at the age of about 23 on Dec. 1, 1853. Burial was the Baker Family Cemetery in Gards Point, Wabash County.
The cause of her untimely death may be lost to the mists of history.
~ Son Edwin Sebastian Haupt ~
Son Edwin Sebastian Haupt (1834-1920) was born on May 28, 1834.
On Aug. 21, 1856, in nuptials held northwest of Mount Carmel, IL, he tied the marital knot with Ellen Smithers (1837-1896).
They appear to have dwelled in Gard's Point (1877) and Lick Prairie, near Mount Carmel. Of their six children, the identities of five are known -- Isabella Hester "Bell" Haupt, Sarah Ellen Risley, Charles Fremont Haupt, Catherine "Katie" Haupt and William Henry Haupt.
The federal census enumeration of 1870 shows the Haupts living next to Edwin's parents in Lick Prairie, Wabash County, with the family receiving their mail through the Gards Point post office. When his father died in 1874, the last will and testament named Edwin as executor and granted him an extra share of the estate "in lieu of compensation for his taking Care of us and supplying the wants and necessities of his Mother."
Edwin was active in church governance. He is known in January 1878 to have part of a committee including B.A. Sherer and Samuel Howell that met at Cabbage Corners "to determine who the church belongs to," reported the Mount Carmel Register, "and make preparation to repair it or build a new one." Two months later, in March, he was elected a new trustee of the congregation.
In the awards category of needle and knitting work, Ellen won prizes for her bedspread and coverlet at the second annual Grange Fair in September 1887.
By April 1896, Edwin was elected a director of the Friend Grove School.
Sadly, Ellen died in their Cabbage Corner home two days after Christmas in 1896. An obituary in the Register said that the "death of this excellent lady occurred Sunday at the family residence..., she being the daughter of one of the early residents of the county... Mrs. Haupt was a good friend, neighbor, wife and mother, and her death will be regretted by all who knew her." Burial followed in Baker Cemetery.
Edwin outlived his bride by 24 years and in 1899 wed again to Carrie (Best) Mundy (Sept. 25, 1854-1920), widow of W.H. Mundy and daughter of George and Elizabeth (Whealen) Best of Latina, OH. She brought four stepchildren to the union -- Verner C. Mundy, Bertha Gould, Dr. H.F. Mundy and E. Guy Mundy. The pair made their home at the address of 1217 Mulberry Street.
Carrie was a longtime member of the Nesbit Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church and the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Edwin surrendered to the angel of death at the age of 86 on June 2, 1920. A short funeral service was held in the residence, led by Rev. C.L. Peterson. His pallbearers included grandsons Emmett Risley, Milton Risley, Wilmer Risley, Roy Hare, Elwood Hare and Raymond Risley.
Carrie only lived for another six months, enduring what was called "multiple neuritis." Death came to claim her on Dec. 12, 1920, at the age of 66. Carrie's burial occurred in Gard's Point Cemetery. Some years later, Ellen's remains appear to have been moved to Highland Memorial Cemetery in Mount Carmel in May 1938.
Daughter Isabella Hester "Bell" Haupt (1857- ? ) was born on Aug. 28, 1857 in Illinois. Circa 1877, she and her cousin Dora Baker were members of the local Friendship Grange No. 697. Sadly, when the cousin died that summer, causing an outbreak of public grief, Bell and her Grange committee members Eliza Risley and Bettie Wilcox published an "In Memoriam" notice in the Mount Carmel Register.
Daughter Sarah Ellen "Sallie" Haupt (1860- ? ) was born on Feb. 5, 1860 in Illinois. She tied the marital knot with William Simon Risley (1862-1915). The couple's brood of children included Eugene Clyde Risley, Laura Ellen Cluff, Milton Ezra Risley, Wilmer Edwin Risley, Henrietta Haupt Beesley and Emmett George Risley. At the age of 89, Sarah died on Oct. 11, 1949. Her remains were placed under the sod of Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Carmel.
Son Charles Fremont Haupt (1862- ? ) was born on June 2, 1862 in Illinois.
Daughter Catherine "Katie" Haupt (1864-1871) was born on Sept. 16, 1864 in Illinois. Sadly, she did not survive childhood, and surrendered to the angel of death in 1871, at the age of about seven. Her remains were lowered into the welcoming soil of Baker Family Cemetery at Gards Point, Wabash County.
Son William Henry Haupt (1868- ? ) was born in 1868 in Illinois.
~ Daughter Henrietta Sebastina (Haupt) Kimball ~
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Daughter Henrietta Sebastina Haupt (1838- ? ) was born on April 15, 1838 or 1839 in Wabash County, IL.
On Oct. 5, 1865, at the age of about 26, she entered into marriage with 25-year-old widower Dr. Abner Daniel Kimball (Jan. 24, 1839-1904) of Xenia, OH, the son of Moses and Louisa (Powell) Kimball. Their wedding ceremony was held in Friendsville/Mount Carmel, Wabash County, IL, by the hand of Rev. S.C. Baldridge. A notation of the marriage was made in the family Bible.
Their four children were Maude Kimball (who died in infancy), Clyde M.B. Kimball, Nellie Pauline Kimball and Edwin Haupt Kimball.
Abner stood 5 feet, 10 inches tall,weighed 168 lbs., and had a fair complexion, grey eyes and light hair. In early manhood, circa 1859-1862, he was a partner in medical practices with Dr. Luther P. Hess, Dr. Reuben W. Smith and Dr. John S. Summers in the town of Xenia, Miami County, IN. Writing years later, about this period of time, Summers said that Abner "was a sound man in every respect." His first wife, Jane Hollingsworth ( ? -1863), had died on Feb. 23, 1863.
During the Civil War, in Oct. 1864, Abner joined the Union Army and was placed within the 99th Indiana Infantry, Company I. He joined the regiment in Atlanta. He took part in Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's famed "March to the Sea." In his own words, "On the march from Atlanta to Savanah Ga. I contracted diarrhea which I was troubled more or less with while in the service..." He recalled that "On the march from Savanah Ga. to Columbia South Carolina near the Edisto River on the 10th day of February 1865 was in a charge through a cyprus swamp that was between a half and three quarters of a mile in width, depth being from knee to waist deep and very cold. That night lye on the ground in wet cloths nothing but oil cloth and Blanket. From that time I date the origin of my Rheumatism."
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| Abner was among the Union soldiers crossing the swampy Edisto River during Sherman's March to the Sea - courtesy Wikipedia |
He then participated on an advance toward the Confederate capitol in Richmond.
Then on July 1, 1865, he was transferred to the 48th Indiana Infantry, Company D, as assistant surgeon. He received his honorable discharge in Louisville, KY on July 15, 1865. Six weeks after his return home, he had two or three hemorrhoidal tumors removed by his friend Dr. James Runyon of Xenia, assisted by Dr. O.A. Mendenhall.
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| The Kimballs' marriage certificate, 1865 - National Archives |
Abner was profiled and pictured in the 1914 book, Centennial History of Grant County, Indiana:
Few men of the past generation in Grant county, Indiana, have been more sorely missed or more sincerely mourned than the late Dr. Abner D. Kimball. He is not only missed because of his high professional ability but also because of his splendid personality and the gifts that won him the friendship of the entire county. He bore the reputation of being one of the most skillful surgeons in the state of Indiana, but he had another reputation of which he was much prouder and that was of having the ability of winning everyone for his friend. For many years he was closely identified with the interests of Marion, Indiana, being chief surgeon of the Marion branch of the National Military Home, and he took an active part in the life of the people of Marion... Dr. Abner D. Kimball grew up on the farm of his father, acquiring his elementary education in the schools of Miami and Grant counties, Indiana. He then attended the high school in Marion and then took up the study of medicine with Dr. Frazier, of Converse, Indiana. This was in 1857, and during the following winter he attended his first course of lectures in Rush Medical College, at Chicago. During 1859 and 1860 he attended his second course of lectures and in the spring of 1860 he was graduated from this famous old middle west institution which has turned out so many of the best physicians and surgeons in the country. Immediately after his graduation he began the practice of his profession at Converse, Indiana, and here he remained until he enlisted in the fall of 1862 in the Union army. He was mustered into the service as first assistant surgeon of the Forty-eighth Indiana Infantry and later on in the course of the war he served as acting assistant surgeon of the Ninety-ninth Indiana Infantry...
After the war the doctor resumed his practice in Converse, Indiana, and remained there until 1884 when he removed to Marion. Here on the 20th of May, 1890, he received the appointment as chief surgeon of the Marion branch of the National Military Home for Disabled Volunteers. He held this position for many years, filling the post to the great satisfaction of both the soldiers unto whom he ministered and of those in authority who had placed him in charge. Shortly after the war in the winter of 1868-1869, Dr. Kimball took a course in surgery in Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and after that time he was always especially interested in surgery and in the advance which that branch of medical science has made of late years, for he had seen the horrors of the crude surgery of the battlefield and realized how necessary a greater knowledge was to surgeons. He died in Marion, November 4, 1904. Dr. Kimball was a member of the Grant County Medical Society of the Indiana State Medical Society and also of the Association of Army Surgeons of the United States. Fraternally he was a member of the Masons and was a Knight Templar in this order. He was also a member of the Loyal Legion.
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| Centennial History of Grant County, Indiana - Courtesy Google Books |
Abner and Henrietta spent their years in Xenia with the exception of a year, from the fall of 1873 to October 1874, when they relocated to southern Kansas hoping to improve his health.
While serving as surgeon of the Militarty Home, he received an annual salary of $2,700 and a furnished, heated and lighted residence. Said a government official, "the family lived well and on a plane that did not admit of much economy or saving. He was very liberal with his children both as to their education and in providing them with a start..."
He applied for and received a soldier's pension as of Dec. 19, 1879 [Invalid App. #325.224 - Cert. #274.345] Fellow soldiers Joel B. Bryant and Howard H. Harbour, Lemuel U. Powell and Daniel Summers provided testimonies of support in his claim. Harbour said that Abner complained that he could hardly ride a horse due to his hemorrhoids.
Abner underwent periodic medical examinations from military surgeons to remain in compliance with the terms of his pension. One physician in Wabash, IN wrote in 1881 that "It is stated by those who are in a position to know, & truthful men too, that Kimball is a 'hard drinker' - 'intemperate.' The odor of whiskey was on his breath while here."
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| Abner's stationery, 1884 - National Archives |
For many years, Abner suffered from a "rectal stricture," a narrowing within the rectum that made it exceptionally painful to pass a bowel movement. Circa mid-1902, Abner also was diagnosed with diabetes millitis, a high level of sugar in the urine.
In the fall of 1904, Abner traveled to see Henrietta's brother Edwin S. Haupt in Mount Carmel, IL. At the time, Abner was nursing a sore foot caused by his small toe stepping on a nail or tack. He had hoped to continue on to the World's Fair in St. Louis but the injury became gangrenous and he cut the trip short and hurried back to Marion. Death claimed Abner a few days after arriving home on Nov. 5, 1904. His remains were interred in the cemetery of the military home.
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| Entrance to the National Military Home, Marion, IN, early 1900s |
Henrietta then was awarded her late husband's pension and received monthly checks for the balance of her years. [Widow App. #818.703 - Cert. #637.678] Because little of their income over the years had been saved, she was forced to take out a mortgage on their home to cover the cost of street assessments, taxes, repairs and utilities. As of 1907, she owned a house at the corner of D Street and Spencer Avenue in Mario as well as half of a 30-acre tract in Crane Township, Paulding County, OH and a 60-acre parcel in Wabash County, IL. Her cash at that time totaled $700 and drew 8 percent interest. A dispute arose with her son Clyde when, while occupying their farm in Illinois, he refused to transfer any of the farm's income to support her.
Henrietta fractured her hip in the winter of 1931. She received medical care from a doctor and nurse for 10 days but her health slipped away. She passed into the arms of the heavenly host at the age of 91 on Feb. 20, 1931.
Son Clyde M.B. Kimball (1867- ? ) was born on Feb. 17, 1867 or 1868. It was said in the family that he was "an educated physician but that liquor got the better of him & that caused him to go to farming but he still takes a spree occasionally but is honest & reliable otherwise." Circa 1908, he dwelled on his late father's 160-acre tract in Lick Prairie Township, Wabash County, IL. His uncle Edwin S. Haupt, who had helped secure the land in the first place for the Kimballs, commented that "If he ever paid any rent I do not know the fact. I think he pays the interest on the $1200 mortgage."
Daughter Nellie Pauline Kimball (1870- ? ) was born on April 7, 1870. She taught school in 1907, at the age of 37, and shared a home with her widowed mother at the corner of D Street and Spencer Avenue in Marion, IN.
Centennial History of Grant County, Indiana - Courtesy Google Books
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Edwin Haupt Kimball Courtesy Google Books |
...one of the younger business men of that city, is at present serving efficiently as auditor of Grant county. He is a native of Indiana and has lived during the greater part of his life in Grant county, where he has won a place for himself in the affectionate regard of the citizens of the community. The Kimball family is one of the best known in this section of Indiana, the father of Edwin H. Kimball, Dr. A. D. Kimball being one of the most popular men in this part of the state. Dr. Abner Daniel Kimball was born in Coshocton, Ohio, and lived in Grant county, Indiana for many years. He was a man of great nobility of character and was a friend to men of all classes, winning deserved popularity through his kindness of heart and generosity of spirit. He married Henrietta Haupt, who was a native of the state of Illinois. They became the parents of four children. Maude, the eldest, is now deceased, Clyde lives in Wabash county, Indiana, Nellie P. Kimball, of Marion and Edwin H. Dr. Kimball died on the 4th of November, 1904. ... Returning to Marion he began the practice of dentistry and for twelve years he was a successful practitioner in his home city. In 1911 he was elected auditor of Grant county, and assumed office in 1912. He has served in this office since that time to the entire satisfaction of the residents of this county. In politics Mr. Kimball is a member of the Republican party. is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Knights of Pythias. He also belongs to the Sons of Veterans and to the Spanish-American War Veterans Association. In religious matters he is a member of the Presbyterian church, and his college fraternity is Delta Sigma Delta, which is a professional fraternity. He is a member of the Elks, No. 195, of Marion.
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