At the Reunion of the Kimball Family Association (KFA) held in August 2023, a Kimball family Bible from the 1800s was reunited with direct descendants of the people whose births, marriages, and deaths had been carefully recorded on its pages. Over 150 years after John H. Kimball (1827-1917) began memorializing his family, the Bible was returned to the hands of his great-granddaughter and great-great-grandson.
In February 2023, I was contacted by an astute member of the KFA who had seen a posting on Facebook from someone offering a Kimball family Bible to anyone who wanted it. Member Dorothy Greene contacted me to determine if the KFA would want it. As a genealogist with the KFA, I replied, “Of course!” Dorothy then arranged for Jane Wescomb, the gracious donor, to mail the Bible directly to me. Apparently, Jane had found the item in a box of books she had recently purchased and realized that the Bible needed a good home. When the Bible arrived, I found the carefully packed, leather-bound study Bible to have been well-kept—it would have been a treasure for any family. I eagerly opened the Bible to discover its genealogical secrets!
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