San Diego County Biographies
 
KIMBALL BROTHERS'
William T., Edward G., Eugene H.

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ranch is situated seven and one-half miles southeast of Perris, and contains 480 
acres of rich land, every inch of which is under the plow, and is without a 
stump or stone to prevent them from sitting on their gang plows and plowing and 
sowing  (with two plows) fifteen acres per day. This year they are sowing 200 
acres to wheat, and the balance of the ranch to barley. They are also breeding 
and raising several line Hamilton horses, and intend to go to more largely into 
fine blooded stock-raising. There are three of these brothers: the oldest, 
William T., was born in Henderson County, Texas, October 1, 1847; Edward G. was 
born in San Francisco, December 26, 1860, and Eugene H. was born in San 
Francisco, January 1, 1863. Their sister, Mary E. Harrington, who is the widow 
of Mr. William C. Harrington, born in Texas, in 1864, is now their housekeeper. 
Their father, Albert G. Kimball, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, October 20, 
1817, and their mother, Sarah C. (Gleeves) Kimball was also a native of 
Tennessee, born in 1820. Her death occurred in 1880. There were nine children in 
the family. The brothers have followed farming most of the time for thirteen 
years. They resided in San Francisco for fourteen years, in Contra Costa County 
and in Los Angeles County several years. In December, 1886, they removed to 
Spring valley, and in the short space of three years have made the valuable 
ranch on which they now live. They are all temperance men in every sense of the 
word, using neither tobacco nor strong drink. It is needless to add that this 
family are worthy, enterprising members of the community in which they reside.
 
SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California� Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.  p.-  330-331