Humboldt County, CA and Trinity County, CA Biographies Pioneer days in California: (1891) By: Carr, John, 1827-1896 Humboldt County (Calif.) - Biography; Trinity County (Calif.) - Biography Publisher: Eureka, Cal., Times publishing company CHAPTER XLVII. BIOGRAPHY. Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm KIMBALL, JOHN H. � A native of Massachusetts; came across the Isthmus to California in 1850; was murdered at his residence in Eureka on the 28th day of May, 1866, by John Rogers, a burglar, who was exe- cuted after conviction of his crime. Mr. Kimball held the offices of Public Administrator and Coroner, and Justice of the Peace of Eureka Township.