Claim: Lewis Kimberly was a United States Navy Rear Admiral in the late 1800s who began his military career aboard the USS Jamestown sloop vessel.
Evidence: He served aboard the sloop Jamestown in the Africa Squadron in 1847–50, then in the Pacific aboard the frigate Raritan during 1850–52, receiving promotion to passed midshipman on June 8, 1852. Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly (April 22, 1830 – January 28, 1902) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the years following.