Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-16
". H. KIMBERLY DEAD
Quietly Passed Away Sunday
.... Morning.
SKETCH Of HIS CAREER
For Many Years in Business "a, <,l,, y s.,
'"" +. Ht"emed and Respected by An
~ Years or Age.

IN which he had lived many y,,rv ,,i
Win only the eye Of the Great Being
me- whose presence he has been calico
resting upon him. William II. lIimh.r.
~. full Of Years and esteemed ana ID
Spe'tci by all who knew him. passed
AWAY last sunday morning. Ent :,
SYMPTOM OF Ill health had shown itself
~ t!le veteran merchant, WHO left his
ir'eh"s at the hotel at a late hour ani
'ehl nus steps homeward Indeed H.,
s.eiiie" brighter and more cheerful than
usual AT what hour Mr. Kimberly
disd is not known. but daylight mus
h''Ne peen approaching when tha sam
mons c:.me, because when found in the
morning the warmth had not ontiro,y
aeiiarted from the body. II was after
IL o clock when he retired ana no one
";is III the chamber until Andrew Iaz
t'ii"Ist' OK Chicago. his nephew, was
SEM to cal! him to breakfast MI kim
Derry seemed to be peacefully sleeping
when Mr.. Hazelhurst opened the door
Dui lallinS to reply when his naphav.
Called nun the latter approached and
touched him. Then the thought that
something was wrong flew through Mr..
1ihzelhursts mind and he at once noti
ned MT. john u. Kimberly. who. at q
glance. saw that his fathers life ha,,
ended However, ii physician was sum
ih"hnd and il was ascertaincd that
death had been caused by aropIeSv
Mr.. Kimberly was the hest known
man at old Point Comfort For yaa, s
10 HE hurdrad. ~ ,,,o 49, 'a -,
inns ar ,ha S,,,,,,,t :, ~ ".' SCI
sort. anon.. v-hon, na,a ,''o 80;
~uish,d in ,,ti,na, ,ic, ~ ~ US III 1.
evcnirr his s,,n,mn, ~. ,..;'., a,s
clad in white from head to foot. m chi
nave been seen mingling anon. the gay
,hrong Of men and women in the lob
whit. as ,ha ,,nth;nr ,,a ,,,
form presented :, rohnst 49,. 10
which nigh, c..5il,. b,,. ;, r;,,., 49,
his friends as ,n h7s No. ~, ~, -
1.-THE and actiye.,s no, ot a.
Yet nearly IS wears had rolled oTa,. ~ H. :
head. He was n n,ost ch,,.r,;n,.
uan!un and in IN. ,nt,r,.si,,,r ,.,o,H, 80
remin;Scen:.t. has FEW equals TINS ,o,
by faculty was largely an. =, h.s erten
s!ve acquaintance with nublic man cov-
er!ng. the long nert,3 IG,twaa,, ~,
breaking out or the ciyiY w1, "a ,ha
present time
Mr.. Kimberly was born in I,alti,n,re
near 4 place called Felrs Point. in 1872,
being Of old Revolutionary stock. Hr
was educated in his native city. In
1850 he formed a copartnership with his
brothers Samuel. Henry and Edward
and started a general provision BIZ s!ness
on Pratt street. Mr. Kimberly remains
ed in Baltimore until 1861. when h..
transferred Hrs business to old Point
where he furnished large quantities Of
supplies u the army and navy of The
United States. Before fhs. surrender he
had succeeded in establishing an inn
n.nSe business ana wisely concluded
that he could do no better than to con-
,snu.. il at Old Point. |; is said that ne
has seen every President of the United
states with the exception Of five On
several occasions he heard Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster. John e. Calhoun and
other distinguished men Of their day
deliver eloquent speeches. hut it vas
WITH men OF q later period tina; hn WIS
inos1 popular. He enjoyed the p"rsonal
acGnalntance Of nearly all the leading
statesmen or the CIVIL war Period. He
50" PRESIDENT Jefferson Davis during
MS confinement at Old Point. and wh'n
me Maryland Legislature We're imrris
"htd at the Fort Mir. kimberly VIII
Knew many OF them. frequently called
upon ,hena and showed them many
c"'.S'asles- Mr. .'h1bsriE Remembered
%"!l the commission sent by Jefferson
Alexander