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From the Seneca County Genelogical Society:

From the Seneca County Genealogical Society, 7 June 1997:
 
These are things they checked and information about what they did find:
 
Ancestor card file/ancestor charts: nothing
Seneca County Marriage Records, 1841-1896: Records prior to 1841 were lost in a fire.
Seneca County Bible Records: nothing
Seneca County Cemetery inscriptions: nothing
Seneca County Original Land entries: not searched
Seneca County wills and estates: 1851-1900: Nathan's will copied: Case #2368, Will Book 5, pages 169-173.
Seneca County atlases and histories:
        1886: John Kimble, merchant (1884-5) in Berwick (Seneca Twp).
        1902 Centennial Biographical History: nothing
Newspaper index of births-marriages-deaths: Death notice in Adrian's local news copied.
Ohio census indexes:
 

From Marilyn Nichols:

Hardesty's Military History of Seneca County, Ohio

pg 49: Kimball, John, enlisted at Adrian, Ohio, May 29, 1862, Co. C, 164th O.N.G.; private; tendered commission of first lieutenant, but declined; service, 100 days; discharged at Cleveland, August 27, 1864

pg 54: Kimble, Harrison, Co, D, 144th O.V.L.,corporal, June 21,1880 

pg 28: John Kimble-volunteered for the defense of the nation, enrolling his name among those of the boys in blue who entered its service. He was faithful and zealous soldier, serving through his term of enlistment with credit, and receiving honorable discharge from the service, The parents of the subject of this sketch are Nathan and Mary (Bogurt) Kimble, and he was born on the 3d day of July, 1828, in Wyandotte county, Ohio. At McCutchensville, Wyandotte county, Ohio, he was united in the holy bands of matrimony with Rebecca, daughter of Solomon and Rosanna Shrodes. She was born in Virginia, May 5, 1833. Mr Kimble is one of the most energetic and successful farmers in Seneca township, and postoffice address is Adrian, Seneca county, Ohio.