摘要：Oliver Noyes of Franklin, a village within the town of Henniker, New
Hampshire, was a friend of the Kimball family of nearby Hopkinton. Oliver¡¯s sister
Sarah often visited Mary Kimball, Frank Kimball¡¯s sister, and the three of them
attended church together on Sunday nights for a ¡°sing.¡±1 Sarah Noyes assisted
Frank¡¯s mother on occasion and the two families maintained a close relationship.
While the Noyes family remained in New Hampshire, the Kimball brothers moved
first to San Francisco in 1861 and then, for reasons of Frank’s health, decided to
settle in the southern part of the state. They finally chose San Diego County where
Frank purchased Rancho de la Naci¨®n and founded National City in 1868.2 Frank
no doubt kept in touch with the Noyes family since they left New Hampshire for
California sometime in 1893, after Oliver¡¯s businesses that occupied the Noyes Block
were destroyed by fire in June 1893.3
