Show luto AUTO OF LAUISA L KIMBALL on tho tuo of september aw being W n the tho first day of the sixtieth sear rear of my axel agel azel age 1 mat wat seat myself at my table in great salt lake city ity to commence mence uie vie history of my life I 1 was born on tuesday sept loth IWO in the towns township hip bip of somers tolland county cut twenty four miles northeast north east of the city of hartford ai feeling that my glass la in almost run ruin I 1 desire for the edification of my friends and an for my iny onyn ovo oyo satisfaction to leave behind ma me a brief li history 0 ry of m my y paren parentage taze tage an and d pas pai past t life that thal my in IN principles my mth and the course of my lue uly kiy bo be perpetuated until the falness of an all things may bo do consummated in knowing a w wa are and seeing as we are been seen I 1 give of my ancestors according to my best beat recollection as I 1 learned reamed it from my mg parents thomas my grandfather was the only child of a respectable and wealthy farmer in connecticut in early iino lie he married martha lartha white by whom bo he had nino nine children four sons and tive five daughters in ius lus and at the go advanced adva aced acea age of cv ninety ilvo iivo years he closed a lifo life of usefulness his mental faculties and health remained good until his last illness ills wife adartha lartha died not far from the year WO they thelara aro are now resting from their labors M paul pitkin their second son was b born orn in bolton boiton tolland county connecticut oct of his hib early life there are but few tn clients with which I 1 am acquainted in Oct 1784 he was married to abigail whom he had bad ten chil chii children drell four sons and six daugh daughters tera I 1 elijah lothrop my grandfather married sij lenco lence Leonardo taunton Tn unton massachusetts by whom lie he had ono one son sun and ten daughters my grandfather and his son eon were ivere both graduates of yale talo college my div ancestors were from england and wales ThoRit kin lin family faintly settled la in hartford connecticut at which place many of the name are now living their coat ot of arms Is Js a dove and as far as iny my knowledge extends they area are a family remarkable for their attachment and fidelity to each other in FM feb 1792 1793 my rather father r removed with veith his oam tam lly ily to hartford windsor Vind sor gor county vermont on i the second day of march 92 leonard conard r my seo ceo ond brother died surrounded as they then were bystra by ligers his loss waa was sensibly fault by i mycother my mother I 1 havo have ha vo often heard my father uny kny tny 1 ho he never saw a more hearty mourner than eho cho was for that child every exertion was wms mado made by uly my parents to p give lve ive an education to their growing nami family ly and store their infant rollies with useful kno knowledge g e nothing worthy of notice transpired in my y e early a r y ilfe life I 1 afe my p parents are s were e abundantly able blo and willing to provide for and andul indulge e us in all tho fashionable amusements of the day a and an as a family none w ere more inore happy or enjo enjoyed e life better in 1798 1783 the dysentery prova frova prevailed lil to a U considerable sid erable extent lu in our country and many children and some adm adults ts died thereof rebecca a bister of mine was of tho the number on the of oct 1813 sophia a favorite sifter sinter of mine was taken from our midst her ioia loia was sensibly I 1 feit felt not only by our lim lum family fim lly ily hut but by nil till with I 1 s as cocked cok col ted ked in he bea A 10 v A lre ire fi wa and no oue cue had bad int mr p omaha ii iove love uj und oi monis menis 7 uhan than aho ahe haet had A rew few d d ena ond 1 v ill lil give a morp corp correct idea of her character ana and d standing ardih irp ire lu in society thair than I 1 can dna una language lane iane fa U 11 fad e tc to express Th theunes ehnes eunes spoken of will ll 11 be r round found 0 q on another sheet sheet commencing with what I 1 mournful cries as all ail ml my Y 11 listening s te n in F en ear vh why weeping veering friends if in f sabie sable waada X aias aids las ins deaths eat h a shai shat shafts is again have clown tt own the pride and beauty of or our cr gone gote in oct isis 1813 my father disposed of hta ula prop erty in vermont and lert leli for ohio at Caa 4 yeton oton eton lie he 1 was wah attacked with the typhus aver a 11 1 journey was postponed until the June ing A new era was wab now opening upon CB us we were called to part with friends vurl whom wp had associated from our earliest recollection and our attachment to many wab waa nigh unto that ofa of ft mother sister or brother Mr larsn larsh wife of daniel marsh esq EK I 1 shall ete eve spec for her kindness to me when a child andhor and for fon her friendship to my mother and I 1 should be b doing dolp her injustice to pass her by without say ing le n afat that ler her harworth worth in society was equaled by few she was living in 1848 and hey her family now rank with the most honorable of the present day none efthem of them to my knowledge have ever received the gospel which would lava havo made them wise unto aai aal salvation in july 1819 we arrived at hyrum portage county ohio where instead of tile the refined society with ahll whom wo we had bad found ourselves in the midst of uninformed people from almost every state in the union the literate and illiterate were considered equal in al things and often the most unlearned were the most conspicuous actors in our social circles and I 1 was often led to say they were wore fiere the be mos hary hagy happy people with whom I 1 had bad ever associated but bu in n the more respectable par odthe of the community had withdrawn themselves thes them serve confidence was wai lost and tho welcome of amend friend was not seated on every broar bro is as in dayts days gone gon b by yan on july S IS ns as my father was wes on uis way was y to meeting on iT abbath morning he was knocked down and ruu run over by a blind ox wo we did not consider him seriously injured until he tod told bih bin fri friends ada that lie lle lid should never have the or meeting with them again which proved proved tru altho ugly he lift lived until tho the of january 23 at sat sa rat t which chic i time lie he closed a life of usefulness in the 5 ear of his age hissick ness WAS irm louland long and painful and borne with great fortitude a murmur never Hever escaped his lips but he often expressed his gr gratitude to his lit family and friends for their kin kindness I 1 tohle him ahlm on tild the of august 1824 my mother who bad had also attained to the grand climacteric was waa called to join her companion in the worldon world or spirits A few hours after alter she was taken allsho told me she should never recover that she bhe knew know in whom she trusted and we must give ourselves no uneasiness respecting her she retained her senses until the last herla heria her hev last rast words were 1 I shall live but a moment which was verll teril verily so in the death of our father and mother we were yvere beret bereft of parents than whom none could be more kind or indulgent As neighbors they were ever obliging as saints they were tr true truo no arl all and aud d fw faithful th f u I 1 to the cause which they had bad espoused by the poor they were beloved and respected en 8 acted by all ail with whom they were acquainted and as in their lives they were hou bou honored ored I 1 feel to perpetuate their names that in years to come they wey may be remembered and due merit be ascribed to them nov 18 1830 my eldest aister sister it was as called to try the realities of eternity duning during her hen often entreated of me never to mourn for sor her saying it would be better for us all to ha have havo ve her depart and that tho the timo would be short olour of our oun meeting again she was one of the excellent 0 theearta the tho earth and her resurrect resurrection ion ton wiil will bawl be eith with ih honorable thereof ther eor irl iri in liv dee dec 1530 I 1 was informed that tho everlasting gospel spoken of by john the rovela royela tor for had come forth that a church had bad been raised up in tile the state of new few rew york which was in possession of all the ilie power and authority which the ancient churches possessed and that a prophet was standing at their head bead in my heart I 1 saidi saida I will become thereon thereof in may 1831 in company with my sister abiu abin and some was baptised baptized sed by hartey harvey whitlock who Is 18 now an apostate my brother geo george e and amando amanda his wile wife were soon after baptized baptised sed by the 1 he prophet joseph smith and we were nil all confirmed under his hla hands about the in the summer br joseph smith and ani sidney removed their families milles fa from kirtland to niram hiram portage cou county conaty con nty nir where was then living lining persecution against the baluta saluta was wag very strone strond and a mob led by some apostates a 0 a tarred and nila feathered br joseph and 91 sid bid d ney ncy and left br jose joseph ii as they supposed beatt upon the ground they key had flattered them beaves that by that act they should deti destroy troy the faith of tho the church but an acquaintance of mine told me she sho was disappointed that it baa bad in IU creasea creased the faith raith and union of that people on the last day bf I 1 lemm left my horae in portage county ohio my brother george hla hj wife and my sister abigail together with a largo large corn company pany of sainta und journeyed to missouri at independence I 1 received my ingerl tanco lance on the temple tempie lot irom bishop Bl eliop two acres upon which my cabin stood were to have been deeded to me and two acres to my sister slater upon the west corner of the tho same lol lot our home homo ther ewas owns peaceful and quiet and I 1 have sometimes thought it tile the happiest part ol 02 my life until antil wo we wo tro v were erd ere compelled to leave on isu aud and seek a shelter in clay county atoch at which place laco we were treated treat edwith mith great kindness for a season but the spirit vor lor persecution which followed the saints osithe othe mo was waa again raised against ug n alon aron onsba we in massuere mass were driven into caldwell coc cou b ur ener energies enemies nies had bad otien alien told us that wo sho again have I 1 the lle tie privilege of catherin ga therIn their they had brought they were determined should ever nover be edze edee I 1 arrived nt tit fax far west on the first day 0 march 1883 1833 at that place my 61 sister be t r ab abigail gall gaii and myself with the labor of dur our hand bands paid forthe build ilig vp ora ofa a very erx ery comfortable cabin which cost us nearly 00 dollars eor for d season wa we had there a place of or rest A at 1 th that at place we became acquainted with president preside 1 kimbail and family who have over been friends frienda in whom wo could conid confide irom from I from rom him we ivy have often received COUT counsel isel 1861 and which has ever been in wisdom and nna a comfort to ni in passing through the scenes which immediately followed cs us on the first firso of march IM 1810 we left far west in company with william robinson who took us to his bome home in morgan county where where wo we ren bained ain nin ei vile ope month and were treated with great kindne booth and his wife we reto reme oved to worster Wor vor lster pike county where we met our oon brother george and his family from whom wo had been separated nearly three months about the last of may max we left that place and went to quincy adams county where we yo remained until the ath of october ahen there we M e had bad the privilege of waiting on br ark young and kimball at our house when oo 00 their way toEn glaud they were werely in feeble health andl and I 1 leit felt to administer to their in ili great eat kand ness anet and r can ean untruly truly say they were a blessing into ud no I 1 illey riley ii e heinal tha t place |