Show SYNOPSIS sol soi file HISTORY 0 i HEBER 1 CH CHASE lse ise kimball 1 con iny my ancestors rs I 1 dah can s say a t b but hut w little lyly grandfather and liis lils bro t I 1 from I 1 en england and ani bot both halted lis its assisted bAited in in garfil gaining 11 the independence oi of the united io cited state stated 1 Fathe fatherly Fat herll rJoseph josep smith and his brother jqhn john smith were acquainted acquaint edwith with the fhe kimb kimball Kim aih balU the families w were arec connected by marriage 31 illy lily father solomon farnham kimball was born iti n ahw oi of massachusetts in lii iii the tile fear bear ear 1770 1470 h b was wag raised from his bahoo boyhood with wilh Judg chas Chase ewo elo of massachusetts who was a blick blacksmith smith my father father remained d with him until he was wan the judge assi assisted bim him iii lii in 0 establishing hing lamse i iii in tym he bushness business liness lofb I 1 in li tb thrown ao wn of sli sheldon eldona rr Fr franklin frankiin anklin arklin v county vermont 1 4 V my 6 father futher I 1 f r ma married aried anna spa aldini wil wll who 6 I 1 was b born orn in new hampshire hi the town of t plain plains field ori orl the banks baws of the connecticut river kiver she was tle the daughlee daughter daug of daniel and speedy my nty to fesq me spine of of th he seen scenes es j of thil th revolutionary war r he ile engaged caged in clearen cl clearing earin 11 r land burning the thi wood into coal coals alid aid ashes he had also a aforge forge an n yli lu ie manufacture brought iron inon he vis vas was wab ba bald baid id headed bad llad hair abne ine lne eyes sandy samy whiskers and lidy sandy ildy romp complexion lexion five feet fat lele iele eleven ii i i cheshi ciles clies hagh li v e 1 pounds mand fand U upwards of a comp company any of a Shel donand borea a cocked up hat of athe the old endlish english style and a stra strait it bodied coat and land short breeches with a knee knea ucille buckle ieng W g st stocky inks ings an d liess iless hessan hassan lall lail bools with a pair lp af pf tassels cassels tas sels about the time uma of the embar embargo gp before the last war var angland my father lost Jost bl ins ig property as it avas I 1 in salts salts botash potash ana peart Peari azili the embargo eaul 1 ae ha having ving slut shut down the gate of com corn ineice between the united states and ana england left his property in his hands without much I 1 value lalue I 1 he saddled his horse put on his li bi portmanteau which which contained a change of raiment and started star for age the west arriving ar rivin at the awn 1 of I 1 r P P r i 1 I 1 scipio cabug a counts county new kew york lie fell vin lin m company with vilh judge dge towsley wilo who employed him as a foreman in a blacksmith shap where lie he labored six months after which judge 0 tows ley weyand ani and my father traveled still further westward to within courteen lour teen milea otibe geneseo genesee rive fiver river f to 0 o vest NI yest est bloomfield ontario county where aher e judge towsley assi absi assisted sled him in establishing t the fie I 1 black I 1 smiths business my father took up several hundred acres of timbered limbered land in inthis this new country and after re a IX months ha he returned e ii u i arned to sheldon shaldon to his been beeh it absent a year id III 1 lie he took my mother and six children ina in lna a sleigh with one span of hoists and alia what clot ciot clothing hing bing we had haa upon us and a change and arid a A few blan bian blankets liets we trav traveled eledon on the ice on lake lahe champlain up to whitehall ja a distance of lio llo being open he traded bis his hi sleigh cor for fon for a wagon and proceeded to west bloomfield where lie he continued his liis business of blacksmithing thing i aad d farming and commenced building ile he built bulit an academy in west bloomfield also two wo tavern stands and ana several private dwellen dwellings 93 llie iffe he made edge edle tools such as scythes lies lles augers augers i xea axes knives ae also ploughshares plough shares and agricultural I 1 implements I 1 for the country around aroland to a ih tance of fifty miles and sometimes he be had eight ight forges going at once with a foreman arld and at each fire ile he generally worked ith his is men and algid occupied 0 one e fire and took the oversight oghig of his work west bloomfield was in the thorough thoroughfare fare fara be e albany and buffalo on chieh the soldiery soldier assed assod during dle dib die the war of 0 1812 15 it vas was was flout ui i times there being plenty of bus business ineis ind ad monay monny and angst in bus business iness i became b became liv otred olred so that when the war closed bankruptcy i ecale common ag as ivery avery every merchant tavern keep er a and ani ad grog shop had a banking establishment and issued shin planters from a cent up to 5 my y fattier josf if the greater PO ropo portion 1 ofa of in popo properly property which onoke hitup him up in in that I 1 place when lie he moved two and anad a half miles east half way betwee n ea east and west bloomfeld Bloom neld where he bought a farm of mr la a near a amatt mafa lake 4 on this tins larni larm a little improvement hera here he established blacksmithing blacksmith ingy built a taver lavernn iii lie stand barns and other outhouses out houses and sel sei bet set out an orchard of bf vadious various kin kinds rinds ds of fruit this was wag vis in 11 the ye year ar 1816 what wa thes colds epson a ahl h 1 I th tie the towing following I 1 spring arma we had but little to live lne on oni for nome some three mieki weeks we gathered amk lk veel weed veed boiled and aha eat them not having abing pa salti lt to 0 put on theio thelo them thein it was V as 1 v with ich dik difficulty alty that t bread could berroc be procured u red my aly falier paid 3 per busil bushel el for potatoes I 1 myo had lisa seven children af pf of whom 1 was the fourth inq 1125 clarles charles p a idi idl arv el ellza eliza liza abi abl gail gall hebel heber chase elvirra bomon and daniel S paulding spaulding who were all bora born oraf in int the town of lp rp 10 13 1 sheldon franklin fradklin county vernl Verni er m ont ID 1 D nei niel nel idled sa s1 died when about beven seven zhon month tilt sold phd ta the e record of my father family fell fel I 1 in into to ti the e hands of my oldest sister gister eeza to I 1 hae written toran for an account of the ales ages jbf ofay parents I 1 brothers alid and sisters but buPha have vs no not t be been e aniable able abie to olIt obtain aln aiu it t hence idi idl i a e to 0 omit git mit the thie dates of tili j births f my aly father father was wai a uma nna of good moral character add adl I 1 ho tigh he did old not profess be taught fhi fil fus bus s goodmon ls ang and never 14 would 4 sug suo suffer tofiq them m to swe w ar aror R play ip the e sabbath i day ay without co n 11 b buto uto abu would ld have them remain at bornand hor hoi nAnd a read b good books or f I 1 t a attend t 4 lad lid th the church I 1 I 1 9 1 I 1 11 11 I 1 ity my mother gasapo was a y t exan I 1 arid and agree agreeably abl y to the strictest sense of their religion she lived lived a i life and ato the best test of be her knowledge her ihil ehll children drell th the ways of r 19 neis ness i 1 sti iti i february jmj mother died eiel of cais consumption um p il tian tion in in the ibe fo town n of west bonifield Bloom nelo nela in the spring of my father came to 6 mendon li and ad lived 4 with ith me I 1 ll 11 he soon bori look sick and 1 I 1 f r died af pf consumption about boats i a year e a r after my mv mother death my ay iy oldest brother charles charlea S and ina lna wife 1 whose maiden name nama was judith hl marvla marvin a rhindie rv indie indle 0 died din in the tho year I 1 ak 0 01 f e 7 and were b buried burled lii iii in A leu liu mendon ien don by the side of my father I 1 was born june idof in the town ai of I 1 sheldon franklin con cor county vermont judge chase with wh whom omny my was brought up called my parents soo boo boon soon after I 1 I 1 was born and add ho he proposed to call mo me heber I 1 I 1 j chasa chase about stout the time tine of the great 1 eclipse eclips 1 commenced going t to 0 school aid ail all continued so bome some M e of ibe iba time until about the ago ef fourteen I 1 recollect the eclips eclipse le well as my father was waa about a out to start start on a jou journey ruey but was obliged to wait on acu account n of the darkness f when fourteen years ears of age aga my rhy father took cook me into arito his bis shop and taught me blacksmith when nin nineteen oteen iteen my father fattier having baving lost ins pro pey pity an ani and d not I 1 taking ta the c care caro a re for corroy my bellare wel yi eliare ellare iari lare which lie he formerly did I 1 was left to beek seek a place of refuge or hou hok e of my own at tims tins time I 1 salk saw raw dome some gome some dass days of sorrow my heart as bed and na I 1 suffered much in consequence of fear a bashfulness and timidity I 1 found myse myself if cast tast abroad upon the world without a friend to console my grief in these this 1 e lie lle ar taching hours I 1 suffered much for the want of food and the thel corm corn forts of life a and n d gany many mady many i times timas went tw two or or filie three u ei dats dais da s without food fool aft eat elt eat being bashful and not daring darlng to ask for it after r f had hai spent several weeks in in the manner before slated my oldest brother charles hearing of my condition offered to jelich lelich each me xie the hie potters trade I 1 immediately accepted the offers offer and anif continued with bim him until I 1 was twenty one I 1 iwas was enrolled with my brother charles in inan an independent horbe horse company of the new york ic militia under captain calta in sa ivy er of east bloomfiel Bloom neld neli 1 with him and his ins successor 1 trained for fourteen years jears y raj and und I 1 I 1 never was wag foutt found 1 d delinquent in iri iby my duty while living in ing with my brother ile fie majd 1 nto into the town of mendon on mouroe county where lie he again established a pottery after I 1 had llad finished lear learning i ning my iny trade I 1 wo worked for m my y brother six sit sli months for wages wages I 1 in nov nor 12 aj t married vilate murray the daug daughter liter ilter of rowell and St isannah susannah murray born in in florida new york june 1 1806 she wi ih ii her parents in victor county i 1 ahi ahl aft e r i I 1 was married I 1 purchased the j y brol brot br oli ole if er Charles aud and we laititi li titi to business for tho potters plotters trade vach vh ch I 1 carried cin inthe hi the summer su a r s season i 0 d ii and n d worker V D T kl i at bla eid elt iu 14 th ha amter vi f ante r j aiso also fi hopped c cord wo wood od and clea redland occasionally i leo ico leoa leom 0 tinned dinue in ta the ie potter pottery yi busl busi busques hess Hesi up upwards wards of ten years and hafid irr ane meantime meah time I 1 made ap u i lchase c cc five arld arid anda abit auit balt half acres i J j poland i bu buiji i V i j 4 a fin ilu fine e house a wood jhoun barn bayn and arid other out houses and planted fruit tree sand yand yana had situated myself so as to IS liv live e comfortably 11 1 jig jil in 1823 1923 1 I received the tb ahr 03 glrst first lii iti iii ezre egre of 1 if ftfe thle 1 lodge at actor fla flats fiats 1911 wis ais ontario cboin 0 K s i I 1 in 1824 myself my seland and five petition I 1 to the cha Chapt itei brat erat at i the tha counce seat I 1 or di ori oti bi iario arl ari to receive 11 J the degrees UR tip to t 0 the royal roya I 1 ar arch cha ras 0 louir petition oil oli avas v ds accepted but atit previous ous to the he time ume we ie were to rece rede ive lve illdage tilo se degrees the ati ariti masons al afons brnt t I 1 09 TV 1 in iri gak gad ir i r ia toi tol inan wan idan waa admit admitted le I 1 a into hitoi a od r yein th ose days except lie we a gobi i lit III c hi I 1 i J fa if i was a man of steady habits arida and a member inger would woul bo b sus suspended pl bridia ap or immoral conduct I 1 wish wash I 1 11 la 4 alme aime 1 ap i e 14 aso 1 aana mana boull t live ilva ve I 1 to fesa on heli heti the thet world much bitler butler state th alian an it t U my alv fird find datig dit jusli ll 11 lar vo was b 01 n in IV I 1 I 1 men uen don iu 1 I 1 ros rog co I 1 X and df edMay ednay 20 isal 1621 rt tj f 1 imy son in h Me mahilon hilon ap 18 A t apt S e t i 22 22 ap 7 while on th tolan of RIen doMy I 1 ainor retired retted to bed john johh sp P greene green q 1 at a tr avelin 6 reformed methodist preacher jer ier wak waked 1 d feud meun me up I 1 calling upon epou up ili bif me to behold the scene hin the til nea haayen he ayen e I 1 n aj y cifa and fanny i 1 llster lister o f brighum brigham young who was waa living with me ait jit wasis 0 c crear chear ear that you conid see i 1 led ve ii 0 o the eastern li horizon and ana belie belle lil iti a w hi hie S smoke 1 in oke I 1 aris arise eto towards wards the file lie lle heavens a ns and as it a ascended ndel it I 1 I 1 I 1 doted a baitt beitt and alid made a noise ilke like w I 1 I 1 e ru gluing ofa a mighty lna ind yina ina 1 west dreg dreo r b oi I 1 d A ing nj id in tle tie ae western horizon after the he b bow ha d formed forme it begin began be ganto 1 ito ato wi n put and grow Q icle icie 11 1 r apil awil t transparent a n 11 11 1 t of a 4 casty it grew gew t vide wide e enouch enough ii 0 6 il ta contain twelve nien men abreast ff d in ah arm army armr moved commencing I 1 flom figr the 1 east ease east iid aad ild marching ra aa ato 0 o the tte ite west cy bozed I 1 platoons in animal and walked kd so close the llie rearm ranks trod in lire itie steps of their file leaders ut until itji the whole bowa was wat literally crowded with taa tam soldiers I 1 we I 1 could see distin distinctly cili til the musk muskets 1 eta I 1 bayonets al ad kr arp acks ot 0 the meu men caks cabs caps and fearl bathers ea lers like ilke those thosa used by the 26 american soldiers ia in the W kasif wart warl war with rith nith britain brita in also their officers mith 1 ith their thir swords and equipage 11 and heard the clashing and jingling of their ol 01 of war and could discover ilie the forrd borin and features fe fea attire tares of ili iii the men I 1 the most profound I 1 orter orlet or J existed throng throughout I 1 li f the 1 eimire entire anny when hl he foremost fo demost rhan mab st eppedi every man stepped at the samil line itne I 1 could hear the sip when tha the fro front lit ait rank rant rea reached ched the he WeStern horizon a battle eni ene ensued lied tied ag ae w we could A distin distinctly ewt eft hear head the report of the arms and the rush no man could judge or orm y feelings when t f beheld that army array of men coon a as plainly as is I 1 ever evel saw s w armies of men in til the aleh it seved aa as though every hair hain of my head wael wada vae alive this ac scenery enery we ad gazed upon for foi hours h 0 urs until it began bedan ia to disappear 1 I 1 subs subsequently eq ue antly T learned this took place til the same evening til ill tha aimos joseph smith mith rece reee received receY 1 1 ve ved vea ia the 14 r records of f the book pf af M mormon 0 rm on fr from i ori oni tie the atel ahei atei moroni koroni moroni john young sen and john P greenes greenaa Gre enga enea wife rhoda khoda were I 1 also witnesses of this scenery I 1 my belh being W frightened at what sll sit she sho 0 I 1 saw said J wather father young what does all this ibis mean rdean he replied in a lively pleased mannen manner atwil Y its lis oni one of the signs signo of the 1 coming df of the thy I 1 son oli of man 11 1 the lext next hext night similar scenery was wag beheld in |