| Show 0 any rny murray kimball wife of president heber C kimball who died tuesday oct was the daughter daught cy of roswell and susannah murray andavis and was born in florida monta Monia montgomery omery co state of new york juno 1806 when president ant Lut kimball married her nov 18 1822 1804 04 he was a little over 21 years of age having been born june 1801 an and she sho was a little everag over 16 years of age he e then lived in mendon munro co NY she having been residing in vic vietor victor ontario co some three miles distant while residing in mendon between eight and nine years after geir leir their marriage they became members of tho the baptist church church being baptized by elder elijah weaver of that faith some three weeks afterwards they first heard the tho fullness of tho the gospel by some elders ciders who came from pennsylvania to the house bouse of phineas H young soon after br dr kimball took his horses and sleigh time and with ham bam and phineas H young and their wives he traveled into pennsylvania about miles to learn more of the gospel from whence they returned fully convinced of its truth in april of 1832 bros B young and ff C kimball were bap baptized sized and some time after sister vilate kimball and about 30 others were added to the church in mendon at this time she had borne home to br dr kimball four children judith sudith marvin william henry helen mar and rosell boswell of whom judith and roswell boswell had dhea died in the fall of 1832 bro kimball left her in mendon took ills liis horse and wagon and with bros brigham and joseph young went up to kirtland ohio to visit the prophet joseph and after returning in the F fall fali all ail of 1833 ho he bandwagon and wagon and moved from mendon to kirtland miles himself his ills wife Vilate and two children wili will I 1 br dr brigham young and two children traveling in the same wagon when he started with zions camp and went up to missouri lie ho left his wife on the ath of ulf may blay 1834 not knowing whether ho he would ever seo see her again but few menbere men wore were left in kirtland oliver cowdery sidney rigdon bigdon and some aged workmen being all that remained but she was preserved and sustained during his absence as he was also and through the summer following his return with the camp campy much of her time was in laboring to clothe those who were working on tho the house of the lord in the midst of her household duties and labors ono incident will illustrate illustrato the spirit which animated her then as in after life she sher took one aundrea hundred pounds of wool to spin and weave on sli sil shares tires fires and spun and wove it and gave her full ruil full fuli share for the use of the men laboring on the temple and it was made up into clothing for them sho she lie lle being g assisted by sister Harrie in cutting n and making milking up the cloth cioth during dufrin br Kimb RI m balati alps alVs first two inis alons to le the tho 11 ibl eastorn L ta rn states in 1835 and 1830 sr se vilate placed lier her trust truit in lit god and bore his absence wath strong faith laboring for the welfare of ber her family and seeking to add to that which br dr kimball had hid left for their support from th erulia orbis industry wil wit while support ae working as a potter in kirtland less than four weeks after he started on his first mission she bore boro heben Heber P her third son in A aeril april rit kit of 1537 1837 sho suo was again left alone B br e kimball arting starting pt on his first mission tokuro to europe c to opan thedoor the door doon of salvation to anity another ier ler hemisphere ho he had just been healed from bickha sickness e s s b by I 1 the power of godf god as he left his hia family family to go to a continent where the gospel had never ei been wen proclaimed in this thia dispensa tsofi while whilo ho he was gone sr vilate lived in the midst of tho the persecutions which harrasser harr assed the faints saints in kirtland and in the midst of the spirit of apostasy y w which c h so widely prevailed there at one oile time ti yet her faith falth was unshaken and h r oya in doing doting tho tile will of the lord bord br r kimball having returned in may alay of 1838 moved hla hia family to far west missouri in july where he lie arrived sick and feeble an and where hla hia first habitation on was a cow house eight feet by effi ln n which they could not stand while residing in anit it lichas ho lic was Vas luil bull building ing ilg a bouso a a hair half high I 1 r i which he was not allowed to possess by reason of but a short time elapsed before persecution began to rabo rajo in daviess and caldwell counties and continued with more or less violence until the saints were compelled to flee out of the state into illinois through these br dr kimball and sr vilate passed looking for a brighter day dak in the future when the saints sainta would not have to summler violence at the hands of the wicked on the of february 1839 sister and three children in company with president B young and family and some others lefear leffar left far ear west in a small wagon drawn by two ponies pres pros kimball remaining behind all that he she took with her out of missouri could have been packed on the backs of two horses the mob took the rest she stopped in atlas some two months and after ward was assisted by john P green who conveyed her to quincy illinois where she remained until bro kimball reached there exper experiencing i 1 encina much kindness nessin in her destitute condition c ondi tion he iechad had remained behind in missouri some three months mouths during which time he did know where bhe she she bhe was and the anxiety of both for each others safety and welfare rii III may way be imagined in part ho he then moved his family up to what was afterwards called nauvoo on the tile of august her son bon david P was born and on the of september br dr kimball started on his liis second mission to england in company with president B young at this time both their families were sick siek and they the were so sick bick themselves that they could scarcely get into the wagon after aften they had gone a few rods br dr kimball called the name of his wife aloud and she hearing it tottered to the door when the brethren standing up in the wagon and swinging their hats gave a parting cheer and she with a smile on her face saia said byo hyo gd G d wa al v 11 C to elo as they were starting at t t this is time br dr kimball could only leave with nine dollars which a man came the tile day after lie he left and demanded from her as payment oran of an account his family was at the time residing iri ill in a new log house which was but partly finished I 1 during br dr kimballs Kim balls absence br dr 0 C rich Bich who had purchased fi five e acres of land adjoining br Kimbal lB with his wife wide wife and br dr charles diaries hubbard hubbard and wife befriended sr vilate much and were truly brothers and sisters to her for which their reward is in the future bros kimball Kirn kiin ball bail and young and others of the tho twelve did not arrive in england until april 1840 they thes had been detained by sickness and lack of means and had to stop some time in new nev york where they reached the tile gospel and baptized some forty person persons who vilo gave them money and an outfit 01 0 o orosa cross the sea by this you may know my saints 11 they in lit E england I 1 fourteen months mouths I 1 after returning home to nauvoo they took another mission through the state of illinois to allay tile the excitement existing there against the saints after that they took another mission to the eastern states and in 1844 the prophet joseph sent seul br dr kimball on a it mission to Washing washington ton tou sr vilate was necessarily left to her tier own resources to a considerable extent during these repeated and prolonged absences as dr lu dball was po BO much away that if it he planted a croli crop he was not at home homa to reap it and if ir he ile rea reaped ped a crop he had not planted it up to the timo time of the death of the prophet joseph and in all these missions he hui went forth without money of any kind like the ancient disciples which haupt taught him and his famil family V to trust in lit god instead of in a pocket tuil full of money it proved a mans family liis ills wiro wire and ills lus children and their prayers were offered up up in faith ono one day day when wilen his Us daughter helen heien was barefooted sr laura piti P pitkin iti told her to go alone and pray to the lord that the bishops heart might be opened to give hei hec a pair of shoes the child did so and next day sho she went down to bishop knights who gave her n it pair this of course strengthened the childs faith during the persecutions before and afta th detthof dea death thor of the pro prophet liet ilet joseph presidents ints woung young and kimball were much harrasser harr harrass assed bd and had to keep themselves secreted a considerable portion of the time from frona the mobs and apostates while completing the temple during which time their families were placed d in very ve ry troublous circumstances when the temple was finished vilate was one of the workers in it in tile the meantime br dr kimball had built bulit a good brick house which his family were permitted to enjoy only three months and were then compelled to leave ibave in the tile month of february february y they crossed the mississippi river for the mountains having to leave before the mob when they left bro kimball had only one team of his own to take such things as they needed leaving their furniture stoves and andy indeed nearly everything behind them most of their clothes being put in bags tile the difficulties of traveling in such a season and under such circumstances by weak women and children is one known only to those who have experienced it sr kimball passed through all the trials and vicissitudes incident to it in company with others of her sisters in the faith among the saints sainte at winter quarters which was reached early in august of 40 br dr kimball built some fifteen log houses foghis family and others next spring tho the com elny einy piny of pioneers was organized while br r kimball was absent with that noble band of explorers there was considerable sickness among tho the people at winter quarters during this time sr vilate exercised strong faith in administering to them and was indeed a mother in nursing and tending on them through all this time her source of reliance was on the almighty and often was she and her family provided for when wilen want seemed most imminent presidents young kimball and others arnid to n W winter ter int into in nnie the 17 rin pin fati of 1847 and in the next knijf spring br ier kimball started with his is 1 family for these valleys sr vilate had a wagon fitted up for her drawn by two span of bay horses in this w wagon agon she slie traveled from winter quarters to this valley and she occupied it as her bedroom for four years on tile the journey and for a time after her tier arrival here she had llad much trouble through the tile sickness of her daughter helen caused by the latter losing an infant child while traveling by the tile sweetwater river and the hardships endured through exposure in cold and stormy weather while in a most dc delicate licate condition of health they arrived here in the fall of 1848 and she still continued in bierwagon lier her wagon until br dr kimball built his present abode in cilich she resided until her death slie site was the tile mother of or ten children I 1 eight boys and two girls six of whom still live and the grandmother of thirty grandchildren grand children at her death br dr Kim balland family were six times broken up from home and domestic comfort by mobs and porse perse persecution cution each time leaving their lands habitations and nearly all of their substance for which they they have not yet received recompense through all nil this sr vilate passed sho was beloved by her husband and his famil family yand sand and bf by the saints sainta chok virtues she shy long iong on enjoyed the esteem of all those who hayseen had seen soen her self sacrifice ing spirit in the tho many changing jB scenes denelS of kalfa that had witnessed much of the tho troubles and persecutions persecution s and ind dobbings mob bings and dr ivings to which the tho church vas ras was va 9 for years jears c subjected her faith and confidence in god and in the tho principles of he tie fixed and unwavering aad she died with a certain hope of a gior glor glorious lous ious resurrection when she will enjoy tho the full realization of all the blessings which were bestowed upon her at various times while upon the tile earth cartil and sealed scaled upon her by the holy spirit of promise sho sha wak was burled buried thursday oct 1867 presidents B young and II 11 C kimball and rind joseph young benr with bishops lorenzo D and Phi phineas 11 young assisting at her lier obsequies the following lines written by herself somo some years preg lotis loiis decease bhea ehe she did not expect long iong to live like live will bo n it fitting clo elo s u to the obituary notice cofone of ono one wholly pd so so faith falth ful to the truth as 03 sr vilate M kimn kirn ball |
