| Show DEATH OF KIMBALL THIS venerable and J justly esteemed lady dep departed aried this life at her residence this morning february let ata at oI clook oc look she has baa gone to that sweet rest that remains to a saint of atod od for such indeed her works have proved her to be after a long and useful life she ehe has baa paused passed the ordeal that ushers the pure spirit into another and higher state of existence par for the following sketch of her life we are indebted to sister Slater emmeline B wells editor of the romanis exponent presentia Pre sendia lathrop huntington smith kimball was the daughter of wm huntington and ana zina baker huntington and was born in watertown jefferson county new york september ath 1810 she was of strictly puritanical descent her lineage having been traced to simon hunting tou the puritan emigrant WHO sailed flailed from england in 1633 of the illustrious ancestry of the Hunting tons was samuel huntington one of the signers of the declaration of independence encel governor of connecticut con I 1 and president of the continental cou congress gress sister kimball kimballs Kim balls Is grandfather served in the revolutionary war and her father in the war of 1812 on her mothers mother Is side she was also do descended from a distinguished line her maternal grandfather was one of the first physicians in now new and was descended from the Dy mocks of sir edward dymock queen elizabeths champion airs Klin ball iball is said to have been the exact counterpart of eliza huntington whose like ness is given in the huntington book afi a type of the race she reminded her acquaintances of one of the dames dames of tile the olden times having a large tatt tall and aad majestic figure dignified in mauner mannor yet withal so BO womanly and sympathetic the embodiment of the motherly element which ern embraced braced all who came within her influence presentia Pre sendia huntington was waa well trained in all domestic pur pursuits suito and at the age of seventeen was married to norman buell a fine promising young man living in the same county their first child now living was born bora in mansville december 1828 after their marriage they moved to finbury Pin bury lewis county where they resided when news of the restoration of the gospel came through the visit of her bar mother who brought the intelligence concerning the prophet joseph and the book of mormon the follow ing winter they sold their property and in the baring went to kirtland ohio where sister was waa baptized on the of june 1836 1886 and confirmed by oliver cowdery and on the ath of the same flame mouth month her husband received the same ordinance I 1 sister buell went up to missouri in the same company with the prophet joseph and family and settled in clay county where they endured severe hardships privations and trials her husband felt the difficulties were too much and would have persuaded her if possible to leave the church but she remained firm and steadfast through all though no tongue could describe or pen portray what the noble self saif sacrificing woman endured during that period of espell especially ally as she bad an unbelieving husband about this time sister brells buells son oliver was born and she was left as she herself said entirely alone and forsaken there was not at this timo time one saint in missouri to my knowl is eige go this was just after the dreadful outrages perpetrated against the saints sister kimball has had a m most ost eventful life her wonderful experiences perien ces would fill volumes her visit to the prophet in liberty jail jall on two occasions is a matter of history also the letter she received from joseph smith himself the original of which has been preserved as a precious memento dearer far than gold in therall the fall of 1840 sister presentia Pre sendia moved from missouri ri to illinois and set tied between quincy and nauvoo during the few years following she visited nauvoo frequently anti and especially the families of joseph and hyrum smith and fattier father and mother smith the prophet himself taught her the principle of plural marriage after the i aisis risis lu in nauvoo when the prophet and patriarch were martyred marty red and the temple was finished sister presentia Pre Pro sendia became the wife of apostle heber C kimball next came the exodus from nauvoo sister kimball did not leave that city until the 2nd and of may 1846 and then it was positively a night flight her brother william sent gout a messenger to tell her to come and she walked out of the house leaving all be hind hina her she carried with her a sick child in her arms and was assisted by her eldest son gebroe she fasted and prayed for deliverance hiding here and there one night she slept in a deep ravine with her sick child no one can imagine what she then suffered at last her brother dimick sent his sons to her rescue and after much exposure she arrived safe at mt pisgah and subsequently reached winter quarters sister kimball with her seia aoa oliver came to the valley in 1848 arriving here on the of bottem Bop tem ber and settled first in the old port fort s january ath 1849 a daughter w w boorn and no daughter was ever more mor fondly welcomed she was wag caller callea presentia Pre sendia was indeed like lika a celestial being after the child haa bad endeared itself to father mother and i every one in the kimball household her brother took her ber one day on a to president youngs and returning home he sat her down a moment tp to I 1 cut a willow at the edge of city creek creecj and when he turned around she wag wa gone she bad fallen into the sax and was owned drowned di vilate kimball when she heard the shocking newa made the remark the flower of the flock to la gone one On other eother child w wa born to sister kimball afterwards ha H was named joseph smith ki kimball m he is now the bishop of meadow ville sister bister Pres endias labors here inu anutta have been in the house of the L lord and in the ordinances pertaining there to especially in administering to tib taft sick and afflicted hundreds have hav j asked for her presence and i nd her na nami has been almost like that sweet na nam mother looking upon her life on cannot help saying what a noble an heroic example for the daughters of zion alon to follow I 1 she has lived more than four 9 years and all that time has been pod in active service and more than hau half ft century of it in the church of she was one of its most devoted me meo burs berm faithful and true fearless au independent in carrying out the arl prin cipres of the faith she ahe bad embr embraced kl A kl glorious orious life and a triumph death the last few years she has bunero considerably from a fall which p broil grated her for some weeks and in she has felt the effects of it more or jess ever since her last illness was of a daffe didiere di fiere character she had taken a sov cold and was ailing for a few dx before her condition was thought to b serious her sister zina young B fiad ing her quite ill stayed with her co scantly during the last laet two wee her son bishop kimball came an remained with her also besides m manal true and tender fri friends ands her eld son george buell who resides in 8 J oseph joseph mo mot was telegraphed to and expected to arrive today 1 although sister kimball buffered great pain during the last two or th threat weeks she bore it with that rema remark able pati patience encie and resignation ethdl characterized a true saint trusting faith and the ordinances of the s priesthood and was cheerful and at I 1 umes times her usual humor would elbow itself lt f she had no fear ear of death she know knew it etwas was a triumph she passed away like a child falling asleep in the inn full hope and assurance of a part in the in morning orning of thel first resurrection |
