Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders 8
Heber Chase Kimball 1801-1868
Life of Heber C. Kimball, pg 425; “Thus it will be seen that Heber C. Kimball was the father of sixty-five children—truly a patriarchal household. His wives were noble women, devoted to the Gospel, lovers of home and children, good, friendly, hospitable, hard working and fine neighbors. They were true and faithful to their husband and proved themselves worthy of being the wives of the Great Prophet Heber C. Kimball.” – Orson Whitney
Heber Chase Kimball was born June 14, 1801 in Sheldon, VT and died in June 1868 in Utah from the effects of a carriage accident.
It’s safe to say that not all of Kimball’s wives were true and faithful considering sixteen divorced him and left. The beliefs and affects of this man’s presence in Mormonism can still be seen and felt today.
He taught on every subject important to the LDS faith and wasn’t shy to express his views when it came to polygamy, non-Mormons and non-whites. It’s said that he was reluctant to accept Joseph Smith’s teachings on polygamy, but given his track record one can see he heartily embraced it in the end.
Some of his better known quotes reveal his disparaging thoughts about women; “I think no more of taking another wife than I do of buying a cow” and at his wife Vilate’s funeral when he said “There lies a woman who gave me 44 wives”. His devotion to Joseph Smith knew no bounds in the subsequent actions he took by offering to give up his wife Vilate to Joseph Smith and the eventual deliverance of their fourteen year old daughter Helen Mar Kimball in marriage to Smith, ensuring the family a place in heaven. For all intensive purposes, he sacrificed his own flesh and blood to the demi-god of Mormonism, Joseph Smith.
Speaking of women, he married ten widows of Joseph Smith, one of Hyrum Smith and also married ten teenagers ranging in age of fifteen to nineteen (this doesn’t include his wife Vilate whom he married when they were both sixteen). As you’ll see in the chart below more than a handful of these marriages were polyandrous in nature. In addition to those we also see five sets of sisters, an aunt and niece duo, as well as a mother and daughter combo. Nothing like keeping it in the family…
If polygamy doesn’t bother you and you’re pro-Mormon Kimball serves as a stalwart in the halls of Mormonism. If however you’re not a fan of the history of Mormon polygamy or Kimball’s obvious disdain for anyone of color, this man’s history would be a problem. Either way, the evidence is what it is and speaks for itself.
Wife # | Marriage date &Kimball’s age at date of marriage | Wife’s name, age & marital status at time of marriage | Number of kids | Other info |
1 | Nov. 7, 1822,(16) | Vilate, (16), single 1806-1867 | 10 | Marriage to HCK for time, Smith for eternity.Their great granddaughter Natacha Rambova was 2nd wife of Rudolph Valentino. One of Vilate’s sons committed suicide. |
2 | 1842(35) | Sarah Peak (Noon), 30, wd | 4 | She outlived all children w/ Kimball. Had 4 kids from previous marriage to Wm. Spencer Noon. She died Dec. 3, 1873. Born in England. Married to HCK for time, Smith for eternity. |
3 | Sept. 10, 1844(38) | Ann Alice Gheen, 16, single | 5 | Older sister of Amanda Trimble Gheen who married HCK less than 4 mos. later.Grandmother of Spencer W. Kimball, 12th Pres of Church. Geni.com reports 6 kids w/ the oldest dying young. Daughter Alice Ann Kimball divorced 1st husband, married Joseph F. Smith, 6th pres of Church as his 5th wife. Her twin is the father of Spencer W. Kimball. |
4 | Sept. 14, 1844(38) | Mary Fielding (Smith), 43, wd | 0 | Widow of Hyrum, mother of Joseph F. Smith. Married HCK for time, Hyrum for eternity.Died 9/1852. |
5 | Sept. 30, 1844(38) | Frances Jessie Swan, 22, single | 1 | Born in Scotland June 1822.Divorced Dec. 7, 1851. Daughter died in Winter Quarters at 4 months of age. Some sources list her as wife #3, 5, or 7. Remarried to George Clark, moved to Mormon colony in San Bernardino. |
6 | Oct. 1, 1844 (38) | Mary Ellen Harris Able (Abel), 25 | 1 | Son died at 4 yrs in 1860. Some sources list her as 4thwife & marriage date of 10/12/1844.Born in 1818 and died Oct 1902. |
7 | Oct. 10, 1844 (38) | Charlotte Chase, 19, single | 0 | Born May 1825 and died Dec 1904.Separated in 1849, remarried to Thaddeus Hix in 1850 & had 6 kids.Two other marriages after Hix who died in 1868. |
8 | Oct. 10, 1844 (38) | Nancy Maria Winchester (Smith), 16, widow of Joseph Smith | 0 | Born Aug 1828, died Mar. 1876.Separated from HCK in 1865 and married Amos Arnold w/ whom she had one child.Her marriage to Joseph Smith is undocumented, however, many Church sites and other resources (Church historian Andrew Jenson for one) states she married Smith @ age 14 or 15, before Smith’s death. She was sealed to Smith by proxy (Kimball filling in) in Nauvoo and married to Kimball for time. She and nine other Smith widows married Kimball. |
9 | Oct. 12, 1844 (38) | Sarah Lawrence (Smith), 18, widow of Joseph Smith | 0 | Divorced June 18, 1851 and moved to CA. Converted to Church with sister Maria and parents. Moved to IL from Canada in 1840 but parents died soon thereafter. 1842 sisters began living in Smith home (ages 16 & 18). Spring of 1843 both married Smith. |
10 | Oct. 12, 1844 (38) | Martha McBride (Knight, Smith), 39, wd | 1 | Married Vinson Knight in 1826. Joined Church in 1834. Moved to Kirtland in 1835. They had 7 kids w/ 3 dying in early childhood. In 1842 Knight died and a month later she married Smith. Married Kimball 3 months after his death.A founding member of the Relief Society. A son was born to her & Kimball who died in infancy in Winter Quarters in 1846. Married HCK for time, Smith for eternity. She died in Nov 1891 in Ogden, UT. |
11 | 1844(38) | Lydia Kenyon Carter,45, md | 0 | Married founder of Brigham City, Simeon Daget Carter Dec 2, 1818, had 3 kids. He died 1869.Married Smith in 1844.HCK, Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer by Stanley B. Kimball, pg 316 states ““Sealed by R. Cahoon to H.C. Kimball in 1844 in R. Cahoon’s house in presence of sister Johnson who was sealed to R. Cahoon.”” This was to go into effect after she died.Married James Goff in Endowment House in SLC, 1851.Born Dec. 11, 1799. Died 1866. |
12 | Nov. 5, 1844 (38) | Ellen Sanders (Ysteinsdatter Bakka), 21, single | 5 | Born nee Aagaat Ysteinsdatter Bakka, in Norway April 11, 1823. Older sister of Harriet (Helga) Sanders. Ellen died at the age 46. Three of five kids died before adulthood. |
13 | Feb. 8, 1845 (38) | Lucy Walker (Smith, Kingsbury), 18, widow of Joseph Smith | 9 | Born Apr 1826 and died Oct 1910.All references listed below show Lucy w/ 9 kids except the last one listed (findagrave.com) which gives an excerpt from her diary saying she had 8 kids. Married HCK for time, Smith for eternity. |
14 | Mar. 17, 1845 (38) | Sarah Ann Whitney (Smith), 19, widow of Joseph Smith | 7 | Born Mar 1825, died Sept 1873.Sarah married Joseph Smith in July 1842. To hide the marriage from the public she married Joseph Kingsbury but this was dissolved w/ Smith’s death. She had 7 kids w/ Kimball, 2 died in infancy. Married HCK for time, Smith for eternity. |
15 | Dec. 1845 (39) | Emily Trask Cutler, 17, single | 1 | Sister of Clarissa Crissey Cutler.Had one son w/ Kimball in 1846 or 7. Separated in 1848. Married Franklin Pratt in 1849 & gave birth to Emily Pratt March 15, 1850 or 52. Emily Trask Cutler Pratt died in 1852. |
16 | Dec. 1, 1845 (39) | Amanda Trimble Gheen, 15, single | 4 | Younger sister of Ann (wife #3). All 4 kids were sons.Died Nov. 7, 1904. |
17 | Dec. 29, 1845 (39) | Clarissa Crissy Cutler, 21, single | 1 | HCK: Mormon Patriarch & Pioneer list marriage date of Feb. 29, 1845.Older sister of Emily Trask Cutler.Had 1 kid w/ HCK. Divorced in 1848 and married Calvin Fletcher in 1849 or 50. Their daughter Mary b. 1850 died 9 years later.Clarissa died in 1852, same year as her sister. |
18 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Elizabeth Hereford, 56 | 0 | Born in Asenor, Herts, England in July 1789. Divorced April 18, 1852. Remarried (HCK: Mormon Patriarch & Pioneer), but no date given. |
19 | Jan. 1, 1846 (39) | Abigail Pitkin,48 | 0 | Born July 1797. Younger sister of Laura Pitkin. Died in Winter Quarters, NE w/ some sites listing 1847 & others 1868. Friend of Vilate’s. |
20 | Jan. 26, 1846 (39) | HarrietSanders (nee Helga Ysteindatter Bakka), 21, single | 3 | Younger sister of Ellen, their parents died shortly after immigrating to the states. They ended up being adopted and moving to IL where they joined the Church. |
21 | Jan. 26, 1846 (39) | Sylvia Porter Sessions (Lyon,Smith), 27, md, wd, div, md… | 0 | Sylvia was a lost soul. She & her mother became the 10th & 11thwives of Joseph Smith while married to others. Sylvia was married to Windsor Lyon when she married Smith. They had 6 kids w/ most dying in infancy. At his (Smith) death she married Kimball, divorced him & married Ezekiel Clark in Jan. 1850. She died in 1882. Married HCK for time and Smith for eternity. Returned to HCK in 1854. |
22 | Feb. 1846 (39) | Margaret Worrell McMinn, 16, single | 0 | Daughter of Mary Dull who married Kimball in 1848.Lucius Lyman Johnson (died in 1873) was 1sthusband of Margaret. Had 2 kids in 1854 & 1859. She died in 1910.Conflicting data on Margaret. Some report her as sister of Mary Dull while others as a daughter. Findagrave.com lists her as daughter. |
23 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Christeen Golden, 22, single | 4 | Mother of J. Golden Kimball, first council of the seventy. Another son, Elias, was 1stMormon chaplain of US Army.Seamstress for ZCMI, moved to Northern Utah after Kimball’s death w/ kids. Died in 1896. |
24 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Hulda Barnes,39, md? | 0 | Ancestry.com lists Hulda as having 1 daughter w/ Kimball but this is incorrect. Name of child is Sophronia Harmon who is the niece of Hulda. The last testimony of Benjamin Winchester gives in-depth account of Hulda. It’s a must read! Gives insight into the Hurlbut scandal/affair in which many believed she was married to him before Kimball. Anna Barnes Harmon was her older sister and mother of Sophronia. Their parents died in 1833 and Hulda moved into Smith’s home as housekeeper. |
25 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Sophronia Melinda Harmon, 21, single | 0 | Niece of Hulda – her mother (Anna Barnes Perse) and Hulda were sisters. Died at the age of 22 in Omaha, NE in 1847. |
26 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Theresa Arathusa Morley, 19, single | 0 | Divorced in 1852.Born July 1826 and died Oct 1855 or 1858.Father settled Manti, Utah and was close assoc of Joseph Smith. |
27 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Ruth L. Pierce, 27, md | 0 | Divorced in 1853. Ruth had 6 kids w/ 1st husband Samuel Monroe Crozier whom she married in 1838. She had another child w/ her 3rdhusband John Herrington. Kimball was husband #2.Youngest 2 kids with Crozier were born in 1846 & 1849. Apparently lived in polyandrous marriage. HCK: Mormon Patriot and Pioneer pg 312 states she didn’t marry HCK until after Crozier who died in 1859.She died in 1907. |
28 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Laura Pitkin, 55, single | 0 | Older sister of Abigail. Considered a “spinster”. Served as midwife to many in the Church. HCK married her and her sister to “spare Vilate’s feelings” according to HCK: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer, pg 312.Died in SLC in 1866. |
29 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Ruth Amelia Reese, 28, single | 3 | Ruth had 2 sons born 2 years apart that died 2 yrs apart in 1855 & 1857 (24 & 22 yrs old). Her daughter died the day she was born. Ruth died in 1902. |
30 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Sarah Scott (Smith), 29, wd, md | 0 | Born in Ireland 1816. Married James Mullholland Feb 1839 and had 1 daughter in 1840, he died the same year in Nauvoo. Married Smith in 1842. Married Alexander Mullander in 1844 and had 6 kids with him (1845, 1846, 1848, 1850, 1854, and 1858). Mullander died in 1874.Married Kimball for time, sealed to Smith for eternity.Died in 1878. |
31 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Sarah Stiles, 52 | 0 | Contradictory info on this woman. Books & diaries written by HCK only list her name w/ no further insight. Other sites list birthday of 1839 which puts her at 7 yrs old at time of marriage so this is incorrect. Records for marriage to Carlos Granger in 1813 are from BYU. HCK Mormon Pioneer & Patriarch, pg 314 mentions she may have married Alanson Barney. |
32 | Feb. 3, 1846 (39) | Mary Houston (Smith), 27, wd | 0 | Sealed to Smith for eternity, HCK for time. Married Smith in 1842. Had no children.Born Sept. 11, 1818 and died in Dec. 1896. |
33 | Feb. 4, 1846 (39) | Mary Ann Shefflin, 30 | 1 | Went west in 1848. Divorced HCK in 1850, married Alfred Benjamin Walton in Nov. 1855. Geni.com lists one daughter (Mary) born and died in 1846. Mary Ann died in 1869. |
34 | Feb. 4, 1846 (39) | Prescindia L.Huntington (Buell, Smith), 35, md | 2 | Married Normal Buell in 1828 and married Smith in Dec. 1841 (Her sister Zina married Smith 2 mos earlier & later became Brigham Young’s wife).In Nov. 1843 gave birth to 7thchild who died a year later. Two of the seven kids survived. She lived w/ Buell while married to both men.Married HCK but lived with Buell until May 1846. When Buell left the Church she moved in w/ HCK. She left w/ Kimball’s outfit to go west and took their 6 yr old son but left her 16 yr old son w/ Buell. Buell went looking for her and asked her to move back but she refused.At the time he was unaware she had married Kimball. One of her daughters w/ HCK drowned @ 16 mos. Married HCK and Buell for time, Smith for eternity.Died 1892. |
35 | Feb. 7, 1846 (39) | Abigail Buchanan, 44 | 0 | Some records indicate she left HCK in 1846. Doesn’t appear on Overland Travel list. Born Jan 1802. |
36 | Feb. 7, 1846 (39) | Sarah Shuler Buckwalter, 44, wd | 0 | Died in 1879. Findagrave.com lists 2 kids born to Sarah with 1st husband John who died in 1841. BYU library states she had 3 kids and HCK: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer, pg 313 states she had 8 kids with 1st husband John whom she married in 1828. The latter reference also says she never lived w/ HCK and didn’t move west until 1852. |
37 | Feb. 7, 1846 (39) | Rebecca Swain (Williams), 47, wd | 0 | Born Aug 1798 and died in Sept 1861.Married well-to-do Frederick Granger Williams in 1815, he died in Oct 1842. They had 4 kids, 1 died young.He began work as a scribe for Smith in 1832. Went deeply into debt over the Kirtland Safety anti-Banking Society and became a dissenter. Ex-communicated in 1839, repented and re-baptized in 1840.Married HCK for time, Williams for eternity. Son Ezra was ordained a seventy in 1845. Part of the Overland Travel Co w/ Ezra Benson in 1849. |
38 | Feb. 7, 1846 (39) | Ruth Wellington, 35 | 0 | Divorced in 1846. No record of her traveling west w/ Mormons. HCK: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer, pg 314 mentions she may have married HCK on July 23, 1844. |
39 | May 21, 1848 (47) | Mary Dull (Duell) McMinn, 41, md | 0 | Mother of Margaret McMinn. Mary is listed in the Edward Hunter Co arriving at SLC in Oct. 1850. Conflicting birth dates on Mary – some say 1786, others say 1807. First husband Robert McMinn died before 1850, they had 8 kids. |
40 | Mar. 14, 1856 (49) | Dorothy Moon, 52 | 0 | Younger sister of Hannah Moon. Emigrated from England with several family members in 1840/they were all converts of Kimball while on one of his missions.Born Feb 9, 1804.Died sometime in the 1870’s. |
41 | Mar. 14, 1856 (49) | Hannah Moon, 53 | 0 | Older sister of Dorothy Moon.Emigrated from England with several family members in 1840. Born May 29, 1802, died sometime between Oct and Dec 1877. Buried in Farmington, UT. |
42 | Apr. 11, 1856 (49) | Elizabeth Doty (Cravath), 47, wd | 0 | Born in 1808, died in 1889.Also married to Austin Cravath (died Oct. 2, 1844). They had 5 kids (Geni.com). Married Wm Murray in 1846, he died in 1848. Married Alfred Brown (died June 1850). They had one son who died the year he was born. Married HCK for time only and Cravath for eternity. |
43 | Oct. 9, 1856 (50) | Adelia Almira Wilcox, 28, wd | 0 | Born March 1828. Died Oct 1892 or 1896. Married Wm Hawthorn Hatton May 1844 (killed by Indians in 1853). They had 3 kids.One daughter Mary Eliza Hatton married Abraham Alonzo Kimball, one of HCK’s sons.Married Gideon Durphy Wood May 1854. (Died Dec 1890) She had her sealing to Wood cancelled due to tension with one of his other polygamous wives. Moved to SLC and married HCK. |
44 | Jan. 25, 1857 (50) | Mary Smithies, 20, single | 5 | Born Oct 1837 and died in 1880 at the age of 42. Had 5 kids with HCK. Her father gave her to HCK to marry. |
45 | 1856? | Jane Benson | 0 | HCK: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer, pg 315; “In addition to the above mentioned account of Adelia Wilcox, there is evidence that a Jane Benson had made a similar application. Nevertheless, she married James Bonsall. Kimball “told him to take good care of her for him.” (Historian’s Office Journal, May 21 1856, Church Archives).” |
1. Vilate Murray –
Vilate’s submission to Smith’s teaching. This is one of the most bizarre diary excerpts from inside the Church on how this woman accepted polygamy; the heartache and depravation to the spirit can only be imagined. Helen Mar Kimball retells the story of how her mother’s vision helped her to accept adultery (polygamy). http://www.moroni10.com/mormon_history/vilate-kimball-vision.html
Link for several stories of early LDS women – Vilate Kimball’s story is about ¾ of the way down
http://www.mormontrails.org/Tours/Cemeteries/Women/women.htm
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I83
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
2. Sarah Peake Noon
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65833
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Peak_(1811-1873)
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122181&tree=1
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1044
3. Ann Alice Gheen
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://www.geni.com/people/Ann-Kimball/6000000002603518680
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=109281&GRid=65766&
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
4. Mary Fielding Smith
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fielding_Smith
http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Smith/6000000002173044568
5. Frances Jessie Swan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
6. Mary Ellen Harris Able (Abel)
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
7. Charlotte Chase
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://www.geni.com/people/Charlotte-Chase/6000000001363770744
Links above lists two marriages to others after Hix. Also note marriage to first husband Dixon was repeat husband #4 in familypedia site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
8. Nancy Maria Winchester (Smith)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
http://www.geni.com/people/Nancy-Winchester/6000000002173044478
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Nancy_Maria_Winchester_(1828-1876)
http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/33-NancyWinchester.htm
9. Sarah Lawrence (Smith)
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Lawrence_(1826-)
http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/2425-SarahandMariaLawrence.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
10. Martha McBride Knight (Smith)
http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/17-MarthaMcBrideKnight.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_McBride_Knight
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Martha_McBride_(1805-1891)
http://www.geni.com/people/Martha-Knight/6000000008441074700
http://www.enotes.com/topic/Martha_McBride_Knight
11. Lydia Kenyon Carter
http://genealogy.kathihill.com/Person/family_group/313077
https://byustudies.byu.edu/Resources/BioAlpha/MBRegisterC.aspx
http://josephsmithpapers.org/person?name=Simeon+Carter
http://www.geni.com/people/Lydia-Kenyon/6000000000608260413
http://mormon-church-history.blogspot.com/search?q=Lydia+Kenyon
12. Ellen Sanders (Ysteindatter Bakka)
http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/23-LucyWalker.htm
http://utahgravestones.org/view.php?id=9926
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ellen_Sanders_(1823-1871)
http://www.geni.com/people/Ellen-Kimball/6000000010850468464
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Lucy_Walker_(1826-1910)
13. Lucy Walker (Smith) Kingsbury
http://www.geni.com/people/Lucy-Kimball/6000000001363775082
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30102678
The Temple Lot Case, 1893, p. 379
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
14. Sarah Ann Whitney (Smith)
http://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Ann-Whitney/6000000000424977691
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Ann_Whitney
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Ann_Whitney_(1825-1873)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
15. Emily Trask Cutler
http://www.geni.com/people/Emily-Cutler/6000000003001817644
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Emily_Trask_Cutler_(1828-1852)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
http://www.geni.com/people/Emily-Cutler/6000000003001817644
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
Links above lists Heber & Emily’s son by the name of Isaac. All other links list him as Abraham.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48329406
16. Amanda Trimble Gheen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Amanda_Trimble_Gheen_(1830-1904)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8483018
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122192&tree=1
17. Clarissa Crissey Cutler
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Clarrisa_Crisey_Cutler_(1824-1852)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
18. Elizabeth Hereford
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
http://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Hereford/6000000001363780665
19. Abigail Pitkin
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Abigail_Pitkin_(1797-1847)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
http://www.geni.com/people/Abigail-Kimball/6000000001363776193
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122194&tree=1
20. Harriett (Helga) Sanders
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67528
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Harriet_Sanders_(1824-1896)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://www.scribd.com/doc/77665883/From-the-Land-of-the-Midnight-Sun-Osten-Aase-Sondressen
http://mormon-church-history.blogspot.com/2012/05/mormon-history-jan-26-1846_2281.html
21. Sylvia Porter Sessions Lyon (Smith)
http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/08-SylviaSessionsLyon.htm
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122157&tree=1
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43324160
http://www.geni.com/people/Sylvia-Sessions/6000000002173044468
Married Windsor P. Lyon, Joseph Smith, Heber Kimball (for time, proxy for Smith), and later to Ezekiel Clark.
22. Margaret Worrell McMinn
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Margaret_McMinn_(1829-1910)
http://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Kimball/6000000001363776428
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1055
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122196&tree=1
23. Christeen Golden Kimball
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Christine_Golden_(1823-1896)
http://www.geni.com/people/Christeene-Golden/6000000001363776441
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
24. Hulda Barnes
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hulda_Barnes_(1806-1898)
http://records.ancestry.com/Hulda_Barnes_records.ashx?pid=29701061
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1057
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122198&tree=1
http://www.solomonspalding.com/docs/1900winc.htm
25. Sophronia Melinda Harmon
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sophronia_Melinda_Harmon_(1824-1847)
http://www.geni.com/people/Sophronia-Harmon/6000000001363776719
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122199&tree=1
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1058
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35005076
Link above is grave info on Sophronia’s mother. Link below is for Sophronia.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32421920
26. Theresa Arathusa Morley
http://www.geni.com/people/Theresa-Morley/3655328
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122180&tree=1
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1043
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65767
http://pioneerheritagecenter.org/drupal-6.17/themes/twilight/images/1849_Vanguard_Group.pdf
27. Ruth Lavina Sadurna Pierce
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ruth_Lavina_Sadurna_Pierce_(1818-1907)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1059
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122200&tree=1
http://www.geni.com/people/Ruth-Pierce/6000000001363776742
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_Kimball
28. Laura Pitkin
http://www.geni.com/people/Laura-Kimball/6000000001363776751
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Laura_Pitkin_(1790-1866)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1060
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65836
Life of Heber C. Kimball, pg 421; http://archive.org/stream/lifeofheberckimb00whitrich#page/n11/mode/2up
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122201&tree=1
29. Ruth Amelia Reese
http://www.geni.com/people/Ruth-Reese/6000000001363776763
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54604896
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1061
Life of Heber C. Kimball, pg 421-422; http://archive.org/stream/lifeofheberckimb00whitrich#page/n11/mode/2up
30. Sarah Scott (Smith)
Life of Heber C. Kimball, pg 418-419; http://archive.org/stream/lifeofheberckimb00whitrich#page/n11/mode/2up
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122203&tree=1
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I88
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lawrence_(Latter_Day_Saint)
31. Sarah Stiles
Life of Heber C. Kimball, pg 425; http://archive.org/stream/lifeofheberckimb00whitrich#page/n11/mode/2up
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122204&tree=1
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1062
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.kimball/494/mb.ashx
On the Potter’s Wheel, the Diaries of Heber C. Kimball (link below) http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
http://www.josephsmithspolygamy.com/NonWivesSexualRelations/24Accusations/MrsGrangersHomeACC.html
GRANGER, Carlos, (1790-?), born at Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married Sarah Stiles, 1813. A non-Mormon resident of Nauvoo, Illinois in the 1840s. Died at Painesville, Ohio. [PJSv2]
https://byustudies.byu.edu/Resources/BioAlpha/MBRegisterG.aspx
32. Mary Houston (Smith)
http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Houston/6000000001363780675
http://user.xmission.com/~plporter/lds/jswives/jswives.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Mary_Houston_(1818-1896)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I87
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69396974
http://www.enotes.com/topic/Heber_C._Kimball
Life of Heber C. Kimball, pg 425; http://archive.org/stream/lifeofheberckimb00whitrich#page/n11/mode/2up
33. Mary Ann Sheflin
Heber C. Kimball, Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer by Stanley B. Kimball, pg 146-147;
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54508282
http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Shefflin/6000000001363776821
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1336
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, pg xxi; http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
Life of Heber C. Kimball, pg 425; http://archive.org/stream/lifeofheberckimb00whitrich#page/n11/mode/2up
http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-40322,00.html
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Walton-850
34. Prescinda L. Huntington Buell (Smith)
http://wivesofjosephsmith.org/06-PresendiaHuntingtonBuell.htm
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.kimball/494/mb.ashx
http://www.geni.com/people/Presendia-Huntington/6000000007006255118
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I5341
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, pg xxi; http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
Life of Heber C. Kimball, pg 425
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22541696
35. Abigail Buchanan
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://www.geni.com/people/Abigail-Buchanan/6000000001363776839
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1064
http://www.enotes.com/topic/Heber_C._Kimball
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, pg xxi; http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
36. Sarah Shuler Buckwalter
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, pg xxi; http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493 http://www.geni.com/people/Heber-C-Kimball-Apostle-the-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-Day-Saints/6000000001188986237
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1065
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38255604
http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%20SC%201738
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sandlier/bruce/brownback-cem/brownback-cem5.htm
37. Rebecca Swain Williams
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=181036
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://www.geni.com/people/Rebecca-Williams/6000000001363776862
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1035
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I23106
http://www.saintswithouthalos.com/b/williams_fg.phtml
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, pg xxi; http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
38. Ruth Wellington
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, pg xxi; http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
http://www.geni.com/people/Ruth-Kimball/6000000001363776873
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1066
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
39. Mary Dull McMinn
http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Kimball/6000000001363780655
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1072
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://www.ourfamiliesroots.org/pioneers/company/46.htm
http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-5616,00.html
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, pg xxi; http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.kimball/494/mb.ashx
http://brighamyoungfamily.org/descendants/b9617.htm
http://boards.ancestry.netscape.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=108&p=surnames.dull
Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer, pg 310; http://books.google.com/books?id=hFRsiNOf_WEC&pg=PA128-IA15&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
Margaret Worrell McMinn b: 7 Apr 1829 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Died: 5 Aug 1910 SLC, SL, Utah; spouse: Lucius Lyman Johnson
Both mother Mary Dull and child #8 Margaret Worrell McMinn were wives of Heber C. Kimball. Mary Dull was sealed to Heber C. Kimball on 21 May 1848 at Winter Quarters, Douglas, NE. (Info from LDS Doc FDile #250) SLC
40. Dorothy Moon
http://www.geni.com/people/Dorothy-Moon/6000000001363780097
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball – http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1067
http://www.lmoongenealogy.com/Moon%20Hugh%201815/Diary.htm
http://www.saintswithouthalos.com/b/kimball_hc.phtml
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122209&tree=1
http://moonfamily.4t.com/mathias.html
Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer, pgs 310-311; http://books.google.com/books?id=hFRsiNOf_WEC&pg=PA128-IA15&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
41. Hannah Moon
http://www.geni.com/people/Hannah-Moon/6000000001363780109
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball – http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1067
http://www.lmoongenealogy.com/Moon%20Hugh%201815/Diary.htm
http://www.saintswithouthalos.com/b/kimball_hc.phtml
http://geneagraphie.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F49815&tree=1
http://moonfamily.4t.com/mathias.html
Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer, pg 311; http://books.google.com/books?id=hFRsiNOf_WEC&pg=PA128-IA15&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
42. Elizabeth (Doty) Cravath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.kimball/494/mb.ashx
http://www.enotes.com/topic/Heber_C._Kimball
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball – http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I122211&tree=1
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12776945
43. Adelia Amelia Wilcox
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball – http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48292261
http://geneagraphie.com/descendtext.php?personID=I122212&tree=1&generations=
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball#Wives_and_children
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
44. Mary Smithies
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I1071
Diaries of Heber C. Kimball – http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=1493
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.kimball/494/mb.ashx
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball_(1801-1868)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=24026080&PIpi=40824401
http://genealogy.watsonclan.com/getperson.php?personID=I141&tree=watson
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/BYUIBooks/id/7345/rec/1
45. Jane Benson
See note above
End Notes:
There are also reports of Kimball being married to Caroline Partridge Young, daughter of Brigham Young and Eliza Partridge. I found only 2-3 references to this marriage with no corroborating documentation from LDS data sources such as Gedweb or otherwise. References below just mention the union with no further insight.
Caroline Partridge Young –
http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Kimball-Snow-Woolley_Family
http://partridge.parkinsonfamily.org/histories/emily-obituary-exponent.keys.htm
http://longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F0566&tree=Young
http://joe-orgill.com/orgill/croxall/fam00136.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richards%E2%80%93Young_family
December 18, 1836 – April 11, 1903
Utah Territorial Legislature 1869
Son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell
Brother of Joseph Angell Young
Half-brother of Caroline Partridge Young who married Heber C. Kimball…
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