Lorenzo blev gift med Dorothea Christensen Sorensen den 22 feb. 1888 i Logan, Cache, Utah, USA. Dorothea (datter af Fredrick Sørensen Christensen og Sophia Walbum) blev født den 25 nov. 1864 i Mantua, Box Elder, Utah, USA; døde den 30 jul. 1924 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWNP-GNM
• Indvandring: 21 jul. 1847, Utah, USA
• Indvandring: 21 jul. 1847, Utah, USA
• Indvandring: 21 jul. 1847, Utah, USA
• Indvandring: 24 sep. 1848, Utah, USA
• Indvandring: 24 sep. 1848, Utah, USA
• Begravelse: 1868, Kimball-Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Notater:

Kimball, Heber C.
Encyclopedia of Mormonism; See this page in the original 1992 publication.
Author: Kimball, Edward L.
Heber Chase Kimball was First Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church from December 5, 1847, until his death in 1868. One of the foremost men in the early years of the Church, along with the Prophet Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Heber marched in Zion's Camp in 1834, was ordained one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1835, and experienced the spiritual manifestations that attended the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in 1836. He served two missions to Great Britain, in 1837-1838 and 1839-1841 (see Missions of the Twelve to the British Isles). Blunt, honest, loyal, and believing, Heber served the struggling Church well when steadfastness was among the most needed qualities. This is reflected in Joseph Smith's saying, "Of the Twelve Apostles chosen in Kirtland,…there have been but two [who have not] lifted their heel against me-namely Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball" (HC 5:412).

Heber C. Kimball was born June 14, 1801, near Sheldon, Vermont, to Solomon F. and Anna Spaulding Kimball. In 1811 the family moved to western New York, where, after scanty schooling, young Heber became a potter. He grew to be a physically impressive man, six feet tall and weighing more than two hundred pounds, barrel-chested, and dark-eyed. He married Vilate Murray in 1822. He, his friend Brigham Young, and their wives joined the Church in 1832, after a two-year period of inquiry, and in 1833 they moved to Church headquarters in Kirtland, Ohio.

In 1837 Elder Kimball received an assignment from the Prophet Joseph Smith to lead a group of missionaries to England. As the ship arrived in Liverpool, Kimball leapt ashore, thus becoming the first Latter-day Saint in Europe. His simplicity and spirit suited the men and women who heard him preach, and within a week nine persons sought baptism. On the morning of the baptism, Elder Kimball and his companions reported they experienced an attack by evil spirits, whom they saw distinctly in their room. Calling on God, they received deliverance from the dark power. Through their efforts groups of hundreds of English converts, commencing in 1840, began sailing to the United States to be with the main body of the Church.

After a year Elder Kimball returned to the United States and to Missouri, where the Saints experienced persecution. While Joseph Smith sat imprisoned in the Liberty Jail (Missouri), Heber and Brigham Young organized the removal of approximately 12,000 LDS refugees to Illinois.

When the Prophet Joseph Smith rejoined the Saints in Illinois and established Nauvoo on the Mississippi River, Elder Kimball prepared to return to England. On the appointed day he and Brigham Young took their leave from sick wives, each with a new baby, and were themselves so ill they had to be lifted into the wagon. Elder Kimball was gone from home for almost two years, until 1841.

Kimball participated in the building of the Nauvoo Temple and received the temple ordinances. Joseph Smith taught him privately that God required him to enter into plural marriage. After initial resistance, Elder Kimball married Sarah Noon. His anguish at keeping this secret from Vilate ended when she told him that the Lord had shown her that plural marriage was right, and that she accepted his participation in it. Kimball married a total of forty-three women (in many cases a caretaking rather than an intimate relationship), and by seventeen of them he had sixty-five children. He perceived his plural marriages as a religious obligation; Vilate accepted the other wives as sisters. Heber C. Kimball's grandson Spencer W. Kimball was President of the Church from 1973 to 1985.

After Joseph Smith's assassination in 1844, Church leadership was carried forth by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles under its president, Brigham Young. Elder Kimball stood next in leadership. The Saints soon had to abandon their homes in Nauvoo and flee to the Great Basin.

The brutal trek across Iowa, temporary settlement in Winter Quarters, and the pioneer journey of 1847 to the Great Salt Lake Valley occurred under Brigham Young's supervision, with Kimball as his assistant. In December 1847, at Kanesville (Council Bluffs, Iowa), the First Presidency was organized, with Brigham Young as president and Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards as his counselors. In summer 1848 President Kimball led one of three large companies of Saints to the Salt Lake Valley, where he established his families and supported them by farming, ranching, milling, freighting, and Church and civic administration.

The organization of Utah Territory in 1850 brought hostile federal appointees, but since the population was predominantly LDS, Church leaders had de facto control of the legislature. Heber served as leader of the legislature. Friction between the federally appointed judges and the Latter-day Saints led to U.S. President James Buchanan's sending federal troops to suppress a supposed "rebellion" of the Mormons. President Kimball helped direct the resistance.

A notably outspoken preacher, President Kimball often urged self-sufficiency, resistance to the corrupting influences of the larger society, and faithfulness to the kingdom of God. He frequently used metaphors from his experience as a potter. He prophesied accurately many times, including a prediction that Parley P. Pratt would go on a mission to Toronto, Canada, and find a people prepared for his message. He likewise prophesied that from there the gospel would spread to England. He correctly predicted that Pratt's invalid wife would bear him a son, even though the couple had been childless for ten years (Whitney, p. 135). He also prophesied to hungry pioneers in early 1849 that "in less than one year there will be plenty of clothes and everything that we shall want sold at less than St. Louis prices" (Kimball, 1981, p. 190). That summer, people traveling to the California gold fields dumped their excess supplies and equipment on the market in Salt Lake City and the prophecy was true.

President Kimball also shouldered special responsibility for the British mission and for all temple ordinances. His journals constitute important sources of Church history.

Heber C. Kimball died June 22, 1868, from the effects of a carriage accident, ending thirty-six years of unexcelled, dependable service to the Church.

Heber blev gift med Mary Smithies den 25 jan. 1857 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Mary (datter af James Smithies og Nancy Ann Knowles) blev født den 7 okt. 1837 i Barsne Lees, Lancastershire, England; døde den 8 jun. 1880 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 10 jun. 1880 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Indvandring: 29 sep. 1847, Utah, USA

Notater:

Daughter of James Smithies and Nancy Ann Knowles

Married Heber Chase Kimball, 25 Jan 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Mary Melvina Kimball, Wilford Alfonso Kimball, Abbie Sarah Kimball, Lorenzo Heber Kimball, James Heber Kimball

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 10, p. 424

October 7, 1837. President Heber C. Kimball wrote the following:

The first child born in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain was the daughter of James and Nancy Ann Knowles Smithies. After she was born her parents wanted to take her to the church to be sprinkled, or christened, as they call it. I used every kind of persuasion to convince them of their folly; it being contrary to the Scriptures and the will of God; the parents wept bitterly, and it seemed as though I could not prevail on them to omit it. I wanted to know of them the reason why they were so tenacious; the answer was, "If she dies she cannot have a burial in the church yard." I said to them, "Brother and Sister Smithies, I say unto you in the name of Israel's God, she shall not die on this land, for she shall live until she becomes a mother in Israel; and I say it in the name of Jesus Christ, and by virtue of the Holy priesthood vested in me." That silenced them, and when she was two weeks old they presented the child to me; I took it in my arms and blessed it, that it should live to become a mother in Israel."

The child's name was Mary Smithies, who afterwards became Heber's wife last wife and the mother of several children. Soon after their baptism, the Smithies family left England for America, settling in Nauvoo. They began the journey across the plains in the Daniel Spencer Company, experiences of which are recorded in Mr. Smithies' journal. In the same journal the following information was found:

"January 25, 1855, I gave my daughter Mary to Heber C. Kimball for a wife."

They were the parents of five children: Mary Melvina, James Heber who died as a child, Wilford Alfonso, Lorenzo Heber, Abbie Sarah."

The Deseret News of June 8, 1880, printed the following:

Mary Smithies Kimball, wife of Heber C. Kimball, died June 8, at her residence in Farmer's Ward. She had been suffering for about a year with dropsy but was improving. Her death was quite sudden and unexpected. The funeral will be held Thursday at Farmer's Ward.

Fredrick blev gift med Sophia Walbum den 14 dec. 1862 i Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Sophia blev født den 7 maj 1838 i Abbentorp, Hogsrum, Kalmar, Sweden; døde den 1 dec. 1904 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Solomon blev gift med Anna W. Spaulding den 19 apr. 1796 i Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA. Anna (datter af Charles Cleveland Spaulding og Abigail Gates) blev født den 23 apr. 1767 i Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, USA; blev døbt den 27 feb. 1807 i Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA; døde den 25 feb. 1825 i Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA; blev begravet den 27 feb. 1825 i Tomlinsons Corners Cemetery, Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

James + Nancy Ann Knowles. Nancy blev født den 2 aug. 1809 i Lancashire, Lancashire, England; døde den 3 mar. 1883 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Soren blev gift med Dorthe Jensdatter den 1 dec. 1818 i Assentorp, Stenmagle, Sorø, Denmark. Dorthe blev født den 27 nov. 1799 i Frenderup, Kirke Flinterup, Soro. Denmark; døde den 1 nov. 1865 i Frenderup, Kirke-Flinterup, Soro., Denmank. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]