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Kimball, Vilate Murray
Biography
1 June 1806–22 Oct. 1867. Born in Florida, Montgomery Co., New York. Daughter of Roswell Murray and Susannah Fitch. Moved to Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, by 1810. Moved to Victor, Ontario Co., by 1820. Married Heber Chase Kimball, 22 Nov. 1822, at Mendon, Monroe Co., New York. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph Young, Apr. 1832, in Mendon. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, fall 1833. Made clothes for workmen and veils of Kirtland House of the Lord, ca. 1834–1836. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, July 1838; to Atlas and Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839; and to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. 1840. Joined Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, 24 Mar. 1842. Among first women to perform ordinances in Nauvoo temple. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley; arrived Sept. 1848. Died in Salt Lake City.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Elders’ Journal, October 1837
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Agreement, 4 January 1838
- Blessing to Sarah Ann Whitney, 23 March 1843
- Certification of Deed, 12 March 1844
- Charges against Joseph Smith Preferred to Bishop’s Council, 29 May 1837
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Discourse, 27 March 1842
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, 12 September 1842
- Letter from Caroline Youngs Adams, circa 15 January 1843
- Letter from Clark Leal, 19 May 1842
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 11 April 1842
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 22 June 1842
- Letter from George W. Henry, 18 July 1841
- Letter from Harrison S. White, 10 May 1843
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Henry A. Cyrus, 1 May 1843
- Letter from James Adams, 27 April 1843
- Letter from James Adams, 8 June 1843
- Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842
- Letter from John Vance, 1 November 1841
- Letter from William Griffey, 18 May 1843
- Letter of Introduction from H. King, 31 August 1843
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Jennetta Richards Richards, 23 June 1842
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Vilate Murray Kimball, 2 March 1841
- Letter to Wilford Woodruff, circa 18 June 1838
- Letter to the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, 19 October 1840
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minutes and Discourse, 28 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Prospectus for Elders’ Journal, 30 April 1838
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–A
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–C
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Gender
- Female
- Alternate Names
Murray, Vilate