Laura Pitkin (1790-1866)

Laura Pitkin (1790-1866)

Early Utah Mormon Pioneer

Vital Stats

 * Daughter of Paul Pitkin (1759-1822) and Abigail Lathrop (1762-1824)
 * 1790-Sep-10 : Birth in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut
 * 1846-Feb-03 : Marriage to Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) in Nauvoo Illinois
 * 1848-Sep-24 : Arrival in Salt Lake City
 * 1866-Nov-16 : Died in Salt Lake City

Biography
One of two spinsters that married Heber C Kimball, the Mormon missionary and apostle. One of four grandchildren of the Pitkin-Lathrop Family to marry him.

(10 September 1790 Connecticut-16 November 1866 Salt Lake City). Married on 3 February 1846. Frequently served as mid-wife for the Kimball family. No children herself.

Traveled across the Great Plains to Utah in 1848 in the big Heber C Kimball Wagon Train. Departure: 7 June 1848 / Arrival: 24 September 1848. 662 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska.