Helen Mar Kimball (1828-1896)

Helen Mar Kimball (1828-1896)

Plural wife LDS Church Founder Joseph Smith (age 14) and wrote many articles about Polygamy. Later married to Horace Whitney, parents of LDS Church Apostle Orson Whitney.

Biography
Helen Mar Kimball was married in secret to Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, in May 1843 when she was 14 years old. After Smith's death in 1844, Kimball was "married for time" to Horace Whitney. He had set type for the original publication of the Deseret News.

Both her father, Heber C Kimball and her son, Orson Whitney were apostles in the LDS Church.