Vilate Murray (1806-1867)

 Vilate Murray (1806-1867)

1st First of LDS Pioneer and Patriarch Heber C Kimball

Vital Stats

 * Daughter of Ezra Murray (1741-1815) and Hanna Gould (1771-1813)
 * 1806-Jun-1 : Birth in Florida, Montgomery Co, New York
 * 1822-Nov-07 : Marriage (1) to Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) in Mendon, Monroe Co, New York, USA
 * 1832 : Conversion to Mormon Religion while in New York.
 * 1839 : Family Migration to Nauvoo, Illinois
 * 1848 : Migration to Salt Lake City, Utah
 * 1847 : Called as Counselor to Brigham Young in the First Presidency of the LDS Church
 * 1867-Oct-24 : Died in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory

Biography
Heber C Kimball was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. He served as one of the original twelve apostles in the early Latter Day Saint church, and as first counselor to Brigham Young, 2nd president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death.

He had one son, J Golden Kimball, who served in the LDS Church Quorum of the Seventy. His grandson Spencer Woolley Kimball (1895-1985) was an LDS Church Apostle and 12th President of the LDS Church.

This article is dedicated to documenting the family history for this person. There are several sources for a more complete biography:
 * Children's Friend - Chapter VII - page 74-80. - Vol II - Publ by LDS Church Primary Association in 1903. Biographical Sketch of Vilate Kimball
 * Life of Heber C Kimball by Orson Whitney - Amazon Books
 * Heber C Kimball Biography - Wikipedia
 * Mormon History - Biography of Heber C Kimball
 * Diaries of Heber C Kimball - see Signature Books Library
 * Heber C Kimball Nauvoo Home - Historic Sites of the LDS Church - Visit the brick home that the Kimball family occupied less than a year before they were forced to leave and faithfully gathered with the Saints for the westward trek.

Family Migration to Salt Lake Valley

 * 1848 Kimball Wagon Company List - Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail Records. There were 662 people in Heber C Kimballs 1848 Wagon Train from Winters Quarters to Salt Lake Valley. This includes many members of the Kimball Family.

He was the son of Solomon F. Kimball (born 1771), who was the son of James Kimball (born 1736), who was the son of Jeremiah Kimball (born 1707), who was the son of David Kimball (born 1671), who was the son of Benjamin Kimball (born 1637), who was the son of Richard Kimball (or Kemball), who was born at Rattlesden, county of Suffolk, England, in 1595, and who emigrated to America in 1634, crossing the Atlantic in the ship "Elizabeth," and settled in Massachusetts.

Heber C. Kimball removed with the rest of his father's family from Sheldon, Vermont, to West Bloomfield, Ontario county, N.Y., in 1811. His father was a blacksmith and farmer. In 1806, Heber first went to school, continuing most of the time until he was 14 years of age, when he began to learn blacksmithing with his father. During the war of 1812, his father lost his property.

Elder Kimball practiced plural marriage and married 43-women. He had sixty-five children by seventeen of his wives.

Children of Vilate Murray and Heber C Kimball
'''1822-Nov-07 : Marriage (1) to Vilate Murray (1806-1867) at Mendon, New York. They had 10 children:'''


 * 1) Judith Marvin Kimball (1823-1823) - died young (29 July 1823-20 May 1824)
 * 2) William Henry Kimball (1825-1907) - LDS Missionary to England and Brigadier General of Utah Militia
 * 3) 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.
 * 4) Roswell Heber Kimball (1831-1831) - died young (10 January 1831-15 June 1831)
 * 5) Heber Parley Kimball (1835-1885) - farmer in Salt Lake Valley, with 3 wives, several children - (1 January 1835-8 February 1885)
 * 6) David Patten Kimball (1839-1883) - LDS Pioneer, participated in the 1856 rescue of Willie and Martin Handcart companies and later, president of the LDS Bear Lake Stake, and afterwards helped settle Arizona, as a part of the presidency of the LDS St Johns Arizona Stake.
 * 7) Charles Spaulding Kimball (1843-1925) - b. in Nauvoo, m. Anna Sinclair
 * 8) Brigham Willard Kimball (1845-1867) - (29 June 1845-23 July 1867)
 * 9) Solomon Farnham Kimball (1847-1920) - m. Mary Pomeroy
 * 10) Murray Gould Kimball (1850-1852) - died young (20 January 1850-27 June 1852)