Brief Life History of Sarah Helen
When Sarah Helen Kimball was born on 1 July 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Heber Chase Kimball, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Perry Peake, was 34. She died on 3 December 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 15, and was buried in Kimball-Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Sarah Helen Kimball in household of Heber C Kimball, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Helen Kimball, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Helen Kimball, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated
On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.
1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple
On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Great and Little Kimble (Buckinghamshire). The placename probably derives from Old English cyne ‘royal’ + belle ‘(bell-shaped) hill’.
variant of Kimble .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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