Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-01


the age of seventeen was married 10
Norman Buell., fine, promiling
young man living In the same county.
Their fret child tnow llving) was born
In Meanwhile, - "oembcr i2lh, 1893
After their marriage they moved TO
Pinbury, Lewis County, whore thoy
resided when nows OF the restoration
Of the Gospel came through the visit Of
her mother, who brought the lntolli.
goncc concerning the Prophet Joseph
aud the Book Of Mormon. The follow
ing winter they solj their properly aud
IN tile spring wont 70 Kirkland, Ohio,
where sister Pfesindla was bap-
TIED on tho 1T of June, 1888,
aud confirmed by Oliver Cowdery,
aud on tho oh Of the same month
her husband received the came ordin-
ance.
Brother and Sister Buell. went up TO
Missouri IN the same company with
tho Prophet Joseph and family, and
settled in Clay County, where they
endured severe harishIps, prlya,lons
and trials. Her husband felt the aim.
cultios were TOO much, and would have
persuaded her, II possible, TO leave the
Church, but she remained 1rm and
atcadfast through all, though no
tongue could describe or pen portray
what the noble, soii.sacrihciug woman
endured during that period of moooo.
racy, especially ms she had an unbe-
lieving husband.
About this limo Sister Bnel's son
oliver was born, aud she was lof, tas
she herself said) entirely alone and
f1fslken; 'therc was not at this time,
Que saint In Missouri - my knowl.
edge" This was just aiter the dread
tul outragcs perpelfatcd against the
Saints. Sister Hlmball has had n
most oventfnl liie; her wonderful cX.
perienccs would All volumes. Her
visit to the Prophet In Liberty Jail, on
two occasions, IA mat,or OF history;
also tho letter she received from Joseph
smith himself, the original Of which
has boon preserved M precious me-
mcuto, dearer far than gold.
Ia the fail Of 1870 Sister Preseudia
moved from Missouri to Illinois ant set
tied between quincy aud Nauvoo. Dur
ing the fow years following, she visited
Nauvoo frequently and especially the
families " Joseph aud llyrum Smith
and Father and Mother smith. The
Prophet himself taught her the prin.
ciple Of plural marriage.
Aner ,hp crisis Ia Nauvoo, when tho
Prophetanj Patriarch were martyred,
and the romplo was finished, Sister
preseudin became the wife Of Apostle
Hobur G.. Kimbail. NoEt came the
exodus from Nauvo0; Sister ltinball
did not leave that city until the 2ud OF
May, lsi5, aud then It was positively II
lght. Her brother William sent a
messenger 70 toll her to come, aud she
walked out Of the house leaving all he.
hind her. She carried with her sick
4
child IN her arms, AMI was ASSISTED by
her eldest son George. She tasted an 4
prayed for dollyerance, hiding here and
there. One night she slept In q deep
ravine with hor sick child. No ono
can imagine what she then suffered.
At last her brother Dlmlck sent his
sons 10 her rescue. AMI after much ex'
posture she arrived safe ut Mt. Pissah,
aud subsequently reached Winter
Quarters. Sister Kimbal with her sou
Onycr came 10 the valley In 1875
arriving horo ON the 22ud Of Soptcm
her and settled first In the Old Fort,
January 8th, 1919, daughter wa
born, mud no daughter was ever more
iondly welcomed. She was called
Presendia Celestia and was Indeed III,
celestial being. After the child hal
endeared itself 10 father, mother ant
every one In the Kimball household
her brother took her one day on yisi
10 President Young's and returning
home he sat her down n moment {,
cut willow at the edge ol CITY Creol
aud when he turned around she va
gone. She had fallen Into the stream
aud was drowned. Nilntc Kimball
when she heard the shocking news
made tho remark, "rhe flower Of IL,
flock is gone" Ono other child wa
born TO Sister Kimball afterwards. II
was named Joseph Smith Kimball
IIc is now the Bishop Of Meadows
VILE.
Sister Prosondlh's labOrs here In Utal
have been In the House OF the Lor,
and In the ordinances pertaining there
to, especially In administering to tn
sick and afflicted. Hundreds hav
asked for her presence and her nam
has been almost like that sweet nam
mother. Looking upon her life on
cannot help saying, what n noble nu,
heroic example for the daughters o
Zion 10 follow.
She has lived more than four scor
years, and all that time has been uasse
In active service and more than half
} century OF 1t In the Church Of whlc
she was one Of It's most devoted men
bors; faithful and tiue, fearless au
: Independent In carrying out the priu
clples Of the faith she had embraced