Presendia
Lathrop
Kimball
formerly Huntington aka Buell, Smith
Born in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Huntington Jr.
and Zina (Baker) Huntington
Sister of
Nancy Huntington, Hannah Burrage, Chauncey Dyer Huntington, Dimick Baker Huntington, Unknown Huntington, Adaline Elizabeth Huntington, William Dresser Huntington, Zina Diantha (Huntington) Young, Oliver Boardman Huntington and John Dickenson Huntington
Wife of
Norman Oliver Buell
— married
6 Jan 1828 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States
Wife of
Joseph Smith Jr.
— married
11 Dec 1841 in Smith's Store, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Wife of
Heber Chase Kimball
— married
7 Nov 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
George Willard Buell, Oliver Norman Buell, Prescendia Celestial Kimball and Joseph Smith Kimball
Died
at age 81
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Biography
Presendia (Huntington) Kimball was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.
Presendia became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.
Birth: Sep. 7, 1810 Watertown Jefferson County New York, USA Death: Feb. 1, 1892 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA
Daughter of William Huntington and Zina Baker
Married Norman Buell, 6 Jan 1828
Married Joseph Smith, 11 Dec 1841, Smith's Store, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Heber Chase Kimball, 7 Nov 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois[1]
Childen - Presendia Celestia Kimball
History - Presendia Huntington Buell and her husband Norman, joined the church in 1836 in Kirtland, OH and subsequently journeyed with Joseph Smith's wagon company to Missouri and then later to Illinois. [2]
Presendia's biographer, Emmeline B. Wells wrote, that in the fall of 1841, "Joseph himself taught the principle of plural marriage to Sister Presendia...She knew Joseph Smith to be a man of God...and consequently...she accepted the sealing ordinance with Joseph as a sacred and holy confirmation."
Presendia married Joseph Smith on December 11, 1841. Joseph had married her sister, Zina two months prior. As with Zina, Presendia's brother, Dimick, performed the ceremony. Another brother, Oliver wrote, "Dimick had given our sisters Zina & Presendia to Joseph as wives." In return, Joseph offered him any reward he wanted. Alluding to eternal salvation, Dimick replied, "that where you and your fathers family are, there I and my fathers family may also be." Presendia continued to live with her first Husband, Norman. In November 1843, she bore her seventh child, John Hiram, but he passed away a year later. Only two of Presendia's children had survived. [3]
After Joseph Smith's death in summer 1844, Presendia married Heber C. Kimball. She continued to live with her first husband, Norman, until May 1846. Her brother Oliver wrote, "Presendia's Husband would not follow the Church any longer...so she left him and followed after her Lord [Kimball]" Presendia took her six year old son, Oliver, with her, leaving behind her 16 year old son George and husband, Norman. Of the experience, Presendia wrote, "No tongue can tell my feelings in those days of trial; but I had considered well, and felt I would rather suffer and die with the saints, than live in Babylon."
Norman tried unsuccessfully to find Presendia in her flight. By 1848 he located her at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, living with other Mormons migrating to the Salt Lake Valley. Presendia's brother Oliver wrote, "Norman Buell...had been up to Winter Quarters on a visit...and wanted she should not marry but wait a while and he would come over to the valley, and be glad to live with her again". Norman was apparently unaware of Presendia's marriage to Kimball, and his offer to accompany her to Utah was refused. Presendia later bore two children by husband Heber.
On June 27, 1859, Presendia and several friends climbed Ensign Peak to commemorate the death of her second husband, Joseph Smith. "We offered up our prayers to God and thanks that He had raised up a prophet in these last days and the Gospel had been restored to the earth, and that we had been of the few that had received the truth". [4]
Parents: William Huntington (1784 - 1846) Zina Baker Huntington (1786 - 1839)
Spouses: Joseph Smith (1805 - 1844) Heber Chase Kimball (1801 - 1868)
Children: Prescindia Celestia Kimball (1849 - 1850) Joseph Smith Kimball (1851 - 1936)
Burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Plot: PARK_20_2_3_W[5]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia:Heber Chase Kimball.
- ↑ The Wives of Joseph Smith.
- ↑ Women of Faith in the Latter Days: Volume 1: 1775-1820 (SKU 5063017),
- ↑ Wikipedia:Joseph Smith.
- ↑ Find A Grave.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Presendia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Presendia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Presendia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Presendia:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
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Categories: Heber C. Kimball Company 1848 | Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah | Wives of the Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | LDS Pioneers | Early LDS Adherents
Prescinda Celestia Kimball (9 January 1849 Salt Lake City-8 May 1850); drowned in City Creek at age 16 months Joseph Smith Kimball (22 December 1851 - 29 March 1936)