Born in Mendon, Monroe, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Heber Chase Kimball
and Vilate (Murray) Kimball
Sister of
Judith Marvin Kimball, William Henry Kimball, Roswell Heber Kimball, Heber Parley Kimball, David Patten Kimball Sr, Adelbert Henry Kimball [half], Charles Spaulding Kimball, Henry Kimball [half], Infant Kimball [half], Brigham Willard Kimball, Sarah Helen Kimball [half], Rachel Sylvia Kimball [half], David Kimball [half], Abraham Alonzo Kimball [half], Margaret Jane Kimball [half], Isaac Alphonzo Kimball [half], Solomon Farnham Kimball, Anna Marian Kimball [half], Samuel Chase Kimball [half], David Orson Kimball [half], Heber Kimball [half], Prescendia Celestial Kimball [half], Murray Gould Kimball, David Heber Kimball [half], Joseph Kimball [half], Augusta Kimball [half], John Heber Kimball [half], William Gheen Kimball [half], Cornelia Christeen Kimball [half], Susannah R Kimball [half], Joseph Smith Kimball [half], Harriet Kimball [half], Newell Whitney Kimball [half], Willard Heber Kimball [half], Jacob Reese Kimball [half], Jonathan Golden Kimball [half], Horace Heber Kimball [half], Rosalia Kimball [half], Albert Heber Kimball [half], Lydia Holmes (Kimball) Loughery [half], Jedediah Heber Chase Grant Kimball [half], Hyrum Heber Kimball [half], Enoch Heber Kimball [half], Peter Kimball [half], Daniel Heber Kimball [half], Anna Spaulding (Kimball) Knox [half], Sarah Maria Kimball [half], Elias Smith Kimball [half], Jeremiah Heber Kimball [half], Mary Melvina (Kimball) Driggs [half], Andrew Kimball [half], Alice Ann (Kimball) Smith [half], Joshua Heber Kimball [half], Eliza (Kimball) Woolley [half], James Heber Kimball [half], Washington Heber Kimball [half], Mary Margaret Kimball [half], Moroni H Kimball [half], Sarah Gheen (Kimball) Seckels [half], Joshua Heber Kimball [half], Eugene Kimball [half], Wilford Alphonso Kimball [half], Franklin Heber Kimball [half], Lorenzo Heber Kimball [half] and Abbie Sarah (Kimball) Burrows [half]
Wife of
Joseph Smith Jr.
— married
May 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
Wife of
Horace Kimball Whitney
— married
4 Feb 1846 in Nauvoo IL
Descendants 
Mother of
Helen Rosebelle Whitney, William Howard Whitney, Horace Kimball Whitney, Vilate Murray Whitney, Orson Ferguson Whitney, Elizabeth Ann (Whitney) Paton, Genevieve (Whitney) Talbot, Helen Kimball (Whitney) Bourne, Charles Spaulding Whitney, Florence Marion (Whitney) Dinwoodey and Phoebe Isabel Whitney
Died
at age 68
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jan 2014
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Helen became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.
Helen (Kimball) Whitney was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.
Biography
Helen (Kimball) Whitney is Notable.
Heber Kimball gave his daughter, Helen to Joseph Smith to be one of his wives when she was only 14 years old which added additional controversy to plural marriage.[1]Helen was 16 when Smith died. She then married Horrace Kimball Whitney "for life." They had eleven children, six of which lived to adulthood.[2]
Birth: Aug. 20, 1828 Mendon Monroe County New York, USA Death: Nov. 13, 1896 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA[3]
Daughter of Heber Chase Kimball and Vilate Murray
Married Joseph Smith, May 1843, Smith's Store, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Married Horace Kimball Whitney, 4 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children:
- Genevieve Whitney
- Helen Kimball Whitney
- Florence Marian Whitney
- Helen Rosabelle Whitney
- Vilate Murray Whitney
- Orson Ferguson Whitney
- William Howard Whitney
- Horace Kimball Whitney
- Phebe Isobel Whitney
- Charles Spaulding Whitney
- Elizabeth Ann Whitney [4]
Burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA [5]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia Helen Mar Kimball.
- ↑ A Guide to The Helen Mar Kimball Papers.
- ↑ "Helen Mar Whitney.-Her death-A Sketch of her Personal History," Deseret Evening News, 16 Nov. 1896, 2.
- ↑ Familypedia Helen Mar Kimball Biography.
- ↑ Find a Grave Memorial.
See also:
- A Window's Tale 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Kimball Whitney
- Familypedia Helen Mar Kimball Biography
- Overland Travel
- Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints 1830-1848, Volume 26, JON—KNO Compiled by Susan Ward Easton Black, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/334417?availability=Family%20History%20Library
- Wikidata: Item Q5702756
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen 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 Helen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen 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 Helen:
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~3.12%
Jolene Hornberger
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M107229 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A265326 [compare], Ancestry member jolene6994
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~1.56%
Tiffany Newton :
23andMe, GEDmatch XX740446 [compare]
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~1.56%
Delene Alldredge :
23andMe
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Jerry Glenn :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Elizabeth Brown :
AncestryDNA
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Scott Lee
Scott Lee
Nice job listing all of the siblings! That was quite a chore!
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