Strong Minded and Warm Hearted

Sarah Melissa Granger Kimball
Born 29 Dec 1818 in Phelps New York
Died 1 Dec 1898 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Married Hiram M. Kimball
Born 31 May 1806 in West Fairley Vermont
Died 1 May 1865 at sea in a steamship explosion enroute to the Sandwich Islands to serve a mission

Their Children:
Hiram W
Oliver Granger
Franklin D.

Adopted Children:
Kate
Elizabeth
Julius

Charity Never Faileth

Contributions:

• Founder of the Ladies Society of Nauvoo
• One of the original 18 Members of Relief Society
• Secretary and Vice President in the General Relief Society Presidency for over 12 years
• Ward Relief Society President of the 15th Ward for over 41 years
• Built first Relief Society Hall and Relief Society Granary money used to serve the poor, emigration fund, ward buildings and temples
• A suffragist – first president of the Utah Women’s Suffrage Association
• A member of the Utah Constitutional Territorial Convention for Statehood
• Educator
• Wife, mother, friend, and pioneer

“Wherein all women may aid and bless the Master’s work to relieve distress” – L. L Greene Richards, a friend

Located in the Salt Lake Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.