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.
