|
|  |
|
|
Sarah Granger Kimball Home |
Sarah Granger Kimball Home
Nauvoo, Illinois |
Sarah Kimball was a strong minded woman who believed in the worth and dignity of all women. She served as a ward Relief Society President in Salt lake City for forty years, and was the president of the Utah Suffrage Association. Because of her contribution to the women of the church, this home, one of the earliest existing structures in Nauvoo, was dedicated on March 17, 1982.
| |
|
Biography |
|
Sarah Melissa Granger Kimball was born December 29, 1818, at Phelps, Ontario County, New York. She married Hiram S. Kimball on September 23, 1840 at Kirtland, Ohio. She was apparently baptized with her family sometime before 1833. Her father's family moved to Nauvoo shortly after the Mormons began to gather there | |
|
|
Missionaries demonstrate fireplace
Sarah Granger Kimball Home
Nauvoo, Illinois |
| |
|
Female Relief Society of Nauvoo |
|
It was in this home that the idea for the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo was born. Sarah Granger Kimball, wife of Hiram Kimball, was an affluent young married woman who opened her beautiful home for social and religious gatherings. She organized a "Ladies Society" to sew shirts for the men working on the temple. Eliza R. Snow was asked to write a constitution for the society, which she did. When it was shown to the Prophet Joseph Smith, he said it was the best he'd ever seen, that their offering was accepted of the Lord, and He had something better for the sisters of the Church. On March 17, 1842, Joseph organized the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo under the direction of the Priesthood. Today, that society has become the oldest and largest women's organization in the world; and blesses the lives of the sisters in many nations. | |
|
|
Fireplace in entry hall
Sarah Granger Kimball Home
Nauvoo, Illinois |
| |
|
|
Dining Room
Sarah Kimball Home
Nauvoo, Illinois |
Desk
Sarah Kimball Home
Nauvoo, Illinois |
|
|
| |
|
| Ray Hollenbeck hollenbeck49@earthlink.net 521 North 5th Street Burlington Iowa 52601-5126 United States of America Phone: (319) 752-0106 |
| |
|