Andrew Kimball (September 6, 1858 – August 31, 1924) was a member of the

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, and a

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and

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(LDS Church).

Biography

Kimball was a son of

Heber C. Kimball Heber Chase Kimball (June 14, 1801 – June 22, 1868) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. He served as one of the original twelve apostles in the early Church of the Latter Day Saints, and as first counselor to Brigham Young ...

and one of his wives, Ann Alice Gheen. Andrew Kimball served as an LDS Church

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in what is now Oklahoma and for 12 years served as president of the

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. For most of this time he worked as a salesman in Utah and Idaho while overseeing the operations of the mission. Kimball served as a member of the Utah State Constitutional Convention in 1895. Kimball was married to Olive Woolley, a daughter of Edwin D. Woolley. Among their children was

Spencer W. Kimball Spencer Woolley Kimball (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1985) was an American business, civic, and religious leader who was the twelfth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The grandson of early Latter-day S ...

, who would later serve as

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of the LDS Church. In 1898, Kimball was called to serve as president of the St. Joseph Stake based in

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. He moved his family from

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and spent the rest of his life in Arizona, serving as stake president for 26 years. During his term in the Arizona legislature Kimball served as the chairman of the agricultural and horticultural commission. He died in Salt Lake City on August 31, 1924. In 2011, ''

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'' published a biography of Kimball by his grandson, Edward L. Kimball.

References

* ''BYU Studies'' Newsletter, June 2011.

External links

*
''Utah History Encyclopedia'' Entry on Andrew Kimball

text of monument at Kimball's home in Arizona
* Edward L. Kimball. ''Spencer W. Kimball''. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1977) pp. 12–27. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimball, Andrew 1858 births American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints American Mormon missionaries in the United States 19th-century Mormon missionaries Mission presidents (LDS Church) Members of the Arizona Territorial Legislature 1924 deaths Latter Day Saints from Utah Latter Day Saints from Arizona