 1895 - 1985 (90 years) Has more than 100 ancestors and 18 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Spencer Woolley Kimball |
| Birth |
28 Mar 1895 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
16 Oct 1914 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCL-DRC |
| Death |
5 Nov 1985 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
9 Nov 1985 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I89397 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Andrew Kimball, b. 6 Sep 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 31 Aug 1924, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Olive Woolley, b. 1 Jun 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 18 Oct 1906, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage |
2 Feb 1882 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F19133 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Camilla Eyring, b. 7 Dec 1894, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México d. 20 Sep 1987, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 92 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Nov 1917 |
Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Spencer LeVan Kimball, b. 26 Aug 1918, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States d. 26 Oct 2003, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) |
| + | 2. Olive Beth Kimball, b. 31 Jul 1922, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States d. 14 Sep 2018, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 96 years) |
| | 3. Andrew Eyring Kimball, b. 5 Mar 1927, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States d. 12 Jan 2020, Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 92 years) |
| > | 4. Edward Lawrence Kimball, b. 23 Sep 1930, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States d. 21 Nov 2016, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 86 years) |
| | 5. Olive Beth Kimball |
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| Family ID |
F29853 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 28 Mar 1895 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 16 Oct 1914 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 16 Nov 1917 - Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States |
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| Death - 5 Nov 1985 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Burial - 9 Nov 1985 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Spencer Woolley Kimball (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1985) was an Ameri c an business, civic, and religious leader, and was the twelfth presiden t o f The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The g rand son of early Latter-day Saint apostle Heber C. Kimball, Kimball wa s bor n in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. He spent most of his early lif e in T hatcher, Arizona, where his father, Andrew Kimball, farmed and ser ved a s the area's stake president. He served an LDS mission from 1914 t o 1916, [where?] then worked for various banks in Arizona's Gila Valley a s a cler k and bank teller. Kimball later co-founded a business, sellin g bonds an d insurance that, after weathering the Great Depression, becam e highly su ccessful. Kimball served as a stake president in his hometow n from 1938 u ntil 1943, when he was called to serve as a member of the Q uorum of the T welve Apostles.
Like most other LDS Church apostles, Kimball traveled extensively to ful f ill a wide variety of administrative and ecclesiastical duties. Earl y i n his time as an apostle, Kimball was directed by church president Ge org e Albert Smith to spend extra time in religious and humanitarian wor k wit h Native Americans, which Kimball did throughout his life. He initi ated t he Indian Placement Program, which helped many Native American stu dents g ain education in the 1960s and 1970s while they stayed with LDS f oster fa milies.
In late 1973, following the sudden death of church president Harold B. L e e, Kimball became the twelfth president of the LDS Church, a positio n h e held until his death in 1985. Kimball's presidency was noted for th e 19 78 announcement ending the restriction on church members of black Af rica n descent being ordained to the priesthood or receiving temple ordin ances . Kimball's presidency saw large growth in the LDS Church, both i n term s of membership and the number of temples. Kimball was the first c hurch p resident to state publicly that the church expects all able-bodie d male m embers to serve missions in young adulthood, resulting in an inc rease i n missionary service.
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