Laura Moody

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• Name	Laura Moody
  Birth	23 May 1859	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  Initiatory (LDS)	11 Oct 1883	EHOUS
  FamilySearch ID	KWVP-DCC
  Death	6 Apr 1885	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	Kanosh Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I174672	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Abraham Alonzo Kimball,   b. 6 Apr 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States d. 24 Sep 1889, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1883	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F29716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 23 May 1859 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 11 Oct 1883 - EHOUS Marriage - 11 Oct 1883 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death - 6 Apr 1885 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Burial - - Kanosh Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY OF LAURA MOODY KIMBALL Laura Moody was born on 23 May 1859 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut a h Territory to William Cresfield and Lola Eliza Bess Moody. She was th e o ldest of eleven children, six girls and five brothers. Her father was born in 1819 in Rockford, Coose, Alabama. He fir s t married Harriett Parthena Henson. She was born in 1820 in Miller, Ark an sas Territory. They were married on 1 January 1840 in Grimes (Montgome ry ) Texas Territory. They had slaves in Texas but released them before t he y came to Utah Territory. They had seven children, three girls and fou r b oys. They came with the Moses Dayley Freight Trainin 1853. They trave l ed from Texas, across the Gulf of Mexico and up the Mississippi Rive r t o Keokuk, Iowa and departed on 6 July 1853 with 81 individuals and ab ou t 35 wagons until they reached Fort Laramie when nine wagons and a bug g y left the company and went on their own. Their family consisted of Ma r y Baldwin Moody, age 58;William Cresfield, age 34; his first wife, Harr ie t Parthena Henson,age 32; Margaret Anglin (wife of William’s brother ) ag e 25; John Franklin, age 11; Margaret Josephine, age 8; Harriet Elec ta, a ge 6;Nancy, age 3; Mary Ann Ophelia, age 2; and Henry Freeland, ag e 1. By 11 September they had one of their oxen die. When they go t t o Fort Laramie William traded a milk cow because it was so lame it co ul d no farther. On 18 September the Moody and John Tippitt families se t ou t on their own hoping to move faster because of lack of food and Mar y Bal dwin Moody’s delicate health. They arrived in the Salt Lake valle y on 2 9 September 1853. The next son William Cresfield Jr. was born on 2 May 1855 in Sa l t Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They moved to Summit, Iron, Ut a h Territory where Theadore Henson was born on 29 May 1858. Her family m ov ed to St. George, Washington, Utah Territory where his father was call e d to help build the temple and to raise cotton and sugar cane. Her father married Cynthia Elizabeth Damoron on 20 December 18 5 7 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. She was 20 years old a n d he was 38. This was a plural marriage. Her mother Cynthia was born o n 9 August 1837 in Nestio, Barry, Missouri to John and Sarah. The famil y mo ved to Henderson County, Texas in 1844. Cynthia was baptized into th e Chu rch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 4 March 1856 by Willia m Cresf ield Moody. A year after the Damrons had joined the Church the prejudice a n d hatred against Mormons was great so the family simply left their hom e a nd land in Texas. Her grandmother Sarah Elizabeth came to the Utah Te rrit ory with the Homer Duncan Company in 1857. Sarah Elizabeth was 8; Wi llia m Wallace was 24; Sarah Matilda 21; Cynthia was 19;and Joseph Warre n wa s 16. Sarah and Cynthia were known as “Betsey” “and Tillie” on the t rek . Her brother William Alfred said: “Cynthia and her sister along wit h Mar y Louisa Whitmore rode all the way from Taylor, Texas to Utah on ho rsebac k, along with the wagon train and cattle herd. Following an immigr ant wag on train to Utah, the three girls ‘passed and repassed Johnston' s Army’ a long the way. The soldiers were excited to see three pretty you ng girls o n the trail.” Records of the company show that Cynthia was married to Willia m C resfield, Sarah Matilda Damron married John Monroe Moody, the widowe d Sar ah Amelia Damron Coldiron married Israel Allphin, and William Walla ce Dam ron later married Martha Jane Allphin who was 13 on the Trek. Ther e wer e 42 individuals in the Homer Duncan Company of 1857. It was mo re lik e a cattle drive that included families from Elliscounty: the Damr ons & C oldirons (who were 10 of that number), the Whitmores (7 members) , some fa milies from farther south in Texas, and missionaries returnin g to Utah: E lders Duncan, William Moody &John Moody. A few joined them f rom Missouri . They brought with them thirteen hundred head of cattle. They trailed their herd northward up the Old Shawnee Trail acro s s the Red River past Preston. Reaching Fort Gibson in Indian territor y i n present-day Oklahoma, they trailed northeastward on the Old Militar y Ro ad to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory. They were on the south sid e o f the Platte River on the Oregon Trail. Their animals were still in g oo d shape and the people were all well in spite of having to contend wit h m yriads of grasshoppers that reportedly infested the trail all the wa y fro m the Missouri River to Fort Bridger. Before reaching the last cros sing o f the Platte River(at present-day Casper), the company divided. On August 17, one group, under the leadership of John and Willi a m Moody,was near Willow Springs and heading for the Sweetwater. Duncan, tr ailing behind with the rest of the company and the herd, was seen by a n e astbound missionary several miles below the Upper Crossing of the Pla tte . The distance between the two divisions lengthened as they neared Ut ah . Moody's contingent reached Salt Lake City on September 14. Duncan ar riv ed on 20 September 20 1857 together with a few wagons from a St. Loui s tr ain. There were no reported deaths. Her father William served a mission to England from September 18 6 0- October 1862. They first settled in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territor y t hen moved to St. George, Washington, Utah Territory. He married Lol a Eliz a Bess on 20 December 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Terr itory . The first two were born in Salt Lake City. Laura was born on 23 M ay 185 9 and Eliza Lucinda was born on 21 October 1860. The family move d to For t Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah Territory. The census records show the m there o n 18 June 1860. Laura was one year old. Laura married Abraham Alonzo Kimball on 11 October 1883 in the E n dowment House in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They were b ot h 37 years old. Abe as he was called was born on 6 April 1846 in Nauvo o,H ancock, Illinois to Heber Chase and Clarissa Cutler Kimball. His earl y li fe was a sad story. After the saints were expelled from Nauvoo, Hanc ock , Illinois, the family moved to Winter Quarters,Nebraska. Abe was abo u t a year old and his brother Isaac was just seven months younger. Hebe r C . Kimball was one of the twelve apostles and was to go with the vangu ar d group so he left his two wives, Clarissa and her sister Emily at Win te r Quarters. Shortly after he left them with his Grandfather Cutler, he was c a lled on a mission to the Indian Territory and took his daughters and t h e two children with him. About two years later both daughters died an d h e was left with the boys and Phelinda Rawlance who’s mother had als o died . She was the widow of Moses Cutler. His grandfather,Alpheus Cutle r denou nced polygamy, the law of tithing, and taught his followers tha t Brigha m Young was an imposter and that he Alpheus Cutler was the tru e prophet! When he was about nine years of age, his grandfather made arrang e ments for his Uncle Thaddeus to take over the care of the boys. They we r e ill-treated and called them “bastards” of Heber or Brigham! They thre at ened to send them out to the “Mormons” if they cause any trouble. In t h e spring of 1862 he was sent to Hamburg to get a doctor and then remai n w ith his uncle Edwin Cutler. That is when he decided to go to California. He had to go back h o me and tell his grandparents and then pack his clothes. He left his bro th er behind and went with his uncle who was elated to think he had a ser van t to look after him as they journeyed to California. When they got t o th e Platte River, his aunt and uncle got into a disagreement and the y final ly separated. His aunt let him know that he was going to be dropp ed off i n Utah to his father. They ran into a man by the name of James Spicer who mentioned h o w he had been mistreated by his uncle. He went with Spicer and they go t t o the Fort Hall Road and were told that the Indians had robbed severa l tr ains and killed many of those going to California, so they turned an d wen t to Utah! He ended up visiting with his father Heber. Making acquaintanc e s with the relatives made a favorable impression on him so he agreed t o s ee his father. He ended up staying with the for the winter, hauling w oo d and attending school. He desired Abe to return to the states for hi s br other Isaac. He was baptized into the Church on 7 April 1863 at th e age o f 17 and then was set apart for a mission to the States. He recei ved hi s endowment on 10 April 1863 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake C ity, Sa lt Lake, Utah Territory. He left to go on 16 April 1863 with his brother Heber, Orin Ro c kwell(Porter Rockwell’s son). They found Isaac and his grandfather. H e to ld them he had been baptized and received his endowments. His grandf athe r let the boys know that he had intended they should be his means o f supp ort while he was alive. He was glad he found his real father and a lso le t him know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that Brigha m Youn g was his legal successor. He told the two boys to return to Uta h Territo ry and be with their father and remain steadfast to “Mormonism” . They ret urned to Utah and stayed with his father until the time of hi s death on 2 2 June 1868. He had two other wives. He married Mary Eliza Hatton on 27 M a y 1865 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They had eight chi ld ren. He married Lucy Adell Brown on 3 January 1876 and they had six ch ild ren. Laura and Abe did not have any children. Laura died on 6 Apri l 1 886 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah at the age of 26. She was buri ed i n Kanosh, Millard, Utah Territory. Abe was a bishop and was arrested in November 1887 for unlawf u l cohabitation. He spend six months in prison and was finally pardone d b y President Grover Cleveland because of consumption. Abe died on 24 S epte mber 1889 in Kanosh, Millard, Utah Territory at the age of 43. He wa s bur ied in the Kanosh Cemetery, Millard,Utah Territory.