Elias Smith Kimball | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 30, 1857 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States |
| Died | June 13, 1934 (aged 77) |
| Parents |
Heber C. Kimball Christeene Golden Kimball |
Elias S. Kimball (30 May 1857, Salt Lake City – 13 June 1934)[1] was the first Mormon U.S. Army chaplain and first in any branch of the United States military.[2] He served in the Spanish–American War with the Second Army Corps Volunteer Engineer Regiment after an appointment to the rank of captain by U.S. President William McKinley around June 19, 1898.[3][4] He was also a businessperson with his older brother, J. Golden Kimball.[2] He was a member of the Utah Territorial legislature (Territorial Assembly) 1888–1889 and Logan, Utah city council 1883–1884.[5] He was a president of the Southern States Mission after his brother J. Golden Kimball, and was named a Seventy by Joseph F. Smith in 1884 and 1894.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "Early Mormon missionaries: Elias Smith Kimball". Church History website. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/elias-smith-kimball-1857?lang=eng.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paighten Harkins (March 28, 2018). "More and more LDS chaplains are bringing God, not necessarily a Mormon God, to the troops". https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2018/03/28/more-and-more-lds-chaplains-are-bringing-god-not-necessarily-a-mormon-god-to-the-troops/.
- ↑ Whitney, Orson Ferguson (1908). The Making of a State: A School History of Utah. p. 272. https://books.google.com/books?id=e4IUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA272.
- ↑ James I. Mangum (2006). "Nineteenth-Century Saints at War". In Robert C. Freeman. Brigham Young University. https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/nineteenth-century-saints-war/chapter-5-spanish-american-and-philippine-wars.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jenson, A. (1914). Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2. Andrew Jenson Histroy Company. p. 55. https://books.google.com/books?id=DwlOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA820. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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