| Elias Smith Kimball | |||
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| Born | (1857-05-30)May 30, 1857 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States | ||
| Died | June 13, 1934(1934-06-13) (aged 77) | ||
| Parents | Heber C. Kimball Christeene Golden Kimball | ||
| Relatives | J. Golden Kimball (brother) | ||
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Elias S. Kimball (30 May 1857, Salt Lake City – 13 June 1934) was the first Mormon U.S. Army chaplain and first in any branch of the United States military. 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. He was also a businessperson with his older brother, J. Golden Kimball. He was a member of the Utah Territorial legislature (Territorial Assembly) 1888–1889 and Logan, Utah city council 1883–1884. 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.
References
- "Early Mormon missionaries: Elias Smith Kimball", Church History website, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- ^ Paighten Harkins (March 28, 2018), "More and more LDS chaplains are bringing God, not necessarily a Mormon God, to the troops", Salt Lake Tribune
- Whitney, Orson Ferguson (1908). The Making of a State: A School History of Utah. p. 272.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - James I. Mangum (2006), "The Spanish-American and Philippine War", in Robert C. Freeman (ed.), Nineteenth-Century Saints at War, Brigham Young University, pp. 155–193 – via BYU Religious Studies Center website
- ^ 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. Vol. 2. Andrew Jenson History Company. p. 55. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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