Whitney, Newel Kimball, 1795-1850
Dates
- Existence: 1795 - 1850
Biographical History
Newel Kimball Whitney (1795-1850) was a American merchant, pioneer, and ecclesiastical leader. He served as the second general bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1831-1850).
Newel Kimball Whitney was born on February 5, 1795 at Marlborough, Windham County, Vermont to Samuel and Susanna Kimball Whitney. Whitney joined the Church in Ohio in 1830, and was a personal friend of Joseph Smith (1805-1844) who founded that faith. He also served as associate justice and treasurer of the provincial state of Deseret (later Utah) in 1849. He married seven times; his wives included Elizabeth Ann Smith (1800-1882, m. 1822), Ann Houston (1821-1848, m. 1846), Elizabeth Almira Pond (1827-1899, m. 1846), Abigail Augusta Pond (m. 1846), Olive M. Bishop (1807-1852, m. 1846), Elizabeth Moore (1826-1858, m. 1846), Henrietta Keyes (1821-1901, m. 1846), and Emmeline Blanche Woodward (1828-1921, m. 1849). Whitney died on September 3, 1850 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Citation:
Harold B. Lee Library. Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney papers, 1979 (subj.) t.p. (Newel Kimball Whitney) p. 1 (b. Feb. 5, 1795, Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), p. 10 (d. Sept. 23, 1850)Kimball and Whitney Cemetery report, 1911: p. 4 (Newell Kimball Whitney; b. Feb 5, 1795; d. Sept. 23, 1850)
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records
Contains correspondence, church related, financial records, legal records, and miscellaneous documents. Notable documents (all photocopies) include an 1844 letter from Joseph Smith while in Carthage Jail and a list of Mormon Battalion soldiers.
Newel Kimball Whitney collection of correspondence, 1837-1845
Newel Kimball Whitney collection on Mormon Church, 1829-1882
Contains revelations, correspondence, legal records, military documents, and church records created and collected by Whitney between 1829 and 1882. Materials document Whitney's service as bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as other aspects of the administration, economics, and community life in Mormon communities in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.
Newel Kimball Whitney papers, 1817-1900
Contains the personal papers of Whitney, including correspondence, account books, patriarchal blessings and other materials dating from between 1817 and 1900. These papers primarily document his church and personal business in Kirtland, Ohio and Nauvoo, Illinois. Includes extensive correspondence with his brother, Samuel F. Whitney. Documents from after Whitney's death deal with the disposition of his estate and his burial.