Frances Jessie Swan (1822-1894)

Frances Jessie Swan (1822-1894)

Mormon Pioneer - Plural wife of Heber C Kimball

Vital Stats[]

Daughter of Douglas Swan (1796-1874) and Margaret Craig (1788-1847)
1822-Jun-20 : Birth in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1845 : Marriage to Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) in Nauvoo, Illinois
1851 : Divorced
1852 : Marriage to George L Clark (1818-1868) in Salt Lake City
1855 : Moved to Mormon Colony in San Bernardino
1859 : San Bernardino Colony disbanded, Clark family moves to San Joaquin Valley
1894-May-30 : Died in San Francisco, California, USA

Marriage to Heber C Kimball[]

Born June 1822 in Scotland, married 1845, divorced 7 December 1851, died 30 May 1894 in San Francisco, CA.

Margaret Jane Kimball (1846-1846) - died young at Winter Quarters: (9 April 1846-10 August 1846)

Marriage to George L Clark[]

George Clark is a fellow Scot.

Baby Clark (1856-1856) - died infant in San Bernardino
Annie Clark (1860-) - b. San Joaquin, California
Ida Clark (1866-) - b. San Joaquin, California

San Bernardino Colony[]

Colony History records the following for the 1859 disbandment of the Mormon Colony there:

"Similarly there is little recorded questioning of the causes for the withdrawal. However, one independent family, including the wife, Francis Clark, who had once defied Heber C. Kimball’s counsel to abandon her place among his substantial group of wives, and her present husband, George Clark, confided to friends that they would not “hurry off very soon, at least until they could dispose of their property.” A month later Francis concluded to go to northern California to reside temporarily with her husband’s brother. While her husband planned to journey temporarily to Utah, they both “expressed great doubt with regard to the propriety of Governor Young’s movements,” holding that his defiance of the government was premature if not unwise. The couple was strongly admonished by friends to obey counsel and cultivate “full confidence” in their leaders. The Clarks’ opinions were probably widely held among those who remained in California, as most of their family did."

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