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Elias Smith Kimball (1857 - 1934) Profile
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Southern States Mission (6 June 1896)
![1898/4: New Elders Southern States Mission - April 26, 1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/W/edwin-grdon-wolley-jr-1870-fs-7.jpg)
1898/4: New Elders Southern States Mission - April 26, 1898
![New elders of the Southern States Mission, 1895 February 27](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/john-renelder-watts-1847-fs-mj.jpg)
New elders of the Southern States Mission, 1895 February 27
![East Tennessee Conference, 1895](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/1895-East TN Conference-Tues Oct 15.jpg)
East Tennessee Conference, 1895
![Southern States Missionaries, circa 1895](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/william-pardoe-1868-fs.jpg)
Southern States Missionaries, circa 1895
![1895/2: New Missionaries - Southern States Mission - 22 February 1895)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/william-wallace-buchanan-1865-fs-mj.jpg)
1895/2: New Missionaries - Southern States Mission - 22 February 1895)
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southern states
![East Tennessee Conference, 1894](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/QR/mission-photo-east-tennessee-conf-1894-fs.jpg)
East Tennessee Conference, 1894
![New Elders Southern States Mission December 21, 1897](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/T/luther-murkins-terry-1873-fs-1.jpg)
New Elders Southern States Mission December 21, 1897
![Southern States Mission - New Elders Arriving (20 April 1896)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/richard-elmer-caldwell-1874-fs-4.jpg)
Southern States Mission - New Elders Arriving (20 April 1896)
![15 May 1896 - New Elders](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/M/joseph-white-musser-1872-fs-7.jpg)
15 May 1896 - New Elders
![19 October 1895 - North Alabama Conference](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/M/joseph-white-musser-1872-fs-9.jpg)
19 October 1895 - North Alabama Conference
![New Elders Arriving Southern States 8 Dec 1896](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/frank-leondus-wilson-1873-fs-mj.jpg)
New Elders Arriving Southern States 8 Dec 1896
![Southern States Mission, ca. 1894](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/george-albert-smith-1870-fs-4.jpg)
Southern States Mission, ca. 1894
![Mississippi Conference of the Southern States Mission, 1895 July 16](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/axel-nielsen-1859-fs-03.jpg)
Mississippi Conference of the Southern States Mission, 1895 July 16
![Southern States missionaries, ca. 1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/elias-smith-kimball-1857-fs-4.jpg)
Southern States missionaries, ca. 1898
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/william-crosby-1872-fs-5.jpg)
Mission Photo
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14 February 1986, Arriving Elders
![23 February 1897, Chattanooga, Tennessee](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/M/joseph-white-musser-1872-fs-13.jpg)
23 February 1897, Chattanooga, Tennessee
![Newly Arrived Elders 21 June 1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/A/john-seymour-allen-1870-fs-3.jpg)
Newly Arrived Elders 21 June 1898
![Southern States Mission, East Kentucky Conference, 31 July 1896](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/elias-smith-woodruff-1873-fs-5.jpg)
Southern States Mission, East Kentucky Conference, 31 July 1896
![Elders Arriving to the Southern States Mission in Chattanooga (22 March 1897)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/joseph-smith-biggs-1875-fs-3.jpg)
Elders Arriving to the Southern States Mission in Chattanooga (22 March 1897)
![23 February 1897 - Chattanooga, Tennessee](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/P/francean-pace-1866-fs-3.jpg)
23 February 1897 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Mission Photo
![August 1896 - East Tennessee Conference](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/M/joseph-white-musser-1872-fs-10.jpg)
August 1896 - East Tennessee Conference
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/QR/thomas-robert-reeve-1861-fs-2.jpg)
Mission Photo
![Southern States Mission Winter of 1897-1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/Southern States Mission1-1998-1902-george-edward-maycock-1876.jpg)
Southern States Mission Winter of 1897-1898
![Southern States missionaries at Virginia Conference (13 July 1896)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/joseph-bradford-kendall-1873-fs-3.jpg)
Southern States missionaries at Virginia Conference (13 July 1896)
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Arriving Elders, 1897
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/S/swen-larson-swenson-1865-fs-2.jpg)
Mission Photo
![1896 - Elders at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (Southern States Mission)](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/elias-smith-kimball-1857-fs-3.jpg)
1896 - Elders at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (Southern States Mission)
![Southern States Mission - Middle Tennessee Conference - Spencer TN, 9 Sep 1894](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/erastus-snow-larsen-1867-fs-3.jpg)
Southern States Mission - Middle Tennessee Conference - Spencer TN, 9 Sep 1894
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/W/ivan-woodward-1877-fs-4.jpg)
Mission Photo
![New Elders Arriving - Southern States Mission, 1894 June 8](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/O/william-thomas-odgen-1870-fs-2.jpg)
New Elders Arriving - Southern States Mission, 1894 June 8
![20 March 1896, Arriving Elders](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/alexander-stewart-campbell-1872-fs-4.jpg)
20 March 1896, Arriving Elders
![Southern States Mission, Florida Conference, 1897 May 1](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/T/william-fredrick-tanner-1873-fs-4.jpg)
Southern States Mission, Florida Conference, 1897 May 1
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/P/heber-william-perry-sr-1866-fs-3.jpg)
Mission Photo
![New Elders Arriving to the Southern States Mission, 1895 November 8](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/charles-abaham-varley-1895-fs-01.jpg)
New Elders Arriving to the Southern States Mission, 1895 November 8
![East Tennessee Conference - Southern States Mission, 1897 December 26](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/samuel-baugh-thatcher-1872-fs-02.jpg)
East Tennessee Conference - Southern States Mission, 1897 December 26
![1894/9: Southern States Mission, 1894 September 7](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/southern states/robert-reed-judd-1863-fs-mj.jpg)
1894/9: Southern States Mission, 1894 September 7