Levi Newell KENDALL

                   Levi Newell Kendall, one of the original pioneers of Utah, was born 19 April 1822 at Lockport, Niagara Co., New York, A son of Levi Kendall and Lorena Lyman. He was baptized in Redford Michigan, by Elder D.B. Hurbert, in October 1842.  He was ordained Seventy in April 1844, under the hands of Pres. Joseph Smith Sr. and filled a mission to Michigan the same year.  After his arrival in Great Salt Lake Valley with the Pioneer Company in July 1847, he assisted to plow the land and plant crops, until he returned to winter Quarters with Pres. Young in the fall of the same year.  He came back to the valley in 1848 and married Elizabeth Clements in Salt Lake City in 1851.  In 1856 he became a resident of Springville, Uah, where he assisted in the construction of Canyon roads and irrigation canals and from which place in 1861 he went to the Missouri River with Capt. John R. Murdock to bring poor saints to the "Valley".  Bro. Kendall died at Springville, March 10, 1905 survived by a large family.   - taken from "Prominent Men of Utah"

   Book "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah"  - Came to Utah July 24, 1847, Brigham Young Co. High Priest. Indian War Veteran.  Lived at Springville, Utah.

Married in Endowment House Salt Lake City.

Re-bpt.  8 Aug 1847
Submitted by Mrs. Mary Burningham Kendall, 1246  W 8th S., Salt Lake City, Ut.

Person submitting sheet: E.N. Smuin, 515  N 6th W, Salt Lake City, Utah

SP: 10 Jul 1951 SG

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Notes: NAUVOO RECORDS: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 318
70's Record, p 425
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 26, pp 394-400
Record of Baptisms for the Dead, by Black and Black, Vol 4, p 2059
HISTORY/HISTORIES: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p 98
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Sources:
[S18] LDS - Seventies: Early Seventies, Black, Harvey Bischoff, Compiler and Editor,  , p 425
[S3] Book - Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, 7 vols., Black, Susan Easton,
Provo, Utah 84602,  , by Black and Black, Vol 4, 2059
[S5] :DS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1830-1848, 50 vols., Black Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 26, pp 394-400
[S6] LDS - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (1845-