"I feel contented about you I know the Lord will take care of you, and preserve you till I come home; and feed you, and clothe you, and the children. And he will take care of me; give me your prayers, and you shall have mine: be faithful my dear companion, our labours will soon be over, when we shall meet to part no more forever." — Heber C. Kimball1
Vilate Kimball was born on June 1, 1806, in Florida, Montgomery County, New York, to Roswell Murray and Susannah Fitch. She married Heber C. Kimball in 1822 and was baptized into the Church by Joseph Young in 1832. Following her conversion, Vilate moved with her family to Kirtland, Ohio, in the fall of 1833.2
In Kirtland, between 1834 and 1836, Vilate threw herself into making clothes and veils for the Kirtland temple, spinning one hundred pounds of wool into thread, weaving it into cloth, and sewing clothing for the workers. Devoted to her service, she did this without keeping any extras for herself, not even a pair of stockings.3
