David Patten Kimball (August 23, 1839 – November 21, 1883) was an early Mormon leader, one of the three young men of the Sweetwater handcart rescue.

His father was an Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and left to serve a mission in England about the time of David's birth.

In the winter of 1856, Kimball helped a company of handcart pioneers stranded near the Sweetwater River,[1] in response to a request from Brigham Young.

On the return trip, he became separated from his traveling companion and wagon and got lost in the Salt River valley south of Wickenburg.

During this time, he reported seeing a vision in which his deceased father warned him to get his life in order, and that he had only two years to live.