J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith autobiography
Smith, Bathsheba W. Bigler, 1822-1910
MS 0267
0.25 linear feet
1 folder
1874
The Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith autobiography (1874) describes her conversion to the LDS Church, her life in Missouri and Nauvoo, living arrangements in the Salt Lake Valley, the coming of Johnston's Army, and her husband's death, among other things.
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Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith was born in West Virginia in 1822. She was converted to the LDS Church when she was fifteen. Her family also converted and they moved to Far West, Missouri, then Nauvoo, Illinois, to be with other Latter-day Saints. In Nauvoo, she married George A. Smith, one of the Twelve Apostles under Joseph Smith. In 1846, the family, along with many others, made the trek to the Salt Lake Valley. She served as a counselor and then was president of the Relief Society organization from 1901-1910. Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith died in 1910.
The Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith autobiography describes her conversion to the LDS Church, her life in Missouri and Nauvoo, living arrangements in the Salt Lake Valley, the coming of Johnston's Army, and her husband's death, among other things.
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See also the George Albert Smith family papers (Ms 36), located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections. The diary of Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith is located in the George A. Smith family papers and has been digitized and is available online.
Donated by Zarah Horne Jeppson in 1979.
Processed by Alice Guss in 1983.
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Smith, Bathsheba W. Bigler, 1822-1910
Smith, George A. (George Albert), 1817-1875
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Nauvoo (Ill.)--Expulsion of the Latter Day Saints--Sources
Latter Day Saint pioneers--West (U.S.)--19th century--Biography
Latter Day Saint converts--19th century--Biography
Latter Day Saint women--19th century--Biography
Latter Day Saint families--19th century--Archives
Women pioneers--West (U.S.)--19th century--Sources
Apostles (Latter Day Saint churches)
Polygamy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Autobiographies
Autobiography
1874
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