Jane S. Richards
Born: 31 January 1823
Called as First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency: 11 October 1888
Released: 10 November 1901
Died: 17 November 1912
Called as First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency: 11 October 1888
Released: 10 November 1901
Died: 17 November 1912
Biographical Articles
Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 4
Young Woman's Journal, January 1913, A Tribute. Jane Snyder Richards
Relief Society Magazine, March 1923, Jane Snyder Richards
Young Woman's Journal, January 1913, A Tribute. Jane Snyder Richards
Relief Society Magazine, March 1923, Jane Snyder Richards
Jenson, Andrew. "Richards, Jesse Snyder." Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 4. pg. 195.
RICHARDS, Jane Snyder, a member of the Relief Society in Nauvoo and of the Central and General Boards of Relief Society in Utah from 1888 to 1910, was born Jan. 31, 1823, at Pamelia, Jefferson Co., N. Y., a daughter of Isaac Richards and Lovise Corn stock Snyder. She was married to Franklin D. Richards, Dec. 18, 1842, and came to Utah with her husband in 1848. Bro. Richards, who in 1849 was called to the apostleship, established permanent residence in Ogden in 1869, where Sister Richards presided over the Relief Society, and was the first president of the Weber Stake Relief Society, organized July 19, 1877, by Pres. Brigham Young. This position she held for 31 years, and was first counselor in the general presidency of Relief Society from 1888 to 1901. She was one of Utah's representatives at the National Council of Women in 1891, when the Relief Society and Y. L. M. I. A. became affiliated with that organization. She was also vice president of the Utah Board of Lady Managers of the World's Fair at Chicago, Ill., in 1893. Sister Richards was the mother of six children and died Nov. 17, 1912.
RICHARDS, Jane Snyder, a member of the Relief Society in Nauvoo and of the Central and General Boards of Relief Society in Utah from 1888 to 1910, was born Jan. 31, 1823, at Pamelia, Jefferson Co., N. Y., a daughter of Isaac Richards and Lovise Corn stock Snyder. She was married to Franklin D. Richards, Dec. 18, 1842, and came to Utah with her husband in 1848. Bro. Richards, who in 1849 was called to the apostleship, established permanent residence in Ogden in 1869, where Sister Richards presided over the Relief Society, and was the first president of the Weber Stake Relief Society, organized July 19, 1877, by Pres. Brigham Young. This position she held for 31 years, and was first counselor in the general presidency of Relief Society from 1888 to 1901. She was one of Utah's representatives at the National Council of Women in 1891, when the Relief Society and Y. L. M. I. A. became affiliated with that organization. She was also vice president of the Utah Board of Lady Managers of the World's Fair at Chicago, Ill., in 1893. Sister Richards was the mother of six children and died Nov. 17, 1912.
Cannon, Annie Wells. "A Tribute - Jane Snyder Richards." Young Woman's Journal. January 1913. pg. 35-37.
A Tribute.
Jane Snyder Richards.
By Annie Wells Cannon.
Another mother in Israel has departed, called to join that vast throng, who on earth have been loved and honored, whose presence and guidance will be missed and yet who now in celestial glory continue unfettered in their mighty work.
On a glorious Sabbath afternoon of last November, surrounded by loving children and friends, Sister Jane S. Richards obeyed the last summons, and gently as a little child falling to sleep, went on to her eternal rest. Whilst tender watchers in the chamber of death wept and mourned for the loved mother, taken from their midst, in vision beautiful one might behold those “loved ones gone before” waiting with extended hands and expectant face to clasp her in a fond embrace and lead her to the glorious mansion prepared for her coming.
It is not mete to mourn for her— a true, steadfast woman, who has laid up for herself “treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal;” for verily her life through all the long years was an unceasing toil in the service of the Master. “She went about doing good,” was said of her over and over again; carrying burdens for those less strong; comforting the widow, the orphan, the childless, the hearts of those that mourn ; feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, giving sympathy, kindness and cheer to the lonely, the erring, the afflicted; she was truly a good Samaritan, a ministering angel, following to the letter the admonition of Paul in being a cheerful giver, not merely of material things, but of those gifts and graces wherewith—God in His goodness had endowed her.
Her teachings to the daughters of Zion were words of wisdom, culled from a prayerful and thoughtful mind, nurtured by stern experience and bestowed with affection.
Among the women of Sister Richards’ generation, there was a coterie of remarkable ones, who will forever stand pre-eminent as leaders and exemplars to the Latter-day Saints, not alone for their fidelity, faith, and good deeds, but for the strong character and personality which have placed them as immortal figures in the history of their people. Certainly, not the least striking among these was she, who was so lately taken.
In the mind’s eye, one can see her still—a frail-looking little woman, neatly and modestly attired, bearing herself with pretty grace, earnest yet penetrating in the glance of her steel blue eyes, firm yet gentle in word and deed, the expression of the close shut mouth so quiet yet decisive, the sound of the voice tender and affectionate: no wonder this little woman with the slender, delicate hands, the aquiline features and the persuasive manner commanded attention and obeisance. To do her bidding was one’s pleasure; to follow her lead, was one’s delight. The dignity of office rested gracefully upon her, marking her a natural leader, who used her power only to further good among her fellowmen.
Mrs. Richard’s life was not all sunshine. Like others she had her share of adversity. She was born in New York state, and when she was quite a little girl her parents moved to Canada. It was there the message of the gospel was brought to and received by her father’s household. Tt was also there that the young Elder Franklin D. Richards came, to whom she plighted her troth and with whom she united her life for time and all eternity. With him she went to Nauvoo and in the beginning of her young womanhood enlisted herself as a worker in the Relief Society cause, that organization to which she gave such untiring devotion, and of which she became one of the greatest leaders. After Nauvoo, where she endured with the rest of the Saints the mobbings and persecutions and finally the driving, she came to Winter Quarters, that desolate, unhappy stopping place of the Saints on the banks of the muddy Missouri, with its shifting population, its restless, suffering and afflicted people. It was there she gave birth to and buried her first child, during the absence of her husband in England on a mission; in all probability it was also there that she became through necessity the mistress of that grace to accept which rendered her afterwards such a gentle giver. Then came the journey from Winter Quarters to the valley, where the final home was made. A pioneer woman, she bravely endured the hardships and stinted living of those early days.
As the years rolled by she watched and noted the development and growth of the new land from desert to fruitful and blossoming fields and gardens; she saw the homes change from log. dirt-roofed huts to capacious and elegant dwellings ; she participated in the educational and social advancement of the people, and enjoyed the spiritual growth and privileges of God’s temples. and reared an honored family. Of all titles and positions, none was so dear to her as that of wife and mother and no work so near as that of the home. Her success as a mother, her untiring, unselfish devotion to her children, was rewarded in the closing years of her life by a like devotion from them to her. as tenderly and lovingly they anticipated her every need.
Allotted almost ninety years of schooling and experience here on earth, is it not glorious to think of what awaits her after so replete a life? Nothing can be more inspiring than to reflect upon the magnificent fortitude with which she passed through the different stages from childhood to old age; living to see the fruition of her fondest hopes, and in life’s shadowy gloaming awaiting in sweet content the coming of her Lord.
A Tribute.
Jane Snyder Richards.
By Annie Wells Cannon.
Another mother in Israel has departed, called to join that vast throng, who on earth have been loved and honored, whose presence and guidance will be missed and yet who now in celestial glory continue unfettered in their mighty work.
On a glorious Sabbath afternoon of last November, surrounded by loving children and friends, Sister Jane S. Richards obeyed the last summons, and gently as a little child falling to sleep, went on to her eternal rest. Whilst tender watchers in the chamber of death wept and mourned for the loved mother, taken from their midst, in vision beautiful one might behold those “loved ones gone before” waiting with extended hands and expectant face to clasp her in a fond embrace and lead her to the glorious mansion prepared for her coming.
It is not mete to mourn for her— a true, steadfast woman, who has laid up for herself “treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal;” for verily her life through all the long years was an unceasing toil in the service of the Master. “She went about doing good,” was said of her over and over again; carrying burdens for those less strong; comforting the widow, the orphan, the childless, the hearts of those that mourn ; feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, giving sympathy, kindness and cheer to the lonely, the erring, the afflicted; she was truly a good Samaritan, a ministering angel, following to the letter the admonition of Paul in being a cheerful giver, not merely of material things, but of those gifts and graces wherewith—God in His goodness had endowed her.
Her teachings to the daughters of Zion were words of wisdom, culled from a prayerful and thoughtful mind, nurtured by stern experience and bestowed with affection.
Among the women of Sister Richards’ generation, there was a coterie of remarkable ones, who will forever stand pre-eminent as leaders and exemplars to the Latter-day Saints, not alone for their fidelity, faith, and good deeds, but for the strong character and personality which have placed them as immortal figures in the history of their people. Certainly, not the least striking among these was she, who was so lately taken.
In the mind’s eye, one can see her still—a frail-looking little woman, neatly and modestly attired, bearing herself with pretty grace, earnest yet penetrating in the glance of her steel blue eyes, firm yet gentle in word and deed, the expression of the close shut mouth so quiet yet decisive, the sound of the voice tender and affectionate: no wonder this little woman with the slender, delicate hands, the aquiline features and the persuasive manner commanded attention and obeisance. To do her bidding was one’s pleasure; to follow her lead, was one’s delight. The dignity of office rested gracefully upon her, marking her a natural leader, who used her power only to further good among her fellowmen.
Mrs. Richard’s life was not all sunshine. Like others she had her share of adversity. She was born in New York state, and when she was quite a little girl her parents moved to Canada. It was there the message of the gospel was brought to and received by her father’s household. Tt was also there that the young Elder Franklin D. Richards came, to whom she plighted her troth and with whom she united her life for time and all eternity. With him she went to Nauvoo and in the beginning of her young womanhood enlisted herself as a worker in the Relief Society cause, that organization to which she gave such untiring devotion, and of which she became one of the greatest leaders. After Nauvoo, where she endured with the rest of the Saints the mobbings and persecutions and finally the driving, she came to Winter Quarters, that desolate, unhappy stopping place of the Saints on the banks of the muddy Missouri, with its shifting population, its restless, suffering and afflicted people. It was there she gave birth to and buried her first child, during the absence of her husband in England on a mission; in all probability it was also there that she became through necessity the mistress of that grace to accept which rendered her afterwards such a gentle giver. Then came the journey from Winter Quarters to the valley, where the final home was made. A pioneer woman, she bravely endured the hardships and stinted living of those early days.
As the years rolled by she watched and noted the development and growth of the new land from desert to fruitful and blossoming fields and gardens; she saw the homes change from log. dirt-roofed huts to capacious and elegant dwellings ; she participated in the educational and social advancement of the people, and enjoyed the spiritual growth and privileges of God’s temples. and reared an honored family. Of all titles and positions, none was so dear to her as that of wife and mother and no work so near as that of the home. Her success as a mother, her untiring, unselfish devotion to her children, was rewarded in the closing years of her life by a like devotion from them to her. as tenderly and lovingly they anticipated her every need.
Allotted almost ninety years of schooling and experience here on earth, is it not glorious to think of what awaits her after so replete a life? Nothing can be more inspiring than to reflect upon the magnificent fortitude with which she passed through the different stages from childhood to old age; living to see the fruition of her fondest hopes, and in life’s shadowy gloaming awaiting in sweet content the coming of her Lord.
"Jane Snyder Richards." Relief Society Magazine. March 1923. pg. 108-112.
Jane Snyder Richards
January 31, 1923, marked the hundred year anniversary of the birth of Jane Snyder Richards, one of the venerated pioneer leaders of the Relief Society. Mrs. Richards’ name has been associated with the Society since its beginning. She was an active member of the organization in Nauvoo, and was an important factor in the development of the work in the early days in Utah. Mrs. Richards had the distinction of being appointed the first president of a Relief Society stake organization. On July 19, 1877, a memorable meeting was held in Ogden, Utah, and Presi-dent Brigham Young organized the ward Relief Societies of Weber county into a stake unit. This event is a significant- one, for it marks the real beginning of the amalgamation of the independent ward Societies into a unified whole Relief Society, with uniform standards and coordinated activities. President Brigham Young, the great organizer, with his usual vision and foresight, saw the need and value of a stake subdivision in extending and facilitating the work of the Relief Society, and accordingly, arranged for this needed organization in Weber county. Brigham Young headed the delegation, including Eliza R. Snow and Emmeline B. Wells of the Relief Society, which journeyed from Salt Lake to Ogden to attend the Relief Society meeting, at which Mrs. Richards was sustained as the first president of this, the first Relief Society stake organization.
Mrs. Richards was also prominent in the general Relief Society organization and was selected first counselor, when the General Board was reorganized in 1888 and Zina D. H. Young was made president.
Her life, rich in achievements and eventfulness, was at the same time beautiful in its simplicity and humility. A sketch of her interesting career was prepared for the program of her centennial anniversary, part of which reads:
“Jane Snyder Richards, daughter of Isaac and Lovisa Comstock Snyder, was born at Pamelia, Jefferson county, New York. Her long and eventful life was full and overflowing with
love, devotion, charity, self-sacrifice and heroic deeds. She was in the truest sense, a good and noble wife, a devoted mother, a splendid leader in charitable and humanitarian works, and of the highest type and character in citizenship. Certainly her posterity and friends have every reason to be proud of her beautiful life and works.
“Her love was the strongest, the surest and the most enduring—even as the rock of ages. She was most patient, cheerful and hopeful under the greatest trials and misfortune, and extremely sympathetic, generous and helpful to others in trouble or distress —in fact she was the ministering angel who bestowed helpfulness and mercy to thousands who were less fortunate than she.
“The history of her life shows her many willing sacrifices for the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith', and her faith, which was never shaken. At the age of seventeen years she was carried from a sick bed to a frozen lake, where, after the ice was cut, she was baptized in its waters and miraculously healed of a serious illness. In the exodus of the Saints from Illinois, while traveling by wagon westward across the desolate plains of Iowa, her husband being then on a mission, she gave birth to her second child—a son—who died upon the day of his birth, and was buried at Mount Pisgah. Seven weeks later her little daughter died and was buried near Winter Quarters on the Missouri River, leaving her lonely, childless, sick, and in the wilderness with a wagon box for a home. For twenty- one months, under such conditions, she waited, patiently, at Winter Quarters, for the return from Great Britain of her husband, Franklin Dewey Richards. During that period, she was so ill that frequently her life appeared to be hanging in the balance, but her faith, undaunted at all times, was rewarded with strength and courage sufficient to enable her, in company with her husband, to endure the innumerable privations and hardships of the one-thousand-mile journey, by ox team, across desert plains, overrun with bands of hostile and marauding Indians. After three months of thrilling adventure, on October 19, 1848, they entered the Great Salt Lake Valley (now Salt Lake City).
“She suffered the common hardships and poverty of pioneers settling a new country, living, the first season, in a wagon box and for some time thereafter, in a one-room adobe house, with dirt roof and dirt floor. Inadequacy of the harvests caused great suffering and considerable sickness among the early settlers, but what little she possessed she generously shared with the new emigrants entering the valley and those who were more destitute than she. These trials and hardships increased her capacity for human sympathy and prepared her for the great labor of love awaiting her, and which she later cheerfully performed, in the Relief Society organizations of the Church, and in other capacities.
“She was truly a helpmate to her husband, Apostle Franklin, Dewey Richards, and justly shares the honors that came to him, for she did her part, nobly, not only in rearing and caring for their children but in providing for them as well. He was thereby freed to a considerable extent from those cares and responsibilities, and enabled to devote his entire time to the work and service of the Lord. When worried and weary he always found his home a haven of rest and peace, where love and confidence awaited him. “Her later life brought public honors to her also. In the . year 1872, she was appointed and set apart President of the Relief Society of Ogden. Five years later (in July, 1877) she was selected and set apart by President Brigham Young to act as President of the Relief Societies of Weber stake—then comprising all of Weber county. This was the first stake Relief Society organized in the Church, and she held the position until July, 1908, (thirty-one years). In the year 1888 she was appointed and sustained as First Counselor to 'President Zina D. H. Young in the presidency of the Relief Societies of the Church. “She accompanied her husband on several trips to New York, Chicago, Washington, D. C., and San Francisco, and one trip, to Alaska, combining important business with pleasure. While in New York she obtained much valuable genealogical information concerning her immediate ancestry, which enabled her to do considerable temple work. She visited Washington, D. C., as one of Utah’s representatives in the National Council of Women, and made the personal acquaintance of Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, Miss Susan B. Anthony, and other ladies of national reputation and leadership. She was vice-president of the Utah Board of Lady Managers of the World’s Fair, held at Chicago, in 1893. “She honored and dignified every position she occupied, and faithfully performed the many important and responsible public duties which devolved upon her. She is held in loving remembrance by all who knew her, and especially because of her personal ministration to the poor, the sick, and the otherwise afflicted and distressed. She gave most generously and cheerfully of her substance and of her personal service.
“She believed, sincerely, and in her life exemplified the scripture wherein it is said that ‘It is better to go to the house of mourning, than go to the house of feasting.’ The sick, the lame, the deaf, and the blind, as well as those who were bowed down with grief and sorrow, were all objects of her special solicitude. To assist them in lightening and carrying their burdens, was the pride of her heart. She neither sought nor desired personal ease or comfort. She seemed to understand that she had been born to serve, and that serve she must. Her work was here and she was ever industriously engaged in it. It has not been, and will not be said of her: ‘How much did she have, or how much did she leave?’ Rather has it been and will be said: ‘She devoted her life to her fellows. To bring health, peace and happiness to them was her unselfish ambition.’
“Her knowledge of the divinity of the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith was often testified of, by her, in the strongest and most convincing terms. Her greatest concern and admonition was that her children and their posterity should ever remain true and faithful to the teachings of the prophet and retain their membership and good standing in the Church which she loved dearer than life. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother and a true friend. She was truly one of God’s noblest daughters.
“She passed from earth to her heavenly home on November 17, 1912, at Ogden, Utah, at the ripe age of 89 years, 9 months and 17 days. She has a total of seventy-three descendants: six children: twenty-two grandchildren, forty great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren."
Jane Snyder Richards
January 31, 1923, marked the hundred year anniversary of the birth of Jane Snyder Richards, one of the venerated pioneer leaders of the Relief Society. Mrs. Richards’ name has been associated with the Society since its beginning. She was an active member of the organization in Nauvoo, and was an important factor in the development of the work in the early days in Utah. Mrs. Richards had the distinction of being appointed the first president of a Relief Society stake organization. On July 19, 1877, a memorable meeting was held in Ogden, Utah, and Presi-dent Brigham Young organized the ward Relief Societies of Weber county into a stake unit. This event is a significant- one, for it marks the real beginning of the amalgamation of the independent ward Societies into a unified whole Relief Society, with uniform standards and coordinated activities. President Brigham Young, the great organizer, with his usual vision and foresight, saw the need and value of a stake subdivision in extending and facilitating the work of the Relief Society, and accordingly, arranged for this needed organization in Weber county. Brigham Young headed the delegation, including Eliza R. Snow and Emmeline B. Wells of the Relief Society, which journeyed from Salt Lake to Ogden to attend the Relief Society meeting, at which Mrs. Richards was sustained as the first president of this, the first Relief Society stake organization.
Mrs. Richards was also prominent in the general Relief Society organization and was selected first counselor, when the General Board was reorganized in 1888 and Zina D. H. Young was made president.
Her life, rich in achievements and eventfulness, was at the same time beautiful in its simplicity and humility. A sketch of her interesting career was prepared for the program of her centennial anniversary, part of which reads:
“Jane Snyder Richards, daughter of Isaac and Lovisa Comstock Snyder, was born at Pamelia, Jefferson county, New York. Her long and eventful life was full and overflowing with
love, devotion, charity, self-sacrifice and heroic deeds. She was in the truest sense, a good and noble wife, a devoted mother, a splendid leader in charitable and humanitarian works, and of the highest type and character in citizenship. Certainly her posterity and friends have every reason to be proud of her beautiful life and works.
“Her love was the strongest, the surest and the most enduring—even as the rock of ages. She was most patient, cheerful and hopeful under the greatest trials and misfortune, and extremely sympathetic, generous and helpful to others in trouble or distress —in fact she was the ministering angel who bestowed helpfulness and mercy to thousands who were less fortunate than she.
“The history of her life shows her many willing sacrifices for the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith', and her faith, which was never shaken. At the age of seventeen years she was carried from a sick bed to a frozen lake, where, after the ice was cut, she was baptized in its waters and miraculously healed of a serious illness. In the exodus of the Saints from Illinois, while traveling by wagon westward across the desolate plains of Iowa, her husband being then on a mission, she gave birth to her second child—a son—who died upon the day of his birth, and was buried at Mount Pisgah. Seven weeks later her little daughter died and was buried near Winter Quarters on the Missouri River, leaving her lonely, childless, sick, and in the wilderness with a wagon box for a home. For twenty- one months, under such conditions, she waited, patiently, at Winter Quarters, for the return from Great Britain of her husband, Franklin Dewey Richards. During that period, she was so ill that frequently her life appeared to be hanging in the balance, but her faith, undaunted at all times, was rewarded with strength and courage sufficient to enable her, in company with her husband, to endure the innumerable privations and hardships of the one-thousand-mile journey, by ox team, across desert plains, overrun with bands of hostile and marauding Indians. After three months of thrilling adventure, on October 19, 1848, they entered the Great Salt Lake Valley (now Salt Lake City).
“She suffered the common hardships and poverty of pioneers settling a new country, living, the first season, in a wagon box and for some time thereafter, in a one-room adobe house, with dirt roof and dirt floor. Inadequacy of the harvests caused great suffering and considerable sickness among the early settlers, but what little she possessed she generously shared with the new emigrants entering the valley and those who were more destitute than she. These trials and hardships increased her capacity for human sympathy and prepared her for the great labor of love awaiting her, and which she later cheerfully performed, in the Relief Society organizations of the Church, and in other capacities.
“She was truly a helpmate to her husband, Apostle Franklin, Dewey Richards, and justly shares the honors that came to him, for she did her part, nobly, not only in rearing and caring for their children but in providing for them as well. He was thereby freed to a considerable extent from those cares and responsibilities, and enabled to devote his entire time to the work and service of the Lord. When worried and weary he always found his home a haven of rest and peace, where love and confidence awaited him. “Her later life brought public honors to her also. In the . year 1872, she was appointed and set apart President of the Relief Society of Ogden. Five years later (in July, 1877) she was selected and set apart by President Brigham Young to act as President of the Relief Societies of Weber stake—then comprising all of Weber county. This was the first stake Relief Society organized in the Church, and she held the position until July, 1908, (thirty-one years). In the year 1888 she was appointed and sustained as First Counselor to 'President Zina D. H. Young in the presidency of the Relief Societies of the Church. “She accompanied her husband on several trips to New York, Chicago, Washington, D. C., and San Francisco, and one trip, to Alaska, combining important business with pleasure. While in New York she obtained much valuable genealogical information concerning her immediate ancestry, which enabled her to do considerable temple work. She visited Washington, D. C., as one of Utah’s representatives in the National Council of Women, and made the personal acquaintance of Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, Miss Susan B. Anthony, and other ladies of national reputation and leadership. She was vice-president of the Utah Board of Lady Managers of the World’s Fair, held at Chicago, in 1893. “She honored and dignified every position she occupied, and faithfully performed the many important and responsible public duties which devolved upon her. She is held in loving remembrance by all who knew her, and especially because of her personal ministration to the poor, the sick, and the otherwise afflicted and distressed. She gave most generously and cheerfully of her substance and of her personal service.
“She believed, sincerely, and in her life exemplified the scripture wherein it is said that ‘It is better to go to the house of mourning, than go to the house of feasting.’ The sick, the lame, the deaf, and the blind, as well as those who were bowed down with grief and sorrow, were all objects of her special solicitude. To assist them in lightening and carrying their burdens, was the pride of her heart. She neither sought nor desired personal ease or comfort. She seemed to understand that she had been born to serve, and that serve she must. Her work was here and she was ever industriously engaged in it. It has not been, and will not be said of her: ‘How much did she have, or how much did she leave?’ Rather has it been and will be said: ‘She devoted her life to her fellows. To bring health, peace and happiness to them was her unselfish ambition.’
“Her knowledge of the divinity of the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith was often testified of, by her, in the strongest and most convincing terms. Her greatest concern and admonition was that her children and their posterity should ever remain true and faithful to the teachings of the prophet and retain their membership and good standing in the Church which she loved dearer than life. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother and a true friend. She was truly one of God’s noblest daughters.
“She passed from earth to her heavenly home on November 17, 1912, at Ogden, Utah, at the ripe age of 89 years, 9 months and 17 days. She has a total of seventy-three descendants: six children: twenty-two grandchildren, forty great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren."