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Knight
,
Lydia
Goldthwaite
Bailey
Birth and Death Dates
1812-1884
Call Number
MSS
17
Material Type
Correspondence
;
genealogical
records
Biography
Lydia
Goldthwaite
Bailey
Knight
was
born
on
June
9
,
1812
in
Sutton
,
Worcester
County
,
Massachusetts
to
Jesse
G
.
Goldthwaite
and
Sally
Burt
. At
age
15
Lydia
was
sent
to
school
where
she
met
Calvin
Bailey
whom
she
married
in the
fall
of
1828
. In
1829
,
Lydia
bore
a
girl
, but in
1831
both
she and the
baby
were
deserted
by
Bailey
who
had
become
an
alcoholic
. In
February
of
1832
,
Lydia
bore
a
son
who
died
shortly
after
birth
. In
1833
Lydia's
daughter
died
after
becoming
ill
,
which
magnified
Lydia's
grief
. She
went
to
live
with
family
friends
, the
Nikersons
, in
Mount
Pleasant
,
Canada
who
were
visited
by
Joseph
Smith
and
Sidney
Rigdon
that
October
. The
Nickerson
family
and
Lydia
were then
baptized
by the
Prophet
Joseph
and
Sidney
Rigdon
. In
October
of
1835
,
Lydia
became
a
boarder
in the
Smith
home
where
Newel
Knight
, a
widower
, was
staying
. On
November
23
,
1835
, the
Prophet
Joseph
performed
the
marriage
of
Newel
Knight
and
Lydia
, the
first
such
ceremony
performed
by
Joseph
Smith
,
showing
that
Mormon
elders
had the
authority
to
marry
.
Around
this
time
,
Lydia
received
her
patriarchal
blessing
from
Joseph
Smith
,
Sr
. On
March
27
,
1836
Lydia
attended
the
dedication
of the
Kirtland
temple
. On
April
7
,
1836
Lydia
and her
family
left
Kirtland
, and on
April
22
,
1836
they
reached
St
.
Louis
.
Newel
was then
called
to
preside
over
the
Colesville
Branch
which
had been
set
up
in
Jackson
County
,
Missouri
. In
1842
,
Joseph
Smith
formed
the
Relief
Society
of The
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
, and
Lydia
was
enrolled
as
one
of its
first
members
. In
1846
,
Lydia
and her
family
left
Nauvoo
because
of
intense
persecution
against
the
Mormons
. On
January
11
,
1847
,
Newel
died
on the
plains
,
leaving
Lydia
and her
seven
children
alone
in the
Indian
country
.
Lydia
settled
in
Pottowattamie
for a
while
until
she
decided
to
continue
her
journey
west
. On
June
1
,
1850
,
Lydia
headed
west
with
Bishop
Hunter's
company
, and on
October
3
,
1850
, she
reached
the
Great
Salt
Lake
City
where
she
became
a
teacher
. In the
fall
of
1851
,
Lydia
became
a
plural
wife
to
John
Dalton
. This
experience
led
Lydia
to
believe
that
polygamy
was a
divine
law
,
although
in
1858
Lydia
divorced
Dalton
. Then in
1864
,
Lydia
married
James
McClellan
, a
widower
. In
January
of
1877
,
Lydia
was
called
by
President
Brigham
Young
to
work
in the
St
.
George
Utah
Temple
. She
began
serving
as a
temple
worker
in the
fall
of
1877
and
eventually
performed
endowments
for
over
seven
hundred
deceased
women
. On
February
10
,
1880
McClellan
died
,
leaving
Lydia
a
widow
for the
second
time
. In
1882
Lydia
bought
property
in
St
.
George
,
Utah
where
she
settled
until
her
death
there on
April
3
,
1884
. In
total
,
Lydia
raised
eight
children
to
adulthood
,
having
been
promised
by the
Prophet
Joseph
that she would
lose
no
future
children
after
she had
lost
her
only
two
children
before
marrying
Newel
.
Sources
:
Gates
,
Susa
Young
.
Lydia
Knight's
History
.
Salt
Lake
City
:
Juvenile
Instructor
Office
,
1883
.
Hartley
,
William
G
. 'They Are
My
Friends
': A
History
of the
Joseph
Knight
Family
,
1825-1850
.
Provo
:
Grandin
Book
Company
,
1986
.
Abstract
This
collection
contains
letters
of
correspondence
dating
from
1833-1883
as
well
as
genealogical
records
. The
originals
are
restricted
due
to their
fragile
nature
, but
microfilm
copies
are
available
. The
majority
of the
letters
are
written
to
Lydia
from
family
and
friends
,
including
her
parents
,
Ruth
Whitcomb
,
Chloe
Goldthwaite
,
Amos
Goldthwaite
,
Sarah
T
.
Carpenter
,
Mary
Horth
,
Sally
Goldthwaite
,
Hannah
K
.
Meacham
,
R
.
Whitcomb
,
N
.
B
.
McKay
,
Newell
Knight
(her
grandson)
, and
Mary
Elizabeth
Knight
(her
granddaughter)
. Also
included
are
letters
written
from
Lydia
Knight
to her
parents
,
brothers
, and
Susa
Young
Gates
. The
letters
mostly
relate
family
matters
,
including
her
family's
interest
in
getting
to
know
the
Mormons
since
they
themselves
were not
baptized
as
Latter-day
Saints
. The
letters
written
from
Lydia
convey
her
testimony
of
faith
in
God
as she
recounts
her
experience
in
choosing
to
migrate
to
Utah
. There are
multiple
miscellaneous
genealogical
records
,
one
of
which
includes
the
following
information
:
name
,
birth
date
,
birth
place
,
death
date
,
baptism
date
,
one
officiating
,
relationship
,
endowed
, by
whom
ordained
,
sealed
, and by
whom
. The
second
genealogical
record
is
handwritten
in a
book
that
records
the
name
,
birth
date
,
nativity
, and to
whom
married
. The
third
genealogical
record
book
is
entitled
'
Genealogical
Record
of the
Ancestors
,
Descendents
, and
Relatives
of
J
.
W
.
Steed.
' The
final
record
is
handwritten
on
paper
, not
contained
in a
book
, and
includes
names
and
birth
dates
.
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