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Garner
,
Mary
Field
Birth and Death Dates
1836-1943
Call Number
MSS
8
;
MSS
1141
Material Type
Biography
,
autobiography
Biography
Mary
Field
Garner
was
born
February
1
,
1836
in
Stanley
Hill
,
Herefordshire
,
England
to
William
Field
and
Mary
Harding
. Her
parents
were
baptized
in
1840
, and they
thereafter
traveled
to
Nauvoo
. The
family
rented
a
home
there,
attended
church
, and
listened
to
sermons
from the
Prophet
Joseph
Smith
. The
saints
experienced
peace
there
until
there
began
to be
persecution
. Not
long
after
,
Mary's
father
and
two
sisters
died
,
leaving
Mary's
mother
with
six
children
.
After
the
mob
attacked
, the
saints
gave
in and
left
Nauvoo
,
crossing
the
Mississippi
River
and
fleeing
to
Iowa
. They
stayed
there
during
the
winter
,
until
the
mob
sent
word
they
could
return
,
which
they
did
in the
spring
. There,
Mary
lived
with the
Lee
family
, and
witnessed
the
burning
of the
Nauvoo
Temple
.
Mary
later
moved
in with
Mrs
.
Kimball
, and then with
Mrs
.
Holdrige
. The
next
spring
, the
family
joined
a
company
traveling
west
, and they
stayed
in
Council
Bluffs
before
traveling
further
. There,
Mary
met
William
Garner
,
whom
she
later
married
in
Slaterville
,
Utah
in
1856
. In
Slaterville
,
Mary
had
five
children
,
after
which
, the
family
moved
to
Hooper
.
Mary
died
July
20
,
1943
at the
age
of
107
, with
over
600
descendants
.
Abstract
MSS
8
: This
is
a
two-page
article
located
in the
Margaret
Steed
Hess
collection
.
It
includes
the
biography
of
Mary
Garner
, as
told
to
Harold
H
.
Jenson
. The
article
,
titled
'The
Last
Leaf
on the
Tree,
' also
contains
Mary's
testimony
of the
Prophet
Joseph
Smith
, as she was the
last
person
alive
to
testify
of him, and
having
been
personally
acquainted
with him
before
his
martyrdom
.
Mary
recounts
the
experiences
of
hearing
of the
prophet's
martyrdom
, as
well
as of
being
present
when
Sidney
Rigdon
and
Brigham
Young
spoke
as to the
succession
of the
presidency
. She
testifies
of the
mantle
that
fell
upon
Brigham
Young
.
MSS
1141
: This
is
a
nineteen-page
typescript
autobiography
of
Mary
Field
Garner
.
It
is
the
record
of
Mary's
life
, as
told
by her to
Harold
N
.
Jenson
and her
granddaughter
,
Annie
Garner
Barton
. There
is
not
much
information
concerning
Mary's
youth
,
although
she
recalls
being
sea-sick
the
entire
trip
to
America
. In
Nauvoo
, the
saints
enjoyed
peace
and
prosperity
for
only
a
short
amount
of
time
before
their
enemies
instilled
ill
feelings
between
the
saints
and their
new
neighbors
.
Mary
writes
of the
saints
'
persecution
, as
many
of them were
kidnapped
,
whipped
, or
persecuted
further
in
various
other
ways
.
Mary's
family
was
poor
and had
little
to
eat
.
Often
, they
only
had
corn
meal
, and the
children
would
cry
for
bread
.
Mary
then
offers
a
description
of
Joseph
Smith
,
writing
that he was a '
dignified
looking
man.
' She
recalls
her
first
sight
of
American
Indians
, in
which
Joseph
Smith
invited
them to
attend
a
meeting
.
After
Joseph's
martyrdom
,
Mary
writes
further
of the
persecution
of the
saints
, and their
fleeing
from
Nauvoo
.
After
staying
on a
small
island
in the
Mississippi
River
for a
season
, they were
allowed
back
,
although
life
was
still
difficult
. They were
eventually
forced
to
leave
, and
began
the
trek
west
.
While
traveling
, they
encountered
various
Indians
,
one
of
whom
became
extremely
interested
in
Mary
because
of her
long
,
red
curly
hair
. He
wanted
to
buy
her, and
after
Mary's
mother
refused
,
followed
the
family
to
Utah
and there
wanted
to
make
her the
queen
of his
tribe
. The
manuscript
cuts
off
abruptly
after
describing
Johnston's
Army
in
1857
.
Coverage
1823-1905
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