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Smith
,
Bathsheba
Wilson
Bigler
Birth and Death Dates
1822-1910
Call Number
MSS
920
Material Type
Autobiography
Biography
Bathsheba
Wilson
Bigler
Smith
was
born
on
May
3
,
1822
, to
Mark
and
Susannah
(Ogden)
Bigler
in
Shinnston
,
Harrison
,
West
Virginia
.
When
she was
about
fifteen
years
old
,
LDS
missionaries
visited
the
area
where
she
lived
. She
believed
what they
preached
about
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
, the
validity
of the
Book
of
Mormon
, and
Joseph
Smith's
calling
as a
prophet
to be
true
. She and her
mother
were
baptized
on
August
21
,
1837
; her
father
,
three
sisters
, her
brother
, and her
uncle
Jacob
Bigler
and his
family
were
baptized
about
the
same
time
.
Later
that
year
Bathsheba
and her
family
moved
to
Missouri
to
join
the
Saints
. In
February
of
1838
they
moved
to
Illinois
and
settled
in
Nauvoo
in
1840
. On
July
25
,
1841
,
Bathsheba
married
George
A.
Smith
,
one
of the
Twelve
Apostles
at that
time
. In
1846
the
Smith
family
left
Nauvoo
permanently
and
moved
to
Missouri
,
living
in
Winter
Quarters
for a
few
years
In
1849
Bathsheba
and her
family
started
the
trek
west
and
permanently
settled
in
Utah
.
While
living
in
Utah
she
experienced
grasshopper
plagues
(1855)
and the
threat
of
President
Buchanan's
army
(1857)
attacking
the
Mormons
. As
Bathsheba
traveled
with her
husband
around
Utah
, she was
able
to
meet
other
Saints
and
aid
her
husband
in his
work
. She
held
many
positions
in
Church
leadership
.
Bathsheba
belonged
to the
first
Relief
Society
organized
in
Nauvoo
and was
present
at its
organization
. She was the
secretary
of the
17th
Ward
Relief
Society
in
Salt
Lake
City
and
served
as
1st
counselor
to
President
Rachel
Grant
in the
13th
Ward
Relief
Society
in
Salt
Lake
City
. She also
worked
as a
counselor
with
Sister
M.I
.
Horn
in the
Senior
Retrenchment
Association
.
Bathsheba
served
for
seventeen
years
in the
Endowment
House
, at
one
time
working
with
Eliza
R
.
Snow
. She
officiated
at the
opening
of the
Nauvoo
,
Logan
, and
Salt
Lake
Temples
and
presided
over
the
women's
department
of the
Salt
Lake
Temple
.
George
A.
Smith
served
as
first
counselor
to
President
Brigham
Young
from
1868
to
1875
.
Bathsheba
served
as the
General
Relief
Society
President
for the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
beginning
November
1
,
1901
,
until
her
death
on
September
20
,
1910
.
Abstract
MSS
920
: This
collection
primarily
consists
of an
autobiography
written
by
Bathsheba
Smith
covering
the
years
1844-1906
. She
describes
her
conversion
to the
Church
and
subsequent
moves
to
Missouri
,
Nauvoo
,
Winter
Quarters
, and
finally
Utah
. She
expresses
her
love
and
appreciation
for her
husband's
other
wives
and her
grief
over
the
loss
of her
husband
at his
death
.
Included
in the
autobiography
is
a
short
outline
of the
life
of her
husband
,
George
A.
Smith
.
Other
items
include
a
prophecy
written
by her
son
George
Albert
Smith
(not
the
LDS
prophet)
in
1856
, and
various
letters
,
one
concerning
genealogy
, and
several
that
comforted
her at her
husband's
death
. She
included
a
newspaper
clipping
describing
a
celebration
of her
75th
birthday
in
1897
. A
document
written
by
Bathsheba's
niece
Juliana
C
.
Smith
(daughter
of
Bathsheba's
sister
,
Melissa
Jane
Bigler
Lambson)
and a
copy
of
Sketch
of the
Life
of
B.W
.
Smith
,
compiled
and
written
by her
granddaughter
Alice
Smith
Horne
on
June
26
,
1895
, are also
found
in this
collection
.
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