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Lucy Jane Brimhall

"Jennie Brimhall"
13 December 1875–31 March 1957

Born 13 December 1875 in Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah Territory. Daughter of George Brimhall and Alsina Wilkins. With Inez Knight, one of the first two single women called to serve full-time missions. Set apart, 1 April 1898. Returned from mission, 8 December 1898. Married Jesse William Knight, 18 January 1899; two children. Died 31 March 1957 in Provo, Utah County, Utah.[1]


[1] Lucy Jane Brimhall entry, no. 163, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860–1959, Book C, 67, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City; “Lucy Jane Brimhall Knight” in Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, vol. 4 (Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1904), 614; “Illness Fatal to Church, Civic Leader,” Daily Herald (Provo, UT), 1 Apr. 1957, 4.