Emmeline B. Wells
Born 4 Oct. 1834 at Deep River, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.1 Daughter of Orson Spencer and Catherine Curtis.2 Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, summer 1843.3 Mother died soon after the family left Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, to move west, 12 Mar. 1846.4 Father appointed as president of the British mission and editor of the Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star; left children at Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 28 Oct. 1846.5 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley in the Brigham Young pioneer company, arriving by 24 Sept. 1848.6 Married Thomas Rogers, 27 Mar. 1851; twelve children.7 Concerned about rowdy boys in the neighborhood; visited with Eliza R. Snow and EBW about the possibility of forming an association for them, 10 July 1878.8 Set apart to lead the first Primary, 11 Aug. 1878, in Farmington, Davis Co., Utah Territory.9 Honored by the children from the original Primary and officers from Primary organizations, 24 June 1892.10 Attended the National American Woman Suffrage Convention in Atlanta and the Second Triennial Congress of the National Council of Women with EBW, 1895.11 Attended a surprise birthday party for EBW, 29 Feb. 1896.12 Husband died, 16 Sept. 1896, in Farmington.13 Honored at a meeting of Primary officers from throughout the church with funds to publish her book, Life Sketches of Orson Spencer and Others, and History of Primary Work, 4 Oct. 1897.14 Died 19 Aug. 1922 in Farmington; buried in Salt Lake City.15
The First Fifty Years of Relief Society
16 Born at Deep River, Middlesex County, Connecticut; daughter of Catherine Curtis and Orson Spencer. 17 Lived at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, and at Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory. 18 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1848. 19 Married Thomas Rogers, 1851; twelve children. 20 Settled at Farmington, Davis County, Utah Territory. 21 Served as secretary in the Farmington Relief Society, 1871–1893. 22 Initiated the creation of a church children’s organization; served as the president of the newly formed Primary Association, 1878–1880. 23 Appointed president of the Davis Stake Primary, 1880. 24 Served on the Primary general board. 25 Elected as a delegate and attended the Woman Suffrage Convention at Atlanta and the second triennial Congress of the National Council of Women at Washington DC, 1895. 26 Died at Farmington; buried at Salt Lake City. 27 (See Document 3.30, 4.3, 4.5)