Born at Willingborough Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; daughter of Elizabeth Lewis and Isaac Hale. Married first Joseph Smith, 1827; eleven children. Served as a scribe during the translation of the Book of Mormon, 1828. Baptized, 1830. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, 1831; lived at Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, 1831–1832. Edited A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, published at Kirtland, 1835. Lived at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, 1838; moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock County, Illinois, 1839. Joined the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo as a founding member and appointed its first president, March 17, 1842. Widowed, June 27, 1844. Lived at Fulton, Fulton County, Illinois, 1846–1847; returned to Nauvoo, early 1847. Married second Lewis Crum Bidamon, 1847. Affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1860. Died at Nauvoo.1 (See Document 1.1–1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.10, 3.27, 3.28, 4.4, 4.5, 4.10, 4.20, 4.28)