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Mary Ann Cowles Hyde

31 December 1820—1 December 1901

1 Born at Bolivar, Allegany County, New York; daughter of Phebe Wilbur and Austin Cowles. 2 Baptized, 1834. 3 Lived at Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, and Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock County, Illinois; lived with Joseph Smith’s family while working as their maid, circa 1838–1839. 4 Married Rosel Hyde, 1839; twelve children. 5 Joined the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, May 1842. 6 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1849. 7 Settled at Kaysville, Davis County, Utah Territory, 1853. 8 Appointed counselor at the organization of the Kaysville Relief Society, 1868; served as president of the Kaysville Relief Society, 1872–1882. 9 Died at Kaysville. 10 (See Document 1.2, 4.3, first mentioned here)

Footnotes

  1. 1 “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Utah Division of State History (https://history.utah.gov/cemeteries, accessed Oct. 2014), Mary Ann Hyde. “In Memoriam: Mary Ann Hyde,” Woman’s Exponent 30, no. 9 (Jan. 1, 1902): 66.

  2. 2 “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Mary Ann Hyde. Lucille Brock, “Life History of Mary Ann Cowles Hyde,” typescript, [1], in Lucille Merrill Brock, Collection of Family Histories [MS 9957], fol. 3, CHL. “Mary Ann Cowles, 1820–1901,” Individual Record, Family Tree database (Ancestor ID: LRJ9-4Y9), FamilySearch, accessed 17 Nov. 2023, familysearch.org.

  3. 3 “In Memoriam,” 66. Brock, “Life History of Mary Ann Cowles Hyde,” [1].

  4. 4 “In Memoriam,” 66. Brock, “Life History of Mary Ann Cowles Hyde,” [1].

  5. 5 Brock, “Life History of Mary Ann Cowles Hyde,” [1]. “Family Tree,” database, Mary Ann Cowles and Rosel Hyde KWNV-1Q1.

  6. 6 Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, 1841–1846, CHL, entry for May 12, 1842.

  7. 7 Brock, “Life History of Mary Ann Cowles Hyde,” 2. “Mary Ann Cowles,” Church History Biographical Database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Nov. 2023).

  8. 8 Brock, “Life History of Mary Ann Cowles Hyde,” 2. 1860 U.S. census, [no city], Davis Co., Utah Territory, p. 391, Mary A. Hyde; from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1313. 1870 U.S. census, Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah Territory, p. 251B, Mary Hide [sic]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1610; U.S. census database and images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014).

  9. 9 “In Memoriam,” 66. Brock, “Life History of Mary Ann Cowles Hyde,” 3–4.

  10. 10 “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Mary Ann Hyde. “In Memoriam,” 66.