1 Born at Alston, Cumberland, England; daughter of Phebe Robson and John Thompson. 2 Immigrated to the United States and settled at Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, 1836. 3 Joined the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1842. 4 Married first Willard Richards as a plural wife, 1846; two children. 5 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1848. 6 Widowed, 1854. 7 Participated in the Salt Lake City Fourteenth Ward Relief Society, 1856. 8 Married second Franklin D. Richards as a plural wife, 1857; four children. 9 Settled at Farmington, Davis County, Utah Territory, 1860. 10 Appointed counselor in the Davis Stake Relief Society presidency, 1882. 11 Moved to Logan, Cache County, Utah Territory, 1885; served as matron of the Logan temple. 12 Died at Riverside, Box Elder County, Utah; buried at Farmington. 13 (See Document 1.2, 2.3, 4.3)
Mary Thompson Richards
21 October 1827—10 September 1905
Footnotes
Footnotes
1 “Mary Thompson Richards,” typescript, n.d., [1], in Myron J. Richards papers, ca. 1918–1936, CHL. “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Jan. 2015); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 79/263 (1905), Mary Thompson Richards.
2 “Mary Thompson Richards,” [1]. Utah death certificate, file no. 79/263.
3 “Mary Thompson Richards,” [1]. “Obituary: Mary Thompson Richards,” Deseret Evening News, Sept. 30, 1905, 12.
4 Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, 1841–1846, CHL, entry for June 9, 1842.
5 “Mary Thompson Richards,” 2. “Obituary,” 12.
6 “Mary Thompson Richards,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Dec. 2014.
7 “Mary Thompson Richards,” 3. “People of the Time,” database, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/reference/people, accessed May 2023), Willard Richards.
8 “Relief Society in the Early Days,” Woman’s Exponent 24, no. 3 (July 1, 1895): 21.
9 “Mary Thompson Richards,” 4–5. “Obituary,” 12.
10 1860 U.S. census, Farmington, Davis Co., Utah Territory, p. 373, Mary Richards; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Dec. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1313.
11 “17th Quarterly Conference of the Davis Stake Relief Society,” July 22, 1882, in Davis Stake, Relief Society minutes and records, 1877–1915, p. 112, Davis Stake, CHL.
12 “Mary Thompson Richards,” 5–6. “Obituary,” 12.