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Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney

26 December 1800—15 February 1882

1 Born at Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut; daughter of Polly Bradley and Gibson Smith. Married Newel K. Whitney, 1822; twelve children. Baptized, 1830. Moved to Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, 1838; to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, 1839; and to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock County, Illinois, 1840. 2 Joined the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo as a founding member; appointed counselor to Emma Smith, March 17, 1842. 3 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1848. Served as second counselor to Eliza R. Snow in the general Relief Society presidency, 1880–1882. Died at Salt Lake City. 4 (See Document 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 3.27, 4.1, 4.4–4.6, 4.28)

Footnotes

  1. 1 “People of the Time,” database, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://josephsmithpapers.org/reference/people, accessed May 2023), Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney.

  2. 2 Ibid.

  3. 3 Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, 1841–1846, CHL, entry for Mar. 17, 1842.

  4. 4 “People of the Time,” database, Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 7, 2016), Elizabeth Ann Smith KWVM-M2C.