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Mercy Rachel Fielding Thompson

June 15, 1807–September 15, 1893

1 Born at Honeydon, Bedfordshire, England; daughter of Rachel Ibbotson and John Fielding. 2 Immigrated to Upper Canada, 1832. 3 Baptized, 1836. 4 Moved to Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, 1837. 5 Married Robert Blashell Thompson, 1837; one child. 6 Moved to Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, 1838; to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, 1839; and to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock County, Illinois, 1839. 7 Widowed, 1841. 8 Joined the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, 1842. 9 “Married or sealed” to Hyrum Smith as a plural wife, 1843. 10 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1847. 11 Served as treasurer of the Salt Lake City Sixteenth Ward Relief Society for twenty-one years. 12 Served as a member of the Relief Society’s Central Grain Committee. 13 Died at Salt Lake City. 14 (See Document 1.2, 3.25, 4.1, first mentioned here)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “People of the Time,” database, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://josephsmithpapers.org/reference/people, accessed May 2023), Mercy Rachel Fielding Thompson. “In Memoriam,” Woman’s Exponent 22, no. 6 (Oct. 1, 1893): 44.

  2. [2] Mercy F. Thompson autobiographical sketch, Dec. 20, 1880, p. [1], CHL. “People of the Time,” database, Mercy Rachel Fielding Thompson. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Mercy Rachel Fielding KWV9-HX5.

  3. [3] Thompson autobiographical sketch, [1].

  4. [4] Ibid.

  5. [5] Ibid.

  6. [6] Thompson autobiographical sketch, [1]. “Family Tree,” database, Mercy Rachel Fielding and Robert Blashell Thompson LHGW-G1H.

  7. [7] “People of the Time,” database, Mercy Rachel Fielding Thompson.

  8. [8] Thompson autobiographical sketch, 5–6. “Death of Mercy R. Tompson [sic],” Deseret News [weekly], Sept. 23, 1893, 435.

  9. [9] Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, 1841–1846, CHL, entry for Mar. 24, 1842.

  10. [10] Thompson autobiographical sketch, 7. “People of the Time,” database, Mercy Rachel Fielding Thompson.

  11. [11] “Mercy Rachel Fielding Thompson,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.

  12. [12] “In Memoriam,” 44.

  13. [13] “General Meeting of Central and Ward Committees,” Woman’s Exponent 5, no. 13 (Dec. 1, 1876): 99.

  14. [14] “Death of Mercy R. Tompson [sic],”435. “Family Tree,” database, Mercy Rachel Fielding.