Sarah was born in Ossipee, NH. She worked 1840 as a pastry cook, and also in the cotton mills of Lowell, MA with her 11-year-old sister Hannah to support the family after her father died. They were baptized by Mormon missionaries May 1844. In Sep 1844 they left for Nauvoo IL, paying their own way by their spinning and weaving.
Both married in polygamy to Geo. A. Smith 20 Nov 1845. During the Nauvoo expulsion Sarah stayed behind to help wives Zilpha and Nancy during childbirth. She arranged for teams and transport to Winter 1/4's, NB. It took 6 months to evacuate all the family. They had almost nothing to eat but a little corn meal. She never recovered from effects of exposure, malnutrition, and exhaustion. The rest of the family began to recover when Geo. A. discovered potatos prevented scurvy, and his crops started to come in. He became known as the "Potato Saint" from the 1000 of lives he saved with his potato crops. Family records report she was frail and got consumption from which she never recovered. Her son, John Henry Smith, was born 18 Sep 1848 Council Bluff, IA after govt. Indian agent forced the evacuation of Winter 1/4's.
Sarah made pioneer trek JUL 1849, and survived an early heavy snowstorm huddled up with Hannah and their sons. They lived in Henry Bigler's cabin while he was on march with Mormon Battalion.
Hannah nursed Sarah, and would teather their toddlers legs with a long rope tied to the bed so they could play and get into mischief, without getting into the fire. She scolded John Henry for calling her mother. But Sarah told her not to because "That is what you will be to him."
She died 12 JUN 1851 saying "so early in the morning", original burial was in Patriarch John Smith's family Orchard Cemetery off No Temple St. All graves were moved to Salt Lake Cemetery Jan 1876.
Both married in polygamy to Geo. A. Smith 20 Nov 1845. During the Nauvoo expulsion Sarah stayed behind to help wives Zilpha and Nancy during childbirth. She arranged for teams and transport to Winter 1/4's, NB. It took 6 months to evacuate all the family. They had almost nothing to eat but a little corn meal. She never recovered from effects of exposure, malnutrition, and exhaustion. The rest of the family began to recover when Geo. A. discovered potatos prevented scurvy, and his crops started to come in. He became known as the "Potato Saint" from the 1000 of lives he saved with his potato crops. Family records report she was frail and got consumption from which she never recovered. Her son, John Henry Smith, was born 18 Sep 1848 Council Bluff, IA after govt. Indian agent forced the evacuation of Winter 1/4's.
Sarah made pioneer trek JUL 1849, and survived an early heavy snowstorm huddled up with Hannah and their sons. They lived in Henry Bigler's cabin while he was on march with Mormon Battalion.
Hannah nursed Sarah, and would teather their toddlers legs with a long rope tied to the bed so they could play and get into mischief, without getting into the fire. She scolded John Henry for calling her mother. But Sarah told her not to because "That is what you will be to him."
She died 12 JUN 1851 saying "so early in the morning", original burial was in Patriarch John Smith's family Orchard Cemetery off No Temple St. All graves were moved to Salt Lake Cemetery Jan 1876.
Sarah was born in Ossipee, NH. She worked 1840 as a pastry cook, and also in the cotton mills of Lowell, MA with her 11-year-old sister Hannah to support the family after her father died. They were baptized by Mormon missionaries May 1844. In Sep 1844 they left for Nauvoo IL, paying their own way by their spinning and weaving.
Both married in polygamy to Geo. A. Smith 20 Nov 1845. During the Nauvoo expulsion Sarah stayed behind to help wives Zilpha and Nancy during childbirth. She arranged for teams and transport to Winter 1/4's, NB. It took 6 months to evacuate all the family. They had almost nothing to eat but a little corn meal. She never recovered from effects of exposure, malnutrition, and exhaustion. The rest of the family began to recover when Geo. A. discovered potatos prevented scurvy, and his crops started to come in. He became known as the "Potato Saint" from the 1000 of lives he saved with his potato crops. Family records report she was frail and got consumption from which she never recovered. Her son, John Henry Smith, was born 18 Sep 1848 Council Bluff, IA after govt. Indian agent forced the evacuation of Winter 1/4's.
Sarah made pioneer trek JUL 1849, and survived an early heavy snowstorm huddled up with Hannah and their sons. They lived in Henry Bigler's cabin while he was on march with Mormon Battalion.
Hannah nursed Sarah, and would teather their toddlers legs with a long rope tied to the bed so they could play and get into mischief, without getting into the fire. She scolded John Henry for calling her mother. But Sarah told her not to because "That is what you will be to him."
She died 12 JUN 1851 saying "so early in the morning", original burial was in Patriarch John Smith's family Orchard Cemetery off No Temple St. All graves were moved to Salt Lake Cemetery Jan 1876.
Both married in polygamy to Geo. A. Smith 20 Nov 1845. During the Nauvoo expulsion Sarah stayed behind to help wives Zilpha and Nancy during childbirth. She arranged for teams and transport to Winter 1/4's, NB. It took 6 months to evacuate all the family. They had almost nothing to eat but a little corn meal. She never recovered from effects of exposure, malnutrition, and exhaustion. The rest of the family began to recover when Geo. A. discovered potatos prevented scurvy, and his crops started to come in. He became known as the "Potato Saint" from the 1000 of lives he saved with his potato crops. Family records report she was frail and got consumption from which she never recovered. Her son, John Henry Smith, was born 18 Sep 1848 Council Bluff, IA after govt. Indian agent forced the evacuation of Winter 1/4's.
Sarah made pioneer trek JUL 1849, and survived an early heavy snowstorm huddled up with Hannah and their sons. They lived in Henry Bigler's cabin while he was on march with Mormon Battalion.
Hannah nursed Sarah, and would teather their toddlers legs with a long rope tied to the bed so they could play and get into mischief, without getting into the fire. She scolded John Henry for calling her mother. But Sarah told her not to because "That is what you will be to him."
She died 12 JUN 1851 saying "so early in the morning", original burial was in Patriarch John Smith's family Orchard Cemetery off No Temple St. All graves were moved to Salt Lake Cemetery Jan 1876.
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