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Lydia Dibbble Granger (1790-1861) was an early member and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Lydia Granger was the second plural wife of Hyrum Smith. They married in 1843. Born on April 5, 1790, to Cornish Dibble and Lydia Granger, she was first married to Oliver Granger with whom she had eight children. Lydia was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in about 1832-1833, and lived in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1844, she was widowed upon the murder of Hyrum Smith. In 1846, Lydia was married as a plural wife to John Taylor, and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, Utah, in 1851. She served as the first president of the Salt Lake City Fifteenth Ward Relief Society from 1855 to 1857. Lydia Granger died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 2, 1861.
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The First Fifty Years of Relief Society, via WWW, accessed June 5, 2024 (Lydia Dibble Granger was the second plural wife of Hyrum Smith, married in 1843. Born on April 5, 1790, to Cornish Dibble and Lydia Granger, she was first married to Oliver Granger with who she had eight children. Lydia was baptized a member of what would become The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in about 1832-1833, and lived in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1844, she was widowed upon to murder of Hyrum Smith. In 1846, Lydia was married as a plural wife to John Taylor, and migrated to Salt Lake Valley, Utah, in 1851. She served as the first president of the Salt Lake City Fifteenth Ward Relief Society from 1855-1857. Lydia Granger died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 2, 1861)
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Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239144477]
Identifier: MSS 9718
Scope and Contents
Two letters sent by Lydia Granger, plural wife of Hyrum Smith, to Elizabeth "Betsy" Marble, in the care of Levi Marble, sent from Salt Lake City, 1852-1853, providing a detailed testimony of her faith and description of daily life in Utah. Also contains a letter from Albert M. Strobridge to "Elizabeth E. Marble," dated October 17, 1853, New Jersey, a letter from Hannah to Elizabeth E. Marble, dated in May and postmarked June 21 from Fort Hill, Lake County, Illinois, a letter from M. C....
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1818-1853
