Dates

• Existence: 1812 - 1884

Biography

Citation:

Joseph Smith Papers Digital Library Collection, 2004 (Knight, Lydia Goldthwaite Bailey, 1812-1884)

Biographical Registers, via WWW, June 22, 2004 (Goldthwaite, Lydia (1812-1884); b. Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; married Calvin Bailey in 1828; converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833; married Newel Knight; d. St. George, Utah)

FamilySearch, via WWW, Aug. 18, 2006 (Lydia GOLDTHWAITE; b. 9 Jun 1812, Sutton, Worcester, Ma; d. 5 Apr 1884, St George, Washington, Ut; married: Calvin BAILEY, fall of 1828; Newel KNIGHT 23 Nov 1835)

UPB files, Aug. 18, 2006 (hdg.: Knight, Lydia Goldthwaite, 1812-1884; no usage)

Lydia Goldthwaite Bailey Knight genealogical records and correspondence, 1833-1883 (Lydia Goldthwait)

Joseph Smith Papers, via WWW, March 18, 2014 (born on June 9, 1812, in Sutton, Massachusetts; parents Jesse G. Goldthwaite and Sally Burt; October 27, 1833, baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph Smith Jr. at Mount Pleasant; married Calvin Bailey in 1828, but she was deserted by him; married Newel Knight on November 24, 1835, at Kirtland, Ohio; ran boardinghouse with Jerusha Smith; weaver and teacher; member of the Relief Society in 1842; moved to Missouri, Ililnois, and began the exodus to the West; Newel died in 1847, Lydia completed the trek to the West; settled in the Salt Lake Valley in 1850; married John Dalton in 1852, but divorced five years into their marriage; m. James McClellan in 1864 at Payson; served a colonizing mission with McClellan to Santa Clara, Utah; served in the temple at St. George, Utah; died on April 3, 1884, in St. George, Utah)