Dates

• Existence: 1800 - 1882

Biographical History

Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney (1880-1882) was a Mormon woman in Utah. She served as a counselor in the initial organization of the Relief Society organization in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Elizabeth Ann Smith was born on December 26, 1800 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut to Gibson Smith and Polly Bradley. Around 1818 she moved to Ohio, where she met and married Newel Kimball Whitney on October 20, 1822. Together they would have twelve children.

After her marriage she and her husband joined the Disciples of Christ, but in November 1830 was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family moved to Illinois during the winter of 1838-1839, rejoining the Saints in Nauvoo. There she served as a counselor in the initial organization of the Relief Society. In 1846 she and her family joined the exodus from Illinois, working their way to Salt Lake City, Utah in October 1848. She was widowed in 1850, and died in Salt Lake City on February 15, 1882.

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Papers, 1825-1906 (Elizabeth Ann)

Familysearch, via WWW, Nov. 7, 2001 (Elizabeth Ann Smith; b. 26 Dec 1800 Derby, Ct.; d. 15 Feb 1882 Salt Lake City, Ut.; married Newell Kimball Whitney 22 Oct 1822 Kirkland, Oh.)

Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2001 (Whitney, Elizabeth Ann Smith, 1800-1882)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, May 15, 2013 (Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney; Elizabeth Ann Smith; b. Dec. 26, 1800 in Derby, New Haven, Conn.; parents: Gibson Smith and Polly Bradley; moved to Ohio around 1818; m. Oct. 20, 1822 in Kirtland, Ohio to Newell Kimball Whitney; 12 children; member of the Campbellite Church, before joining Mormon Church in Nov. 1830; moved to Ill. in 1838-1839; first counselor in Relief Society in Nauvoo, Ill.; part of exodus from Nauvoo in 1846; arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah in Oct. 1848; widowed in 1850; d. Feb. 15, 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah)

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