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Smith, Lucy Meserve
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1817-1892
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MSS SC 2964
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Lucy Merserve Smith was born on February 9, 1817 to Josiah and Lucy Meserve Bean Smith in Newry, Maine. In 1837, Lucy joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She moved to Lowell, Massachusetts where she worked in a textile factory, and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1844. At age twenty-seven, Lucy became the third wife of George A. Smith and arrived at Winter Quarters in 1846. Lucy arrived in Salt Lake City on October 27, 1849 and slept in a wagon until 1850. Lucy and one of her sister wives helped to settle Provo when it was first being established and raided by Indians. She was the Relief Society President of Provo when it was first established, helping hundreds of people during that time. Lucy died on October 5, 1892 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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This folder contains a book by Karen M. and Paul D. Larsen titled Remembering Winter Quarters. The book is a collection of first-person writings from sixteen pioneers who lived temporarily at Winter Quarters, Kanesville, Nebraska and other nearby locales between 1846 and 1852. The book is organized in sixteen chapters, one for each individual, ranging from the well known to the obscure. An introductory note for each chapter gives a brief history of the writer before the personal history begins, and ends with a short note summarizing the pioneers experience after Winter Quarters. The chapters are composed of one official epistle by Brigham Young, eleven autobiographies/reminiscences, and four journals. Lucys journal describes a harsh time in Winter Quarters with scurvy and a new child.