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Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner (April 9, 1818 – December 17, 1913) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a Mormon pioneer.
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner lived with her legal husband, Adam Lightner, until his death in 1885. Consistent with an eternity-only sealing, no evidence of sexual relations in Mary Elizabeth’s plural sealing to Joseph Smith has been found.
Seamstress, schoolteacher, hotelier. Born in Lima, Ontario Co., New York. Daughter of John Rollins and Keziah Keturah Van Benthuysen. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ca. 1828. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oct. 1830, in Kirtland.
Lightner, Mary Elizabeth Rollins. Biography. 9 Apr. 1818. 1. –17 Dec. 1913. 2. Seamstress, schoolteacher, hotelier. 3. Born in Lima, Ontario Co., New York. 4. Daughter of John Rollins and Keziah Keturah Van Benthuysen. 5. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ca. 1828. 6.
Fall 1831. Independence, Missouri. After leaving Kirtland, 13-year-old Mary Elizabeth moved with her mother, brother, and sister to Independence, Missouri.
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner eventually moved with her family to Minersville, Utah. She passed away in 1913 at the age of 95. Mary Elizabeth personally knew many early leaders of the Church and stayed true to her testimony throughout her life.
Mary Elizabeth Rollins was a plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Return to Plural Wives of Joseph Smith. Born: April 9, 1818, Lima, New York. Died: December 17, 1913, Minersville, UT. Sealed (Joseph Smith): February, 1842. Married (Adam Lightner): August 11, 1845. Full Name: Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner Smith. Mary Elizabeth Rollins
Mary Rollins Lightner, after 95 years, 8 months, 8 days of toil, sorrow and joy, passed away, December 17, 1913. Her husband died, August 19, 1885. They were the parents of ten children, three of them now (June 1926), living.
Mary E. Lightner (1818-1913) was an early convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Independence, Missouri. She also was a plural wife to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Mary Elizabeth Rollins was born in Lima, Livingston County, New York, April 9, 1818, daughter of John P Rollins and Keziah VanBenthuysen.
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