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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.
Learn about Mary Elizabeth Rollins, one of Joseph Smith's plural wives, who was sealed to him in 1842 after a series of angelic visions and revelations. Read her accounts of her experience and testimony in her own words.
Learn about the life of Mary Elizabeth Rollins, a seamstress, schoolteacher, hotelier, and plural wife of Joseph Smith. See her birth, death, and migration dates, as well as her involvement in the Female Relief Society and the Relief Society presidency.
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.
Mary Elizabeth took comfort that her faith in the Lord had made her strong. Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner eventually moved with her family to Minersville, Utah. She passed away in 1913 at the age of 95.
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. Elizabeth Turley, Los Angeles, California; Charles W. Lightner, Ogden, Utah; Mary R. Rollins, Minersville, Utah.
Learn about the life and experiences of Mary Elizabeth Rollins, who became Mary Elizabeth Lightner, a prominent leader in the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read how she obtained the Book of Mormon, witnessed the mob violence in Missouri, and received the Mormon commandments.
