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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.
Mary Elizabeth Rollins. 9 Apr. 1818–17 Dec. 1913. Seamstress, schoolteacher, hotelier. Born in Lima, Ontario Co., New York.
Mary Elizabeth Rollins. A Young Girl Strong and Courageous. Fall, 1830. Kirtland, Ohio. “Quite a number of the residents of Kirtland accepted baptism. Mother and myself also, in the month of October, 1830.
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
When Mary Elizabeth Rollins was born on 9 April 1818, in Lima, Lima, Livingston, New York, United States, her father, John Porter Rollins Jr., was 30 and her mother, Keziah Keturah Van Benthuysen, was 21. She married Adam Lightner Jr. on 11 August 1835, in Liberty Township, Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons ...
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner as a polyandrous wife of Joseph Smith. Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner very unlikely to have had children fathered by Joseph. Who was Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner? Mary joined the Church at age 12 in Kirtland, in October 1830, and so was among the very first members.
