WIGHT. At Sweetwater, Texas, October 6, 1902, Sister Sophia (Layland)[sic] Wight, wife of Elder L. L. Wight. She was born in Liverpool, England, January 16, 1836.
Emigrated to America with her parents when about six years old. Her father died in St. Louis, Missouri, while en route to Nauvoo, Illinois. At the time of the western exodus the family accompanied Bishop
George Miller to Nebraska, and thence to Texas. Her mother and brother dying in Texas, herself and two sisters lived in the family of Lyman Wight, and on the 6th of September, 1856, she was married to his son, Levi L., whose faithful companion she was until her death.
She united with the church in her childhood, and renewed her covenant January 28, 1884, at Medina City, Texas, being baptized by her nephew, Heman C. Smith.
She was the mother of six children and twenty grandchildren.
Her life was consecrated to the service of God, and she died
loved and respected by all who knew her, leaving an aged husband, five children, eighteen grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends who sincerely loved her.
Funeral services at the grave conducted by Reverend W. H. Harris, of the Methodist Church, and Reverend W. H. Hammock, of the
Presbyterian Church.
SOURCE: The Saints' Herald, Lamoni, Iowa, vol 49 (1902) pgs. 1046-7 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
Emigrated to America with her parents when about six years old. Her father died in St. Louis, Missouri, while en route to Nauvoo, Illinois. At the time of the western exodus the family accompanied Bishop
George Miller to Nebraska, and thence to Texas. Her mother and brother dying in Texas, herself and two sisters lived in the family of Lyman Wight, and on the 6th of September, 1856, she was married to his son, Levi L., whose faithful companion she was until her death.
She united with the church in her childhood, and renewed her covenant January 28, 1884, at Medina City, Texas, being baptized by her nephew, Heman C. Smith.
She was the mother of six children and twenty grandchildren.
Her life was consecrated to the service of God, and she died
loved and respected by all who knew her, leaving an aged husband, five children, eighteen grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends who sincerely loved her.
Funeral services at the grave conducted by Reverend W. H. Harris, of the Methodist Church, and Reverend W. H. Hammock, of the
Presbyterian Church.
SOURCE: The Saints' Herald, Lamoni, Iowa, vol 49 (1902) pgs. 1046-7 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
WIGHT. At Sweetwater, Texas, October 6, 1902, Sister Sophia (Layland)[sic] Wight, wife of Elder L. L. Wight. She was born in Liverpool, England, January 16, 1836.
Emigrated to America with her parents when about six years old. Her father died in St. Louis, Missouri, while en route to Nauvoo, Illinois. At the time of the western exodus the family accompanied Bishop
George Miller to Nebraska, and thence to Texas. Her mother and brother dying in Texas, herself and two sisters lived in the family of Lyman Wight, and on the 6th of September, 1856, she was married to his son, Levi L., whose faithful companion she was until her death.
She united with the church in her childhood, and renewed her covenant January 28, 1884, at Medina City, Texas, being baptized by her nephew, Heman C. Smith.
She was the mother of six children and twenty grandchildren.
Her life was consecrated to the service of God, and she died
loved and respected by all who knew her, leaving an aged husband, five children, eighteen grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends who sincerely loved her.
Funeral services at the grave conducted by Reverend W. H. Harris, of the Methodist Church, and Reverend W. H. Hammock, of the
Presbyterian Church.
SOURCE: The Saints' Herald, Lamoni, Iowa, vol 49 (1902) pgs. 1046-7 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
Emigrated to America with her parents when about six years old. Her father died in St. Louis, Missouri, while en route to Nauvoo, Illinois. At the time of the western exodus the family accompanied Bishop
George Miller to Nebraska, and thence to Texas. Her mother and brother dying in Texas, herself and two sisters lived in the family of Lyman Wight, and on the 6th of September, 1856, she was married to his son, Levi L., whose faithful companion she was until her death.
She united with the church in her childhood, and renewed her covenant January 28, 1884, at Medina City, Texas, being baptized by her nephew, Heman C. Smith.
She was the mother of six children and twenty grandchildren.
Her life was consecrated to the service of God, and she died
loved and respected by all who knew her, leaving an aged husband, five children, eighteen grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends who sincerely loved her.
Funeral services at the grave conducted by Reverend W. H. Harris, of the Methodist Church, and Reverend W. H. Hammock, of the
Presbyterian Church.
SOURCE: The Saints' Herald, Lamoni, Iowa, vol 49 (1902) pgs. 1046-7 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
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