Daughter of Abraham Thornberry Davis and Matilda Haynes

Married Thomas Joseph Steed, 3 Mar 1873, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Anna Amy Steed, William Rufus Steed, Walter Ralph Steed, Thomas Joseph Steed, Laura Grace Steed, Ethel Prudence Steed, Fanny Rose Steed, Ezra Victor Steed, Charles Elmer Steed, Horace Jay Steed, George Anson Steed

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p. 249

Steed, Susannah Davis, wife of Thomas Joseph Steed, was born June 7, 1852, in Henry county, Indiana, the daughter of Abraham T. Davis and Matilda Haynes. When she was about two years old her father moved to Polk county, Iowa, and made the family home about eight miles north of Des Moines. Several years later he moved further north and settled near Polk City, where his wife died Sept. 11, 1857, leaving him a widower with five small children.

He married Miss Elmina P. Beals May 2, 1858. Becoming converts to "Mormonism," Bro. Davis and wife were both baptized May 1, 1858, by Elder James Andrus. Sister Susannah lived with her father's family until April 1, 1872, when, in company with her brother Benjamin, she started for Salt Lake City where they arrived April 10, 1872. Sister Susannah was baptized May 4, 1872, by Edward Stevenson and was married to Thomas Joseph Steed March 3, 1873.

The family home now became Farmington, Davis county, for the following 26 years. Then they moved onto their ranch in Clinton, Davis county. While at Farmington, eleven children were born to Bro. and Sister Steed, namely, Anna Amy, Wm. R. and Walter R. (twins), Thomas Joseph F., Laura Grace, Ethel Prudence, Fannie Rose, Ezra Victor, Chas. Elmer, Horace Jay and Geo. Anson. Ten of these children lived long enough to marry.

In 1881 Sister Steed was chosen as first counselor to Mrs. Elizabeth Coorobs of the Ward Y.L.M.I.A. at Farmington. She has also served as an aid to Pres. Miriam Mitchell and as first counselor to her successor, Pres. Janet Parker of the Clinton Ward Relief Society. After moving to Clearfield Ward, she served as the first president of the Ward Relief Society at that place. She is now a member of the Ogden Second Ward Relief Society, the family having removed to Ogden in November, 1917.