Born in Pickering township, Ontario, Canada; baptized in Canada prior to moving with her family to Illinois in 1838; married Joseph Smith as plural wife in 1843; became plural wife of Heber C. Kimball following death of Joseph Smith; immigrated to Utah in 1850; divorced Kimball in 1851; married Joseph Mount in 1853; moved with her husband to California in 1854; died in San Francisco. (See Compton, In Sacred Loneliness, 780; GQC journal, Apr. 12, 1853.)