Mary Thompson Richards

21 October 1827 — 10 September 1905

1 Born at Alston, Cumberland, England; daughter of Phebe Robson and John Thompson. 2 Immigrated to the United States and settled at Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, 1836. 3 Joined the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1842. 4 Married first Willard Richards as a plural wife, 1846; two children. 5 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1848. 6 Widowed, 1854. 7 Participated in the Salt Lake City Fourteenth Ward Relief Society, 1856. 8 Married second Franklin D. Richards as a plural wife, 1857; four children. 9 Settled at Farmington, Davis County, Utah Territory, 1860. 10 Appointed counselor in the Davis Stake Relief Society presidency, 1882. 11 Moved to Logan, Cache County, Utah Territory, 1885; served as matron of the Logan temple. 12 Died at Riverside, Box Elder County, Utah; buried at Farmington. 13 (See Document 1.2, 2.3, 4.3)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Mary Thompson Richards,” typescript, n.d., [1], in Myron J. Richards papers, ca. 1918–1936, CHL. “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Jan. 2015); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 79/263 (1905), Mary Thompson Richards.

  2. [2] “Mary Thompson Richards,” [1]. Utah death certificate, file no. 79/263.

  3. [3] “Mary Thompson Richards,” [1]. “Obituary: Mary Thompson Richards,” Deseret Evening News, Sept. 30, 1905, 12.

  4. [4] Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, 1841–1846, CHL, entry for June 9, 1842.

  5. [5] “Mary Thompson Richards,” 2. “Obituary,” 12.

  6. [6] “Mary Thompson Richards,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Dec. 2014.

  7. [7] “Mary Thompson Richards,” 3. “People of the Time,” database, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/reference/people, accessed May 2023), Willard Richards.

  8. [8] “Relief Society in the Early Days,” Woman’s Exponent 24, no. 3 (July 1, 1895): 21.

  9. [9] “Mary Thompson Richards,” 4–5. “Obituary,” 12.

  10. [10] 1860 U.S. census, Farmington, Davis Co., Utah Territory, p. 373, Mary Richards; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Dec. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1313.

  11. [11] “17th Quarterly Conference of the Davis Stake Relief Society,” July 22, 1882, in Davis Stake, Relief Society minutes and records, 1877–1915, p. 112, Davis Stake, CHL.

  12. [12] “Mary Thompson Richards,” 5–6. “Obituary,” 12.

  13. [13] Utah death certificate, file no. 79/263. “Mary Thompson Richards,” 6. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed May 2023), Mary Thompson L29X-GJT.