Bathsheba Wilson Bigler

Brief Life History of Bathsheba Wilson

When Bathsheba Wilson Bigler was born on 3 May 1822, in Shinnston, Harrison, Virginia, United States, her father, Mark Bigler, was 36 and her mother, Susannah Ogden, was 36. She married George Albert Smith on 25 July 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 20 September 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Albert Smith
1817–1875
Bathsheba Wilson Bigler
1822–1910
Marriage: 25 July 1841
George Albert Smith Jr
1842–1860
Smith
1844–
Bathsheba Kate Smith
1844–1920
John Smith
1847–1847

Sources (59)

  • Basheba Smith in household of George Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Bethsheba Bigber, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

Name Meaning

South German: topographic name for someone who lived by a curve in a street or river, or in a nook, from Middle High German biegel ‘nook, corner’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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GRAVES ALONG THE TRAIL

(Written by Zora Smith Jarvis, granddaughter of George A. and Hannah Maria Libby Smith.) George A. Smith met Bathsheba W. Bigler while on a mission in West Virginia. She lived at Shinston, Harriso …

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