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Mary Fielding Smith (D. Corbett)

Portrait of Courage

Don Cecil Corbett

Deseret Book Company
Salt Lake City, Utah

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About This Book

History is filled with the names of exceptional women, but few have exhibited the courage and faith of Mary Fielding Smith, an indomitable English lady, the daughter of a Bedfordshire farmer-preacher, who left her native land and became a heroine in her own right.

She became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada and then joined the body of Saints in the United States, witnessing the onslaught of intolerance against the Mormons in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.

As the wife of Hyrum Smith the Patriarch, she knew the joys and happiness of marriage, only to have them abruptly terminated when a mob killed her husband. Undaunted, she outfitted herself with six covered wagons and took a large number of Saints with her to the Rocky Mountains, braving the dangers of primitive western America.

Her life was one of conflict, but this sharpened her determination, made her a fighter, and drove her to greater heights. She always remained true to her husband, to the Prophet Joseph Smith, and to the Church.