by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Wadley Smith 1844-1919 Lizzie Smith was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, to John Sivel Smith and Jane Wadley Smith. As a single woman, she lived her life in the house of her parents and functioned as hostess for her father, a prominent man in the community...
by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Mary Kershaw Blamires Boynton 1829-1894 Mary’s character was undoubtedly modeled, at least in part from her mother, Mary Kershaw Blamires (later Boynton) who also actively participated in suffrage causes such as officer in the Columbian Club. Both mother and...
by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Sarah Harriet Blamires Sheffield 1853-1942 Sarah Blamires arrived in Utah in the fall of 1869 with her mother and siblings. They left the train in Ogden having traveled on of the early transcontinental trains and proceeded on to Kaysville. Although expecting their...
by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Erminie “Minnie” Williams Jarman 1867-1958 Erminie “Minnie” Williams Jarman was the daughter of suffragist Ada Evans Williams and Ebenezer Williams. Minnie as she was nicknamed followed on the path blazed by her mother in working in for the Columbian Club and Woman’s...
by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Ada Mazilla Evans Williams 1838-1923 Ada Mazilla Evans Williams (1838-1923) emigrated from Wales in 1853 and traveled on to Kay’s Ward the following spring with her family and returning missionary, Ebenezer A. Williams. She became Williams’ wife in 1856 and by whom...
by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Sarah E. Layton Taylor Coombs 1865-1936 Sarah E. Layton (Taylor) (Coombs), youngest daughter of Sarah Ellen Barnes Layton, was also an active member, serving on the W.S.A. Executive Committee in 1894. It was not, however, until 1896 that Utah achieved statehood and...
