Bathsheba Bigler Smith
Inscription
Bathsheba Bigler Smith, born May 3, 1822, one mile upstream, was baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints in 1837. Moved to Nauvoo, IL, where she was a founding member of the Relief Society, the LDS Church charitable women's organization. Was general president 1901-1910. Moved to utah, 1849, and pressed for women's suffrage.
Died 1910.
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