More Than Any Other Woman in the Church

 

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According to the Prophet Joseph Smith, new member Martha Jane Knowlton Coray did more of what than “any other woman in the church?”

A.      Gave more pennies to the Nauvoo Temple Fund

B.      Visit taught more than any other Sister in Nauvoo

C.      Recorded more of the Prophet’s sermons

D.      Traveled the most miles by a woman to gather to Nauvoo

 

Yesterday’s answer:

C.   Deny his testimony

From the life of Catherine Ann Pluck Cloward:   Catherine Ann was born to parents who were Quaker emigrants from Germany. She married Jacob Cloward when she was twenty years old.

They had seven children before they moved from Pennsylvania to New Castle, Delaware and came in contact with the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized as members in April, 1842, and moved to Nauvoo shortly after that.

Catherine Ann’s husband was quite prosperous as a blacksmith and farmer. They knew the prophet well enough to lend him money when he needed it.

The night came when the mob asked her husband, Jacob, to denounce Joseph Smith as a prophet. He had to choose between the burning of his home or denying the gospel. They burned his home, barn, sheds, and feed granaries. They killed his animals.

The Cloward family fled for their lives in the cold, wet night. Jacob never recovered from the devastation the mob placed upon his family.

They left Nauvoo in the Spring of 1846, with the main group of the Church and stayed in Council Bluffs until 1852, when they made their way to the Salt Lake Valley with the David Wood Wagon Company.

Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Daughters of Utah Pioneers: (International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers: 1998), 1: 621-622.

Note: I will post twice during the week. Wednesday's question will be answer answered with Sunday's blog post and Sunday's questions will be answered on Wednesday.