Polly Peck 1774-1831
“Her greatest desire was to set her feet upon the land of
Zion and to have her body interred in that land…The Lord gave her the desire of
her heart.”
She was the 1st Latter-day Saint
to die in Missouri
Newell Knight 1800-1847
“Seek forth to bring forth and establish the
cause of Zion, be humble and full of love, having faith, hope and charity,
being temperate in all things.”
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Lydia
Goldthwait Knight1812-1884
Her
motto was “God Rules”
When
another woman complained about the mob Lydia said “Be calm; let your heart rather be filled with humblest prayer, that
God will turn aside their wicked purposes.”
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Amanda
McEwan Knight 1851-1932
Friends
and family attributed her goodness to “wisdom…beauty of mind and body…warm
friendliness…she made all the grandchildren feel equally loved.”
Amanda Melvina Higbee 1826-1882
(Mother of Amanda McEwan Knight)
Excerpts from Relief Society vault letter to posterity:
“To my dear children and my grandchildren who may be
living when the box which contains this letter shall be opened and the fingers
that penned these lines gone back to mother earth.
I conjure you, my dear children, to be faithful in all
your covenants that you make in the Church. Pay all your tithes and offerings
with an eye single to the glory of God and be faithful to the end of your days.
It is the great love I bear you that causes me to pen you these few lines, the
last you will have from me on this earth. It is the voice of your mother and
grandmother speaking to you from the grave, calling upon you to live near your
God and do all that you can that is left undone for our dead….And new, my
beloved children and children’s children, down to the latest generation: Be
true to yourself and to your religion and to your God for there is no
exaltation outside of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
Isaac
Higbee, Jr. 1797-1874
Married to Keziah String, father of
Amanda Higbee
1st Stk. President of Utah
County
Only son was killed in the Utah Indian War near Squaw Peak
Bishop of Nauvoo and Salt
Lake
Built 1st grist mill in
Provo and owned a butcher shop
Probate Judge, Postmaster in
Provo and first Chief Justice in UT County, County clerk and recorder,
Circulation Mgr of Deseret News
He served on three missions;
Near the end of his life he said“I wish to die in peace
and in fellowship with all humanity.”
Keziah String 1802-1841
Born on Christmas Day 1802
Married Isaac Higbee, Jr. at age 16
“Isaac
Higbee’s devoted wife, Keziah String died Nov. 3, 1841, [in Nauvoo] three days
after the birth of their tenth child. She was truly a martyr to the cause of
truth, like so many of the Saints, being driven from place to place and
suffering all the persecutions, mobbings, and indignities of their enemies.”
Jay Will Knight 1874-1956
Served
mission to Great Britain
Married
to Lucy Jane (Jennie) Brimhall
Ranchowner
and Miner,
Bishop
and Counselor to Stk. President
in
Cardston, Alberta Canada
Candidate
for Governer in Utah, Utah State Senator
Hobbies:
Horseback riding, jockeying, tennis
In
biography of his father:,Jesse
“It
is by the power of the Holy Ghost that we may know the truth of all
things. Should we not then adjust our
lives, prepare our minds and ponder in our hearts the things we wish to
accomplish, so that God, our Heavenly Father may find us prepared to receive
his divine messages and help us advance properly. I believe father received more joy and satisfaction through
recognizing God as his guide than he could have received in any other way.” –
Jesse William Knight
see Knight Family Website
