Sarah (Hodges) (Wait) Lucky
First House in Far West
Lucky - at here home, Lamoni, Iowa, Friday, November 22, at noon,
sister Sarah (Hodges) (Wait) Lucky. She was born in the town of Pompey, Onondaga County,
New York, July 27, 1809. When four years old her parents removed to
Rochester, New York, and finally, after some years, her lot was cast in
with the Saints; and she with her parents went to Painesville, Ohio. She
was baptized in 1832, by Elder Zebedee Coltrin, and in 1833 was married
to Elder Truman Wait. She and her husband went to Clay County, Missouri,
and in 1837 built the first house in Far West, Caldwell County. They
went through all the persecutions of the Saints in Missouri, and were
among the last to leave that state for Illinois, where they remained
until after the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith; when with her father's
family they went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1846 they moved to St.
Louis, Missouri, where her husband died the year following.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa
Seventeen
years afterwards she was again married to Lieutenant Colonel Lucky, and
with him removed to Sandwich, Illinois, just after the close of the war.
Here in August 1869, she united with the Reorganization, being baptized
by Elder E. Banta; and after the death of her second husband came to
Decatur County, Iowa, and has been living in Lamoni eleven years. Her
life was an eventful one, and she was prepared for her change. Funeral
from the house, conducted by Elder Samuel Ackerly and President Joseph
Smith [III], at the request of Sr. Lucky made before her demise. Her body was
laid to rest in the family lot in Rose Hill Cemetery. [Herald, 42 (27
November 1895): 772.]
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