A MONUMENT TO HER FAITH

MARY FIELD GARNER WAS THE LAST LIVING PERSON TO KNOW JOSEPH SMITH. SHE DIED AT 107 YEARS OLD. SHE IS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS JUST A YOUNG GIRL WHEN SHE FIRST MET JOSEPH SMITH. SHE ARRIVED FROM ENGLAND WITH HER FAMILY AND MADE THE EXODUS TO SALT LAKE. AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HER IS THAT AFTER JOSEPH DIED AND THE SUBJECT OF THE NEXT PROPHET CAME INTO PLAY, A MEETING WAS HELD WHERE SIDNEY RIGDON AND BRIGHAM YOUNG WERE SPEAKING. SHE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP HER DOLL AND HEARD THE VOICE OF JOSEPH. SHE SAT UP TO WITNESS THE MANTLE OF JOSEPH COME OVER BRIGHAM YOUNG PROPHESYING THAT HE SHOULD BE THE NEXT PROPHET. WOW, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE. SHE WAS ALSO A RED HEAD.