They all seem like happy, hard-working women who liked people (especially their children and husbands) and, of course, had strong testimonies of the restoration of Jesus’ Gospel and a willingness to sacrifice whatever needed to be sacrificed.
One story struck me especially.
This is a picture of Melissa Jane Bigler, who was the mother of Julina Lambson (who married Joseph F. Smith), her husband, Alfred Lambson, and a niece.
In 1852, Alfred was called on a mission to the West Indies. He left Melissa in Salt Lake with a three- year-old and a one-year-old for two years. When he came home, he was home for two years and they had a baby son. Then he was assigned to serve as a blacksmith and mechanic for the wagons of pioneers in Florence, Nebraska.
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He was there TEN years!
His little family stayed in Salt Lake City. As a sidenote, Julina, at seven years old, went to live at her aunt’s house and was raised there the whole time he was gone.
Makes it seem like a husband having a few meetings here and there isn’t much of a sacrifice.
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