Sarah M. Cleveland

Sarah M. Cleveland

First Counselor of the General Presidency of the Relief Society
March 17, 1842 (1842-03-17) – 1844
Called by	Emma Smith
Successor	Zina D. H. Young

Personal details
Born	Sarah Marietta Kingsley (1788-10-20)October 20, 1788 Becket, Massachusetts, United States
Died	1856^[1] Plymouth, Illinois, United States^[1]
Spouse(s)	John Howe^[1] John Cleveland
Parents	Ebenezer Kingsley

Sarah Marietta Kingsley Cleveland (October 20, 1788 - 1856^[1]) was the first counselor to Emma Smith in the presidency of the Relief Society from 1842 to 1844.

Cleveland was born in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts^[2] to Ebenezer Kingsley. She was married to John Cleveland. Her husband was a judge in Nauvoo, Illinois and unlike her did not join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Cleveland remained in Nauvoo with her husband when the main body of the Latter Day Saints moved to what later became Utah Territory.

Sources

1 2 3 4 "BYU Studies: Biographical Registers - C". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
↑ Madsen, Carol Cornwall. In Their Own Words: Women and the Story of Navoo. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. p. 120. ISBN 0-875797709.

Encyclopedia of Mormonism p. 1635.
2005 Deseret Morning News Church Alamanac (Deseret Morning News: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004) p. 115
Jenson, Andrew (1936). Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia: A compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 4. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson Memorial Association (Printed by The Deseret News Press). pp. 183. ISBN 1-58958-026-5. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints titles
First	First Counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society 1842 – 1844	Vacant Title next held by Zina D. H. Young as First Counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

General Presidencies of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presidents	E.H. Smith (1842–44) Snow (1866–87) Young (1888–1901) B.W. Smith (1901–10) Wells (1910–21) Williams (1921–28) Robison (1928–39) Lyman (1940–45) Spafford (1945–74) B.B. Smith (1974–84) Winder (1984–90) Jack (1990–97) Smoot (1997–2002) Parkin (2002–07) Beck (2007–12) Burton (2012–)

First Counselors	Cleveland (1842–44) Young (1880–87) Richards (1888–1901) Hyde (1901–09) Williams (1910–21) Knight (1921–28) Lyman (1928–39) Howells (1939–45) Sharp (1945–74) Cannon (1974–78) Boyer (1978–84) Evans (1984–90) Okazaki (1990–97) Jensen (1997–2002) Hughes (2002–07) Allred (2007–12) Stephens (2012–)

Second Counselor	Whitney (1842–44, 1886–87) B.W. Smith (1888–1901) Dusenberry (1901–10) J.L. Smith (1910–21) Robison (1921–28) Child (1928–35) Barker (1935–39) Sorensen (1940–42) Spafford (1942–45) Garff (1945–47) Simonsen (1947–56) Anderson (1957–58) Madsen (1958–74) Boyer (1974–78) Thomas (1978–83) Reese (1983–84) Doxey (1984–90) Clyde (1990–97) Dew (1997–2002) Pingree (2002–07) Thompson (2007–12) Reeves (2012–)

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