Sarah Mumford 1795 - 1879

“My wife, who had managed to be present when I was going to the water, and even threatened that she would not live with me, was, for a long while after, perhaps a year and a half, bitterly opposed to the work, but I knew from the Lord that she would come into the Church, and I told her so. As the way she was at last brought in was very curious, I will mention it. She dreamed one night that a large company of visitors had come to her house, for whom she had to prepare supper. On going into her buttery to procure the necessary food to cook, she could only find a small potato, about the size of a robin's egg, lying on a wooden trencher. However, with this small stock, she commenced, and by some wonderful means converted this little affair into a splendid preparation of pies, puddings, etc. When they were ready, she stood still, wondering how it had all been done, for, as may be supposed, it puzzled her sorely to conceive how, from a little potato, and that on a wooden trencher, she had produced such an elegant entertainment. Just at this moment, while she was thus marveling, I was awakened from my sleep, with a command sounding in my ears that I was to say to my wife, "don't you remember hearing that you should not despise the day of small things?" I was to speak at once, without waiting. So I awoke her, and without any preface did as I was bid.  From Testimonies for the Truth, by Benjamin Brown

• Birth	20 Apr 1795	Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Gender	Female
  Baptized (LDS)	19 Jun 1838 [4]
  Endowed (LDS)	23 Dec 1845	NAUVO
  Person ID	I3278	Early Latter-day Saints
  Last Modified	07 Feb 2007
  Father	Henry Mumford, b. 16 Oct 1762, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. 28 Jul 1837, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA
  Mother	Sarah Thompson, b. 6 Aug 1779, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. 30 Jul 1839, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA
  Married	1792	, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Sealed P (LDS)	8 Oct 1943
  Family ID	F2929	Group Sheet
  Family	Benjamin Brown, b. 30 Sep 1794, Queensbury, Warren, New York, USA , d. 23 May 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
  Married	12 Sep 1819	, Chautauqua, New York, USA
  Sealed S (LDS)	11 May 1996	SGEOR [4]
  Children	1. Cordelia Brown, b. 17 Jan 1821, Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA , d. 12 Feb 1840, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA 2. Lorenzo Brown, b. 2 Feb 1823, Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, USA , d. 28 Jan 1902 3. Walter Brown, b. 16 Jan 1828, d. 6 Aug 1829, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA 4. Homer Brown, b. 9 Aug 1830
  Family ID	F2926	Group Sheet

• Notes	NAUVOO RECORDS: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 49 Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 31, p 975

• Sources

  [S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 31, p 975. [S7] LDS - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (1845-1846), , p 49. [S3396] [S2] Internet Link - International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.