above here and which was occupied
by sister Mary and her family. The
Administrator of Bro Smith's estate in Arizona caused all of these properties to be
inventoried and in due course of law
they will be sold and myself and
family be thus rendered homeless, as I
do not possess the means for buying this
place. It is the desire of all the Saints in
this vicinity to see there separate properties
restored if possible to the respective wives of
Bro Smith occupying them at the time of th his death. A friend here has been
working with this end in view and has
succeeded in getting Sister Mary's property
(the Canyon farm) stricken off the list of
inventoried properties belonging to the estate and
she is now in undisputed possession of it.
This same friend has advised me to
ascertain as soon as I conveniently can
whither or not Bro. Smith exhausted his
homestead right in Utah. If he has, this
property is legally mine, and it should
above here and which was occupied
by sister Mary and her family. The
Administrator of Bro Smith's estate in
Arizona caused all of these properties to be
inventoried and in due course of law
they will be sold and myself and
family be thus rendered homeless, as I
do not possess the means for buying this
place. It is the desire of all the Saints in
this vicinity to see there separate properties
restored if possible to the respective wives of
Bro Smith occupying them at the time of
his death. A friend here has been
working with this end in view and has
succeeded in getting Sister Mary's property
(the Canyon farm) stricken off the list of
inventoried properties belonging to the estate and
she is now in undisputed possession of it.
This same friend has advised me to
ascertain as soon as I conveniently can
whither or not Bro. Smith exhausted his
homestead right in Utah. If he has, this
property is legally mine, and it should
"Letter from Diantha Elizabeth Mortensen Smith, 17 January 1893," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/ngwE