Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865) was born 1 Sep. 1791 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut. She was the daughter of Ezekiel Huntley and Sophia Wentworth. She married Charles Sigourney on 16 Jun. 1819 in Norwich, and they had five children. She died 10 Jun. 1865 and was buried in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She was one of the eminent women for whom Wilford Woodruff initiated proxy temple ordinance work in Aug. 1877.
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