Stories of women from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Women of the Restoration Sites and Stories
Stories of women from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Missouri Mob and Amanda Barnes Smith Prayer
" . . . those five weeks . . . I was a prisoner with my wounded boy in Missouri, near the scene of the massacre, unable to obey the order of extermination [for Mormons to leave the state or be killed]. In our utter desolation, what could we women do but pray? Prayer was […]
Amanda Barnes Smith Haun’s Mill Massacre Miracle
Amanda Barnes Smith, an early member of The Church of Jesus Christ faced some of the greatest trails a person could withstand. Amanda knew that "with God all is possible". It was 1838 in Hawn’s Mill, Missouri when problems between the Missouri mob and the Latter-day Saints came to a head. Amanda and her family […]