Mary Isabella Hales Horne
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November 20, 1818
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| Born | Mary Isabella Hales November 20, 1818 |
| Died | August 25, 1905 (aged 86) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.[1] |
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Mary Isabella Hales Horne (November 20, 1818 – August 25, 1905) was a prominent leader in many different capacities in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[2] During her lifetime she served as a Relief Society president at the Ward and Stake levels. She also made her voice heard with regards to the federal restraints on polygamy and women's rights.[3]
Mary Isabella Hales was the eldest of seven children born to Stephen and Mary Ann Hales in Rainham, Kent, England. The family left England for York (Toronto, Canada) when Mary was 14 years old.[4] As her parents were both Christians, Mary went to a Methodist camp in 1834, where she met Joseph Horne. They were married on May 9, 1836. That same year, Mary, her husband, and her father's entire family listened to LDS missionaries (Orson Pratt and Parley P. Pratt) and were baptized two months later.[5] They gathered with the LDS saints in Missouri where they faced persecution, and later relocated to Quincy, Illinois, and Nauvoo.[6]
En route from Nauvoo to Iowa, Horne gave birth to a daughter. After spending the winter in Winter Quarters, they joined the Edward Hunter's hundred and made their way to the Salt Lake Valley. They arrived on October 6, 1847. The Hornes were the parents of 15 children, including three sets of twins.[4][7]
