Jane Nugent Burke is the third Eminent Woman who had her proxy work done in the St. George Temple, since her husband’s biography was one of the earliest entries in Evert Duyckinck’s Portrait Gallery, Vol. 1, the source for Wilford Woodruff’s list of names. In the biography, Jane is called “Miss Nugent,” so that is how her temple work was done. Her baptism proxy was Lucy Bigelow Young; the endowment proxy was Caroline Hardy Blake. Continue reading Eminent Women: Jane Nugent Burke
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Eminent Women: Caroline Blake Hardy
Caroline Blake Hardy was one of the Washington County women who attended the St. George Temple to help Wilford Woodruff and Lucy Bigelow Young with the Eminent Women temple work project. Caroline served as proxy for Jane Mary Nugent Burke, a woman who lived in dramatically different circumstances from Caroline’s.
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The story of Caroline Blake Hardy has been the most puzzling of the Eminent Women series so far. A Washington County genealogist, the late Roberta Blake Barnum, left this account of her relative’s life.
Historical News Flash: Wilford Woodruff’s Vision of the Founding Fathers
The story of Wilford Woodruff and the Vision of the Founding Fathers is included as supplemental material in Gospel Doctrine Lesson 39, which will be taught in many areas of the Church in the next week or two. The account in the lesson manual is historically accurate but may be seen by some as problematic.
Unfortunately, many of the materials that teachers or class members may find by doing a web search are much more problematic and may lack historical accuracy or context.
Since I’ve been working on “The Eminent Women of the St. George Temple” project for several years now, here is a brief summary of the story as well as a response to criticisms of the story.
Continue reading Historical News Flash: Wilford Woodruff’s Vision of the Founding Fathers