Sarah (Hodges) Lucky

HODGES, WAIT, LUCKY, LUCKEY

Posted By: Lisa Walden (email)
Date: 7/4/2020 at 19:03:48

LUCKY. At her home, Lamoni, Iowa, Friday, November 22, at noon, Sister Sarah Lucky.

She was born in the town of Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, July 27, 1809. When four years old her parents removed to Rochester, New York, and finally, after some years, her lot was cast in with the Saints; and she with her parents went to Painesville, Ohio.

She was baptized in 1832, by Elder Zebedee Coltrin, and in 1833 was married to Elder Truman Wait.

She and her husband went to Clay County, Missouri, and in 1837 built the first house in Far West, Caldwell County. They went through all the persecutions of the Saints in Missouri, and were among the last to leave that State for Illinois, where they remained until after the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith; when with her father's family they went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

In 1846 they moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where her husband died the year following.

Seventeen years afterward she was again married to Lieutenant Colonel Lucky, and with him removed to Sandwich, Illinois, just after the close of the war. Here in August, 1869, she united with the Reorganization, being baptized by Elder E. Banta; and after the death of her second husband came to Decatur County, Iowa, and has been living in Lamoni eleven years.

Her life was an eventful one, and she was prepared for her change.

Funeral from the house, conducted by Elder Samuel Ackerly and President Joseph Smith, at the request of Sr. Lucky made before her demise. Her body was laid to rest in the family lot in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Source: The Saints’ Herald, volume 42, 1895, pg 772. [Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]