Spouse: John C. CARTER. Hannah Knight LIBBY and John C. CARTER were married on 2 March 1805 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, USA.¹²⁴³ They¹²⁴³ were divorced. Children were: Dominicus CARTER, Almira CARTER, Hannah CARTER, William Furlsbury CARTER, Phillip Libby CARTER, John Harrison CARTER, Elizabeth Ann CARTER, Richard Harrison CARTER, Mary Jane CARTER, Rufus CARTER.

I first embraced Mormonism in 1834 in the town of Newry, Oxford County, state of Maine. The first Mormon elders I ever heard preach were John F. Boynton and Daniel Bean. They came to my father's house and my mother lay very sick. The doctors had given her up. The elders told her they were preaching a new doctrine and they told her that she could be healed if she could have faith, that they would hold hands on her. They did lay hands on her and said, "In the name of the Lord Jesus, be thou made whole." And she was made whole and arose and called for her clothes and said, "I must go to the water. She walked one-half mile and was baptized in the river called Bear River and was confirmed. And there was a large branch raised up in that place.

John Carter did not join the Church. When his wife was healed he said, "That beats Doctor Bills," but he never joined the Church.

Of the nine children, Dominicus, Hannah (who had married Aaron York), William F., John, Eliza Ann, and Richard were all baptized, most of them in 1834. Two daughters and one son never became members.

Responding to the spirit of gathering which rested upon them, those who had embraced Mormonism left Maine in 1836 and traveled all the way to Kirtland, Ohio, then to [the] headquarters of the Church. They attended the temple, took part in the wonderful meetings, and joined the Saints in singing the songs of Zion.

The next year an apostate movement arose and John F. Boynton, the missionary who had brought the gospel to them in Maine and had since became one of the First Quorum of Apostles, became one of the bitterest and most violent leaders against the Prophet. So intense was the persecution that those who remained staunch and faithful were forced to leave for Far West, Missouri.

Early in 1838 William F. Carter and Eliza Ann, who had recently married James C. Snow, set out together for Missouri driving an ox team. The graphic story of that trying journey is told by Eliza Ann.

It was cold weather and we suffered much with the cold, but we traveled until we came to Terre Haute, Indiana, and one of our oxen died, leaving us with one ox, so we were obliged to stop. We had no money, no house to go in, and we got the privilege of going into a horse stable and I cleaned it out and was glad to get into a place out of the storms. After stopping in Indiana a few weeks, Hyrum Smith's company came along and he being acquainted with me, said to me, "If you will ride in my baggage wagon, I will take you along and you can drive the team and the men can walk." I said I will do so.

We traveled until we came to Jacksonville, Illinois. There one of Hyrum's horses died and he had to leave us. There was a branch of the Church nearby, but he did not leave us penniless among strangers, without home or friends, but he called for the president of the branch and told him to let Brother Snow preside over the branch as a missionary and to feed and cloth us until the Kirtland Camp company came along in the fall, and he did so. The president's name was __errick, the brother that was killed at the Hann's [Haun's] Mill Massacre in Missouri. While we were there in the branch I looked out and, behold, there came my brother, William, with the one ox that we had left behind. He had made a harness and tackled him up, and the one ox carried his wife and three children to Missouri, and when I saw him I rejoiced to see him have so much faith, but the Gentiles made all manner of fun of him. "There goes a d___ Mormon with his ox." But he got there just the same; and Father Joseph Smith said it should be in the annals of his history.

After that the Kirtland camp came along and we went to Missouri with them. We went into an old log house that we could poke a cat out between the logs and there my first child was born; it was the 30th day of October in the year 1838, Sarah Jane (her child), who became the wife of Marshall Kingman and afterward wife of President Joseph Young. It was cold and snowed every day and the mob came into Far West the very day of her birth, and we were much excited. I could not keep the midwife long enough to dress my child. Sister Diantha Billings was her name, well known among our people. The mob was blowing horns and firing guns all night long. We were without bread or anything to make bread of, but by the help of the Lord we were preserved by the brethren giving up their arms and promising to leave Far West. We left for Illinois in the month of February of the following year [1839]. There were three families to one wagon and one span of old horses, we took turns in walking. There was Brother Winslow Farr and wife, Garner Snow and wife, and James Snow and wife. We traveled all day and at night lay down at a campfire, as we had no tent.

Almost the last glimpse we have of her was obtained from letter written on March 5, 1867, by her son, Dominicus, to his brother, Phillip Carter, living on the site of Morley's Settlement in Illinois. Said he:

Mother is still alive, but very feeble. I don't think she can live long. She is getting old, rising nightly. If you should want to see her before she should die, you better come this spring and not wait till the railroad is finished. Mother wants me to say to you that she does not expect to live long on this earth and she wants that you should prepare to meet her in the world to come. She says the path she has pursued for the last 30 years is the only path by which you can enjoy her society in the world to come and be accepted of the Lord.

Myself, John, Hannah, and Eliza Ann live in Provo City. William and Aaron live 25 miles from here at a place called Santaquin. Aaron did live in the cotton county but has moved back. It was too hot in the country for him. Aaron's health is very poor, he is afflicted with rheumatism.

I have quit smithing and gone to farming. My eyes are so weak. I have a large shop rented. Blacksmithing is a very good business here. Brother John works at the business about half the time.

Now, Phillip, the world is in a bad situation and though I don't know what the matter is, therefore, I will honestly wish to give a little advice to my blood kin, whether kindly received or not, to come out of Babylon or confusion and come with us from the crash of the nations.

Yours respectfully,
DOMINICUS CARTER

Her death had occurred shortly before November 2, 1867, for on this day a letter written by Mary E. Whiting from Springville to a relative in Manti states, "Mother Carter is dead." Her funeral was held at the graveside in the Provo cemetery. The day was very cold.

Dominicus Carter spoke at the funeral of his mother and told how faithful she had always been. She had always been a true wife, had always (up)held the priesthood, and he said she should come forth in the first resurrection.

The true spirit of her life mission is summarized by the inspired words of the patriarch who pronounced upon her and her posterity this marvelous blessing:

The heavens and earth are stored with blessings for thee and thy posterity after thee. Thou hast been faithful in the day of trial. The principles of virtue are planted within thy bosom. The last day shall be thy best days, as the desires of thy heart shall be. Thy day shall be lengthened even until thou are in lawful heir and by proxy thou shalt administer and be blessed in thy administration in behalf of thine progenitors.

By Patriarchal BlessingMay 5, 1844, Book 14

On Memorial Day, May 30, 1941. 155 years after her birth, 90 years after she crossed the plains, and 74 years after her death, 90 members of her posterity held a memorial service in her honor, sang again the songs that were sung at her funeral, and listened to a sketch of her rich life story. Then once again they gathered at her graveside and dedicated a bronze marker as a lasting memorial to her name and noble character. It bore this inscription (beside the motif of a covered wagon):

Hannah Knight Libby Carter
October 9, 1786-November, 1867.
"Faithful in the day of Trial."

Hannah Knight Libby Carter, biography, photocopy of typescript. Grammar has been standardized.
http://www.forfamilies.com/genealogy/familyhistories/l/libby/hannah/bio/bio1p1.html Parents: Zebulon LIBBY (Capt.) - and Lydia ANDREWS -.

Spouse: John C. CARTER -. Hannah Knight LIBBY - and John C. CARTER - were married on 2 March 1805 in Scarborough, Cumberland Co, ME. Children were: Dominicus CARTER -, Almira CARTER -, Hannah CARTER -, William Furlsbury CARTER Sr. -, Phillip Libby CARTER -, John Harrison CARTER -, Elizabeth Ann CARTER -, Richard Harrison CARTER -, Mary Jane CARTER -, Rufus CARTER -.

Spouse: Isaac MORLEY -. Hannah Knight LIBBY - and Isaac MORLEY - were married on 22 January 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co, IL.

Spouse: Hannah BASSETT. Hannah BASSETT and John LIBBY were married about 1695 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.⁴

Spouse: Mary LARRABEE -. Mary LARRABEE - and Thomas LIBBY - were married on 15 November 1753 in Scarborough, Cumberland Co, ME. Children were: Thomas LIBBY (Capt.) - #, Zebulon LIBBY (Capt.) -, Solomon LIBBY -, Philip LIBBY -, John LIBBY -, Mary LIBBY -, Rebecca LIBBY -, Eunice LIBBY -, Janis "Jennie" LIBBY -.

Spouse: Lydia ANDREWS. Lydia ANDREWS and Zebulon LIBBY were married on 19 October 1770 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, USA. Children were: Hannah Knight LIBBY.

Spouse: Lydia ANDREWS -. Lydia ANDREWS - and Zebulon LIBBY (Capt.) - were married on 19 October 1780 in Scarborough, Cumberland Co, ME. Children were: Amos LIBBY -, Mary Ingersoll LIBBY -, John LIBBY -, Hannah Knight LIBBY -, Eunice LIBBY -, Anna LIBBY -, Timothy LIBBY -, Lydia LIBBY -, David LIBBY -, Josiah LIBBY -, Clarissa Milliken LIBBY -.

Spouse: Daniel KEITH. Elizabeth LIDDELL and Daniel KEITH were married in 1761 in Pendleton District,Anderson,South Carolina. Children were: Nancy KEITH.

Spouse: Esther PORTER. Esther PORTER and James LIDDELL were married in 1743 in Abbeville,Abbeville,South Carolina. Children were: Elizabeth LIDDELL.

Spouse: Thomas Lacey WEEMS. Mary LIDDELL and Thomas Lacey WEEMS were married on 12 October 1795 in ,Green,Tennessee.

Spouse: Jane GYBBES (GIBBS). Jane GYBBES (GIBBS) and Thomas LIDE were married about 1577 in <, Inkberrow, Worcester, England>.^514,515,2547 Children were: Jane LEIDS (LIDE), Elizabeth LEIDS Imm.

Spouse: Reverend Samuel DUDLEY. Elizabeth Smith LIDGETT and Reverend Samuel DUDLEY were married in 1651 in Exeter,Rockingham,New Hampshire. Children were: Samuel DUDLEY.

Children were: Elizabeth Smith LIDGETT.

Spouse: HORNICKEL.

Spouse: Ida Catherine COTNER. Ida Catherine COTNER and Harvey L. LIEBERT were married on 20 December 1905 in , Harrison, Indiana. Children were: Roy Edward LIEBERT, Jacie C. LIEBERT, Denzil Lewis LIEBERT, Arthur "Artie" LIEBERT, Elsie LIEBERT, Violet LIEBERT, Larston LIEBERT.

Spouse: LUTHER. Children were: Living LUTHER, Living LUTHER.

Spouse: BEST.

Spouse: Frances WYATT.

Spouse: George SCOREY. Ann LIGHT and George SCOREY were married on 8 March 1844 in Lymington, Hampshire, England. Children were: Mary SCOREY, Jane SCOREY, Jane SCOREY, George SCOREY, Joseph SCOREY, Sarah SCOREY, Elizabeth SCOREY.