General Notes

According to information from Jean Anderson, who wrote The History of Black River Falls and also Wrightsville, Sarah was, like her husband, probably also a physician, or more properly, an herbalist.

She married James Jesse Strang, as did her cousin Phoebe, as a young girl, honored to be chosen. See The History of Black River Falls and Wisconsin Pioneers. After Strang's death, she married Joseph Wing and moved to Utah where she apparently became disenchanted with polygamy and moved to Idaho. I have requested information on her death certificate from Boise. I have searched for a record of divorce in Salt Lake City and find none in the records 1852-1856 or 1877-1885. There are no records for 1857-1876. There is also no record of marriage in Black River Falls although there is a record of Joseph's nephew marrying Sarah's sister Elizabeth Jane Wright. (Copy of record in my possession).

6/12/99

I have now received a copy of Sarah Adelia's Death Certificate. She is shown as being Widowed, a Housewife. Death from Myocarditis and Nephritis resultant from senility.
Her address was: 373 S. 5th, Boise, Idaho.[PhineasWright.FTW]

Sarah was the third polygamous wife of James Jesse Strang. Although her father opposed the polygamous marriage, Sarah (and her cousin Phoebe) was proud (and possibly more than a little naive) to be one of "King Strang's" wives. She wrote to Milo Quaife in 1920:

"You ask if we all lived in the same house. We did, but we had separate rooms and all met in prayer and ate at the same table. He (Strang) was a very mild-spoken kind man to his family, although his word was law. We were all honest in our religion and made things as pleasant as possible. There were four of us living in the same house."

After Strang's assassination on June 16, 1856, it appears that both she and her cousin Phoebe returned to Black River Falls, where James Phineas was born.

Perhaps  it was in Black River Falls that Sarah met Joseph Smith Wing. In any case, they "married" and had children together. Eventually, however, Sarah, became disenchanted with Mormonism and even more so with polygamy and left Joseph to live with her daughter in Idaho. She supported herself as a medical practitioner, having, apparently, learned the trade from Joseph.

Polygamous wife of James Jesse Strang, After his death married Joseph Smith Wing and traveled with him to Utah in the Lewis Bronson ox train of 1862.

At the time of her death in 1923, she was living with her daughter, Amanda, in Boise, Idaho. She had previously lived in Springville, Utah.[PhineasWright.FTW]

Sarah was the third polygamous wife of James Jesse Strang. Although her father opposed the polygamous marriage, Sarah (and her cousin Phoebe) was proud (and possibly more than a little naive) to be one of "King Strang's" wives. She wrote to Milo Quaife in 1920:

"You ask if we all lived in the same house. We did, but we had separate rooms and all met in prayer and ate at the same table. He (Strang) was a very mild-spoken kind man to his family, although his word was law. We were all honest in our religion and made things as pleasant as possible. There were four of us living in the same house."

After Strang's assassination on June 16, 1856, it appears that both she and her cousin Phoebe returned to Black River Falls, where James Phineas was born.

Perhaps  it was in Black River Falls that Sarah met Joseph Smith Wing. In any case, they "married" and had children together. Eventually, however, Sarah, became disenchanted with Mormonism and even more so with polygamy and left Joseph to live with her daughter in Idaho. She supported herself as a medical practitioner, having, apparently, learned the trade from Joseph.

Polygamous wife of James Jesse Strang, After his death married Joseph Smith Wing and traveled with him to Utah in the Lewis Bronson ox train of 1862.

At the time of her death in 1923, she was living with her daughter, Amanda, in Boise, Idaho. She had previously lived in Springville, Utah.