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Fanny Stenhouse

1829 – 1904

American Mormon pioneer

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About Fanny Stenhouse

Lived 1829 – 1904 (aged 75). Fanny Stenhouse was a writer.

Fanny Warn Stenhouse ( Warn; 12 April 1829 – 19 April 1904) was an early Mormon pioneer who was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was most famous for her 1872 publication Exposé of Polygamy in Utah: A Lady’s Life among the Mormons, a record of personal experience as one of the wives of a Mormon elder during a period of more than twenty years in the mid-1800s.

Early life

Born in Jersey, at the age of 15 she went to teach English in France for six years; upon return to the island finding her parents and siblings had joined the Mormon sect. With initial prejudices, she then joined the sect herself, and a few months later, she got married in 1850. By October 1875 in Sydney, the lecture title was Mormonism exposed. February 1876 saw Stenhouse back in Melbourne at the Athenxum Hall, delivering 'a lecture exposing the evils of Mormonism'. She returned on the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's SS Australia in May 1876.

Later life

Her husband T. B. H. Stenhouse was born in 1825, a native of Dalkeith, Scotland. He established the French journal La Reflecteur, and was a scientific writer in New York for the Herald. After settling in Utah, he established the first daily newspaper for Salt Lake City, the Daily Telegraph.

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Also known as
Fanny Warn Stenhouse, Fanny Warn, Mrs. T.B.H. Stenhouse; Stenhouse, Mrs. T.B.H., Mrs. T.B. Stenhouse

Family & relationships

Spouse
T. B. H. Stenhouse

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Fanny Stenhouse's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Fanny Stenhouse?

American Mormon pioneer

When was Fanny Stenhouse born?

Fanny Stenhouse was born on 12 April 1829 in Saint Helier.

When did Fanny Stenhouse die?

Fanny Stenhouse died on 19 April 1904 in Los Angeles.

What was Fanny Stenhouse's occupation?

Fanny Stenhouse was a writer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Fanny Stenhouse

· Wikidata: Q24068877

· DBpedia: Fanny Stenhouse

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