Born: October 29, 1787 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Died: August 1846 Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa
Baptism: October 1830
Endowment: August 1846 Nauvoo Temple
Daughter of: Sylvanus Hulet and Mary Lewis (Sealed to Parents: January 26, 1889 Idaho Falls Temple)
Married: Elisha Jr. Whiting September 18, 1805 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Sealed: November 7, 1872)
Children:
1. Charles Whiting b: September 18, 1806 d: September 18, 1806
2. William E. Whiting b: September 18, 1807 d: October 21, 1834
3. Edwin Whiting b: September 9, 1809 d: December 8, 1890
4. Charles Whiting b: March 24, 1811 d: May 26, 1900
5. Catherine Louisa Whiting b: October 3, 1813 d: May 26, 1900
6. Harriet Amelia Whiting b: August 16, 1815 d: 1830
7. Emeline Sally Whiting b: July 23, 1817 d: March 4, 1896
8. Chauncy Whiting b: August 19, 1819 d: June 7, 1902
9. Almon Whiting b: November 7, 1821 d: May 10, 1900
10. Jane Fidelia Whiting b: February 29, 1824 d: June 19, 1915
11. Sylvester Whiting b: July 29, 1827 d: June 19, 1915
12. Francis Lewis Whiting b: September 22, 1830 d: April 10, 1911
When Sally and Elisha moved to Ohio Elisha built a log cabin for them. The home had two rooms on the ground floor, one room for a shop and the other for living quarters. That room had a large fireplace reaching nearly across one end. There was no cook stove. Like other women, Sally cooked at the open fireplace which was equipped with a crane that would swing out and in over the fire. Iron hooks were attached to the crane to hang the kettles on. Bread was baked in a kettle covered with coals. Around the room were beds, a table, a cupboard and the big chest that they kept their clothes in. They had also brought an old-fashioned bureau made of black walnut. It was the pride of Sally’s heart. She also had a mirror hanging above a shelf. Sally was proud of her new home. Up the steps there was a trap door into the loft where the boys slept. A trundle bed was pushed under the big bed that the little girls used. A lumber schoolhouse had been built at the Nelson Center. The older Whiting children attended the school in the summertime, when it was easier for the children to find their way along the narrow roads through the forest. Church services of various denominations were also held at the schoolhouse. The evenings were spent around the fireside where the children listened to stories by their parents.
While they were at Mt. Pisgah, in 1846, a dreadful sickness broke out. Sally died of the disease and was buried with the others in the cemetery of unmarked graves on the hillside.
Submitted by Ginger D. Vandenburg, 2010