D. H. Wells's Recovery from Poisoning and Miraculous Birth of His Daughter
Published October 4, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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Millennial Star Research
While serving in the Historian's Office in 1856, D. H. Wells suffered a severe illness due to blood poisoning from a wound. As he was beginning to recover, he was awakened at 1:30 a.m. on May 16th to administer to his wife, Sarah, who was in labor. Following the administration, she was safely delivered of a healthy 12-pound daughter.
In Their Own Words
“About the first labour on my recovering, so as to be able to get out of doors, was to be called up about half-past one o'clock in the morning, on Friday the 16th instant, to administer to my wife, Sarah, in the name of the Lord that all might be well with her and her child, and that she should be blest in her labour. In fifteen minutes after, she was safely delivered of a very fine daughter, weighing 12 lbs. I have seen her several times since; both she and her daughter are doing well. — Millennial Star 18:32”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 9 August 1856 (Vol. 18, No. 32). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1856-08-09_18_32 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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