Mary Pitt Healed After Eleven Years of Lameness at Dymock, England (May 18, 1840)

In 1840, during Wilford Woodruff's mission in Herefordshire, England, Mary Pitt had been lame and unable to walk for eleven years, reportedly confined to a chair. She was the sister of William Pitt. At Dymock, she was carried into the water and baptized by Wilford Woodruff. On the evening of May 18, 1840, at Brother Kingston's house, Brigham Young, Willard Richards, and Wilford Woodruff laid hands upon her head and confirmed her a member of the Church. Brigham Young, acting as voice, rebuked her lameness and commanded her in the name of the Lord to arise and walk. Mary Pitt was healed, rose from her chair, and walked. She reportedly never afterward used a staff or crutch; the following day she walked through Dymock, creating a stir among the people. Wilford Woodruff later recorded that Mary Pitt, who eventually joined the Church, emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, and died there, had not walked for eleven years but was healed and walked after the administration. The healing was part of a season of reported miracles in Herefordshire.