Jane Manning James, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jane Manning James

African-American Mormon pioneer

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1822

Place of Birth: Wilton, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1908

Profession: pioneer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jane Elizabeth Manning James (May 11, 1813 – April 16, 1908), fondly known as "Aunt Jane", was one of the first recorded African-American women to enter Utah.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and lived with Joseph Smith and his family for a time in Nauvoo, Illinois.
She traveled with her husband to Utah, spending the winter of 1846–1847 at Winter Quarters.
She petitioned the First Presidency to be endowed and sealed; as a result of her requests she was adopted as a servant into the Joseph Smith family through a specially created temple ceremony.
Not satisfied to be an eternal servant in the Smith family, she continued to petition to receive her own temple endowment but was denied these rites during her lifetime.
She was posthumously endowed by proxy in 1979.