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One of the Three Nephites

George Washington Adair and his wife, Miriam Ann Billingsley Adair met during the great Mormon Exodus to the west. Miriam dreamed one night “that a young man would come riding up to their wagon on a white horse. She had told her sister of her dream and of course they laughed about it as young romantic girls would, so when the young man did come riding into camp on a white horse, the two girls nudged each other and wondered if this was really true. Yes . . . that was the man that Miriam married before they reached the valley.” They courted in pioneer trail fashion and were married on May 6, 1846. They came on to the Salt Lake Valley and about 1849-50 were living in the area of Sugarhouse. “The snow was very deep but the fires had to be kept burning so [George had gone off to replenish the woodpile. While he was away one of the children became very ill. [Miriam] did all she could for the child but the child continued to get worse so [Miriam] did as she always did when a crisis came, to get down on her knees and ask her Heavenly Father to send her aid. After doing all that her knowledge prompted her to do, she heard a knock at the door-on opening it there stood a man who asked her if she would like him to administer to her child. Never doubting that the answer to her prayer had come, she got the oil, which she always had on hand, and the man administered to her child. Her attention was turned to the child for the moment so when she turned to thank him for coming, he had left without saying anything. She hurried to the door to see if she could call him to give her thanks, but there was no one in sight nor were there any foot steps or prints in the snow….Her child was healed and was perfectly well when her husband returned.”

Miriam ever after believed that her timely and powerful visitor was one of the Three Nephites, and likely it may have been. There are angels among us.

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From Miriam’s history written by her granddaughter Ethel Adair Pope, October 1967.
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