Patty Bartlett Sessions

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Patty Bartlett Sessions (February 4, 1795 – December 14, 1893) was a Mormon midwife. She may also have been one of the wives of Joseph Smith, Jr.

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February 4, 1795 Born in Bethel, Maine
Around 1809 watched her first birth.
June 28, 1812 (17 years old) Married David Sessions.
Around 1812 delivered her first baby. Doctor came later, congratulated her, and said, “Must attend to the business.” She continued delivering babies ever since.
July 2, 1834 baptized into the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints (Mormon). She later moved to a gathering place in Missouri.
October 27,1838 Governor Lilburn Boggs issued the Extermination Order, forcing all Mormons to leave Missouri. Patty Sessions lost $1200 in land and $400 in livestock when her family left for Illinois.
February 4, 1846 received a personal journal from her daughter, Sylvia. Daily recordings for over 20 years, included every birth. Journal also included recipes for ailments.
1846 Brigham Young, President of the Church, instructed Mormons to head west, beyond the western frontier (then Mexico). He also instructed Patty Sessions to go with the pilot company to care for the sick and afflicted, as well as midwifery.
June 15, 1847 (52 years old) Patty Sessions left Winter Quarters to “the mountains.”
September 24, 1847 Patty Sessions arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. “I had driven my wagon all the way, except for the llast two mountain, and had walked 1,030 miles.”

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Midwives were mostly trained by experience and would stay in the home to care for the child, cook, and manage family needs.
Patty delivered many babies while on the Pioneer Trek, and nine babies on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Within one year of arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, she delivered 248 babies.
Patty recorded 3,977 births with only “two difficult cases.”
Patty made an average of $2 per birth and assisted at up to three births per week.
She continued to deliver babies until she was approximately 85 years old.
Her journals are kept in the Archives at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City, UT.