Sarah Kemble Siddons

5 Jul 1755 - 8 Jun 1831
Sarah Kemble Siddons (1755-1831) was born 5 Jul. 1755 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales. She was the daughter of Roger Kemble and Sarah Ward. She married William Siddons on 25 Nov. 1773 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and they had seven children. She died 8 Jun. 1831 in London, Middlesex, England. She was one of the eminent women for whom Wilford Woodruff initiated proxy temple ordinance work in Aug. 1877.

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