Jarusha Carter (1799-1835)

Biography
John Sims Carter (1797-1834)'s wife was Elizabeth Kinyon (1793-1828) and Elizabeth's sister Lydia Kenyon married John's brother Simeon Doget Carter. Elizabeth died a couple of years before John found the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Marietta was 8 years old when her mother died and because she was the oldest of the five children, she became the homemaker, and later stayed with another family.

He later married Jerusha Carter but this was not a "marriage made in heaven." She didn't want anything to do with the Mormons. She had been a member of the Baptist Congregation that John Sims led ( he was the Elder) before their marriage. But John Sims was like the Apostle Paul of old. When he saw the light his whole life changed.