Savilla Durfee (1824-1897)

Biography
Savilla Durfey Gifford for many years was the helper of Emma Hale (1804-1879), wife of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith (1805-1844). She was a dear friend of Emma’s and when her babies died she was allowed to bury them Smith Family Cemetery. Sevilla was the neice of Edmund Durfee (1788 - 1845) who was murdered on the Morley Settlement by anti-Mormon mobs in Nov 1845.

Nauvoo City Cemetery
Gravestone Location: Nauvoo City Cemetery