death_date children birth_date organization death_place position_or_quorum resting_place_coordinates spouse image name resting_place start_date predecessor birth_place parents successor end_date article_title birth_name called_by
31 march 1957 2 13 december 1875 executive for utah county red cross provo , utah , united states first society counselor in the general presidency of the relief 40.225 -111.644 type : landmark inline provo city cemetery j. william knight file : jennie b. knight.jpg jennie b. knight provo city cemetery 1921 04 02 yes clarissa s. williams spanish fork , utah territory , united states george h. brimhall alsina elizabeth wilkins amy b. lyman 1928 10 07 yes jennie b. knight
 jennie brimhall clarissa s. williams
jennie b. knight

lucy jane -lrb- `` jennie '' -rrb- brimhall knight -lrb- december 13 , 1875 -- -rrb- was a leader in the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -lrb- lds church -rrb- .
she was also one of the first two single female missionaries of the lds church .
jennie brimhall was born in spanish fork , utah territory , to george h. brimhall and alsina elizabeth wilkins .
jennie was educated as a teacher at brigham young university -lrb- byu -rrb- and taught school in san juan county , utah .
on april 1 , 1898 , jennie was set apart as one of the first two single women in the lds church to be formally selected as full-time church missionaries .
the other was her childhood friend inez knight .
jennie brimhall and inez knight were missionary companions in england in 1898 ; jennie returned to utah in november 1898 due to poor health .
after she returned from her mission , jennie brimhall married j. william knight in january 1899 .
-lrb- william knight was the brother of inez knight , her friend and missionary companion . -rrb-
shortly thereafter , she accompanied her husband to canada , where his father jesse knight had established the mormon settlement of raymond in present-day alberta .
while living in raymond , jennie knight was the president of the taylor stake 's young ladies mutual improvement association from 1903 to 1906 .
william knight and jennie knight later returned to live in utah .
in 1921 , jennie knight was selected as the first counselor to clarissa s. williams in the general presidency of the relief society .
along with louise y. robison , knight was a counselor to williams until 1928 , when the presidency was released from their duties .
knight was the mother of two sons .
the knight mangum building on the byu campus in provo , utah , is named after knight and her sister-in-law jennie knight mangum .
knight is buried in the provo city cemetery .
