Parowan 1st Ward membership record and stake history records: "Sister Ellen Banks Wife of Wm Banks was ordained & Set Apart to administer to the Sick in the capacity of Midwifery & all other kinds of Sickness By Apostle Francis M. Lyman." Hers is first entry in a list of "Special Ordinations." Ten other entries (1883-86) are for men to various priesthood offices.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[Original Source: DMQ, MH:EP, pp.781-782]
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