| Sarah M. Cleveland | |
| Birth Name: | Sarah Marietta Kingsley |
| Birth Date: | October 20, 1788 |
| Birth Place: | Becket, Massachusetts, United States |
| Death Date: | 1856[1] |
| Death Place: | Plymouth, Illinois, United States |
| Spouse: | John Howe John Cleveland |
| Parents: | Ebenezer Kingsley |
| Called By2: | Emma Smith |
| Successor2: | Zina D. H. Young |
| End Date2: | 1844 |
Sarah Marietta Kingsley Cleveland (October 20, 1788 - 1856[1]) was the first counselor to Emma Smith in the presidency of the Relief Society from 1842 to 1844.
Cleveland was born in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts[2] to Ebenezer Kingsley. She was married to John Cleveland and later to the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. Her husband was a judge in Nauvoo, Illinois, and unlike her did not join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; he was a Swedenborgian. Cleveland remained in Nauvoo with her husband when the main body of the Latter Day Saints moved to what later became Utah Territory.
A letter from John L. Smith, Sarah Kingsley’s son-in-law, to the First Presidency, dated March 8, 1895, states: "In the days of Joseph. Mother [Sarah M. Kingsley (Howe)] Cleveland by advice, was sealed to the prophet in Nauvoo but lived with her [non-LDS] husband John Cleveland." Sarah was also resealed to Joseph Smith vicariously in the Nauvoo Temple in 1846.[3]
. Andrew Jenson . Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia: A compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints . December 20, 2011 . 4 . 1936 . The Andrew Jenson Memorial Association (Printed by The Deseret News Press) . Salt Lake City, Utah . 1-58958-026-5 . 183 . ! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FABE60;" |Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints titles