Lucy Sylvia Findley Durfey was born September 15th, 1868 in Mendon, Cache County, Utah. She was the daughter of William Findley, Jr. and Sarah Shaw Findley. She was of Scotch-English decent. Her father coming from the highlands of Scotland and her mother from North Seetean England. Her parents coming to America for the gospel.
Lucy was the youngest in a family of five children. When she was two and a half years old, her father died, so she was always a great joy and comfort to her mother. Her mother, being left a widow with five children to support and money hard to obtain in those days. They did not have many of the material things of this life. Lucy was taught faith, courage and love of the gospel. She was taught to trust in her Heavenly Father and to give thanks unto Him for his mercy and many blessings.
She gained her education in the public school of Mendon, Utah. Her disposition being kind and gentle, she had many friends. She accepted the church teachings of polygamy and in November, 1884 married Francillo Durfey, Jr. of Beaver Dam, Box Elder County. He at that time was the husband of her oldest sister, Sarah Ann. She endured all of the hardships that second wives were subjected too, as the laws of the State dealt severely with the polygamist families. She and her mother moving from place to place for the first few years of the marriage.
After her sister Sarah Ann's death, she moved to Beaver Dam. She had ten children and raised nine. One died when eighteen hours old. She also raised three of her sister, Sarah Ann's children. She never gave an unjust punishment to any one of her children, always treating her sister's children as if they were her own. She was a beautiful seamstress and made the clothing for her family. She was considerate of the feelings of others in every way. She was a real peacemaker. She was quiet and loving in her nature and a perfect lady in every respect. She was a loyal church worker, serving eighteen years as a counselor in the Beaver Dam Ward Relief Society.
About the year 1911, she moved with her husband and children to Logan, Cache County where better opportunities of school for the children were obtained. She loved the nice things of life, but she never complained if she couldn't have them. Just made the best of what she had. After about sixteen months of illness, she passed away on December 12th, 1916 at her home in Logan, Utah. She was buried in the Beaver Dam Cemetery. She was greatly missed by her family and her many friends.