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She was born on November 3, 1820, in England. She had six children with her husband John Melling. He died in 1859, a few years after they arrived in Utah. She married her widowed brother in law Thomas Salisbury. She died on August 11, 1905.  
 
She was born on November 3, 1820, in England. She had six children with her husband John Melling. He died in 1859, a few years after they arrived in Utah. She married her widowed brother in law Thomas Salisbury. She died on August 11, 1905.  
  
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Ellen Knowles Melling Salisbury is the composer of the Latter-day Saint hymn “Oh Say What Is Truth?” (#272), which was included in the 1985 Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She was born on November 3, 1820, in England. She had six children with her husband John Melling. He died in 1859, a few years after they arrived in Utah. She married her widowed brother in law Thomas Salisbury. She died on August 11, 1905.