LOUDOUN COUNTY – WILL OF ELIAS JAMES ~ 1789 Transcribed and submitted by Jo Anne Momburg, JMomburg@aol.com
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Will of Elias James signed 29 May 1789 found in Loudoun Co., VA Will Book "D", pg. 102. Regarding Elias James, Jo Anne writes, "Elias James was born in Upper Merion, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 11 Feb 1743/44. M. Anna MATSON. Served as private in Revolutionary War and then moved to Loudoun County where he died 1789, Anna died 1827. Elias was the son of Thomas JAMES. Children of Elias and Anna were Thomas, Hannah, Anne, Isaac, James and Elias. [This will was] copied as written without any corrections as to spelling or punctuation. Items were paragraphed to make for easier reading." - Jo Anne Momburg. ********* I Elias James of the County of Loudan in the State of Virginniah Cooper being some afflicted in body but of perfect Mind and memory thanks be given unto God for the same and calling to mind the mortalyty of my body and that it is appointed for all men once to die. I therefore commend my soul to him Who gave it and do ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form as Followeth.
First I imprimise I will that all my Just debts ???? and funeral charges be paid and discharged by my Ex. hereafter named,
2nd Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Anne one square walnut table two chears, one fether bed bedsted and beding one chest of drawers one Iron pott one duch oven one frying pan one buckat one wash Tub one flatiron one peuter bason three peuter plates one peuter Dish three spoons one peuter Tea pott and sugar bowl three tea Cups and sausers one tea kittle one tin pan two tin cups two Erthen dishes two mich? pans one erthen pott two white plates two Knives and forks these for her to enjoy while she remains my Widow or dureing her life which ever first then she shall return To our children that may then survive shere and shere alike.
3 Item. I give and bequeth onto my son Thomas James all my Right and title of a lott of leace land that I now live on containing one hundred acres with the buildings and aperteneces thereonto belonging to him his Heirs and assigns he yealding and paying his mother yearly and every Year dureing her natural life or the Expiration of the above leace which ever first the sum of two pounds virginnia currency. I also give and bequeath my said Son Thomas my little mare and colt saddle and bridle one gun and Tackle.
4th Item. I give and bequeath onto omy son, Isaac James all my Right and Title of my other Lott of leace land containing One hundred and two acres with all the Buildings and apertenances thereonto belonging to him his heir and assigs he Yealding and paying his mother yearly and every year during her Natural life or till the expiration of the leace which ever first The sum of two pounds Virginnia Currency. 5th Item. I give and bequeath unto James Nichols married To my Daughter Ann she being since decesed one dollar and one third.
6th Item. I give and bequeath onto my Daughter Hannah James one fether bed bedsted and beding one cherry bed bed sted and beding one wool wheel one flax wheel one check Reell one large trunk one small walnut box one iron pott one flatiron one pair wool cards the new velvet side sadle and a Bridle also all the dresser furniture tea and coffee ware except Above excepted for her mother also the bigg looking glass with all the drinking bowls and glasses.
7th Item. I will that all My wareing aperell be equally divided between my two sons Thomas and Isaac and all my books of devinity be equally Divided among all my children and the younger ones then to Carefully presarved till the come of age.
8th Item. I give and Bequeath onto my two youngest sons James James and Elias James all that I shall hereafter in any wisesoever Posses equell shere and shere alike only James to have three Pounds the most I also will that their legeces be places out on Interest for their benefit till the come of age and the to be Bound out to good Trads sufitiant schooling till the Age of twenty.
9th. I also nominate constitue and apoint My son Thomas James and my trusty friends Abner Osburn and Owen Thomas to be my whole and sole Exrs of this my last Will and Testament and Revoak disannul? utterly make Void all former Wills by me in aneywise made ????fying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 29th date of may 1789. Elias James Signed sealed published and Declared by the said Elias James The testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscirbed our names And at the request of the said Testator James Currell Thomas Humphrey Junior Thomas Humphrey. At a Court held for Loudoun County October the 12th 1789 This will was proved by the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of Thomas James one of the Executors therein named who made oath according to law the other Executors Having refused to Qualify, Certificate is Granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form giving security whereupon he with Abner Osborne and Owen Thomas entred into acknowledged Their Bond in the penalty of Five hundred pounds conditioned as the law Directs of Ann James widow and Relict of this decedant. Personally appeared in Court and relinquished any benefit she may Have in the said Will.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Charles Ora Card - LDS church membership record - comments
Charles was president of the Alberta Stake of Zion. In 1843 Charles' parents received the gospel, and under the hands of Elder William Hyde he received his child's blessing. He accompanied his parents to Park Centre, St. Joseph county, Michigan, in the fall of 1846. There his grandfather, William F. Card, had lodged on his way to Nauvoo, but had sickened and died. After the family had been here one year, they were all taken sick with chills, fever, and ague, and three more of his grandfather's family died, one son and two daughters. His father being in poor health, concluded to go to his old home in Ossian, New York State, taking his mother and his own family with him. He took this step to regain his health and that of his family, also for the purpose of procuring means to gather with the Church. President Card writes: "On April, 1856 we were on our way by train to Great Salt Lake valley; we joined the migrating Saints at Iowa City, Iowa, where father procured two yoke of oxen and a wagon; with this outfit we accompanied the first two divisions of the hand-cart companies under the guidance of Elders Edmund Ellsworth and Daniel D. McArthur, and crossed the State of Iowa to Florence; at this point the company was divided, my father traveling with what is known as the first hand-cart company under Elder Edmund Ellsworth as captain. Although I was only sixteen years of age, I took my turn standing guard with the men. I was also chosen as one of the hunters to aid in securing meat from the vast herds of buffalo that were traversing the plains in those days. I also aided the hand-cart people in crossing the streams, after filling father's wagon with women and children, and then continued our labors by carrying the remainder across the streams on our backs. For several hundred miles my father and uncle were sick, and the care of two wagons and four yoke of oxen and other camp chores depended upon me. We landed in Salt Lake City in the latter part of September, and I assure the reader that the following October conference was a great treat to me, to behold Prophets and Apostles and sit under their teachings. Soon after this my father moved to Farmington, Davis county, where I was ordained a Seventy and became identified with the 56th quorum of Seventy. I spent my 20th birthday (Nov. 5, 1859) building a log cabin in Logan for my father, preparatory to moving there, which we did the following March, 1860, where I resided with my parents, taking an active part with the minute men under Colonel Thomas E. Ricks during the first four years. I attended school in Ogden from December, 1864, until April, 1866, under the kind tutoring of Elder Francis A. Brown and his accomplished wife, Hattie C. From the earliest introduction of the Sabbath Schools in Cache valley, I took an active part as teacher, Ward superintendent, and superintendent of the consolidated schools of Logan. After this I acted as first assistant Stake superintendent for about fifteen years. During the winter of 1871 I filled a winter's mission among friends and acquaintances; I also visited New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, with William Hyde of Logan as my companion. I was counselor to the president of the High Priest's quorum in the Cache Stake from 1877 to 1879, and second counselor to William B. Preston from 1879 to 1884, when I was made president of Cache Stake, which position I occupied until August, 1890. From 1873 to 1877 I superintended the erection of the Logan Tabernacle, and from 1877 to 1884 I superintended the construction of the Logan Temple. Thus, for eleven years I was engaged in supervising the erection of these two great edifices. About the 1st of September, 1886, I was requested by President John Taylor to explore the British possessions and to report the feasibility of establishing a colony on British soil, which I did and reported favorably to him in November, the same year. Early in the spring of 1887 I was requested by President John Taylor to permanently locate and take charge of a colony of Saints in southern Alberta, and with grip in hand, on the 21st of March, I took my journey by rail to Helena, Montana, where I was joined by President Thomas E. Ricks, of Rexburg, Idaho, Bishop Thomas X. Smith of the Fourth Ward, Logan, Utah, and Elder Niels Mouson, of Hyrum; the latter conveying us from there to Lees creek, Alberta. On the 27th of April we located the site of what is now known as the village of Cardston. June 3, 1887, we numbered forty souls; today there are ten Wards and two branches with about three thousand inhabitants in the Alberta Stake of Zion. During this period, my labors have been directed to various channels. I introduced the first steam thresher in Cardston, and directed the first saw mill; aided to establish the first dairy and grist mill, established the first store now known as the Cardston Co. Limited. I have also assisted in building four meeting houses in Cardston, and one large two story public school house. During the last two years almost my entire time has been given to the great canal built by our people. I turned the first furrow, and have traveled five thousand miles with my own team during its construction. A railroad is nearly completed which will connect us with the outside world. A word for the government: We have located on British soil, lived in Alberta nearly fourteen years and have always received from the government a just and impartial recognition."
Margaret Elizabeth Brower Pope 1849-1920
The following was published in a Lewiston, Utah paper when Margaret died in February 1920:.
Reviewing the Career of Margaret E. Pope of Lewiston.
"On February twenty-first of this year there passed away in Lewiston a lady whose life story accords her a conspicuous place in the history of the West in gneral and of California and Utah in particular. That lady was Mrs Margaret E. Pope of Lewiston whose portrat appears above..
The lady was the daughter of A.C. Brower and Margaret E. Brower, pioneers of Utah and the West. Attracted to California by the discovery of gold, her parents in 1848 made the long, toilsome overland journey to the state, settling in Sacramento, where for about two years they conducted a hotel. The little Margaret arrived on the scene August 19 in that era so famous in California's history--"the days of the god, the days of "49", and was the first white child born in the now populous city of Sacamento..
In 1852 the family returned to Utah and within the same year settled in Grantsville, where she with her parents was subjected to all the hardships of pioneer life during her early girlhood. Here too, she met and married Mr. oscar M. Pope..
Mr Pope was also numbered amongst early Utah pioneers. He was born in Nauvoo, Illinois August 19 upon the same day of the month as his wife, but three years earlier, or in 1846. His parents shared all the perils surrounding the Saints prior to the Propher Joseph, and also in their expulsion. Like the Brower family, they arrived in Utah in 1852, and also settled in Grantsville, where Mr. Pope lived until he was 19 years of age. When 18, he gained his first view of Cache Valley, walking here with a pack on his back hunting for work..
Mr. and Mrs. pope were united in marriage at the Endowment house in Salt Lake by Apostle George Q. Cannon on April 1, 1865, and a month later settle in Richmond Cache Co., where they lived for sixteen years, then moved to Lewiston. For many years in the pioneering stage of theis valley's history, their worldly lot was indeed a hard one, lightened thought by love and faith. their introduction to Lewiston was one bitter experience, their crops failing for three successive years and they then had to move back to Richmond, where Mr. Pope had to toil hard in the mountains for three years to supply his family of six with enough to make a new start in Lewiston, where they lived continuously until Mrs. Pope's death, and where Mr. Pope still resides..
The portrait of Mrs. Pope shown above ws taken upon the fiftieth or Golden anniversary of her marriage, or on April 1, 1915 the occasion being memorable by a big family gathering in the Lewiston opera house where a splendid program was rendered and one hundred and thirty person partook of the banquet prepared..
Mrs. pope was fully as active in serving her church as in meeting the requirements of her family. She was first counselor in the Relief Society in that subdivision of the Lewiston ward now known as Sugarton,and for a number of years as Relief Society teacher and was ever on hand to aid the poor and comfort the distressed. She was not less mindful of her duty to her ancestors, and she and her sister, amrs. Cassandra Whittle performed vicarious work in the Temple for approximatley 1000 deceased relatives and intimate friends of the family..
She was the mother of eleven children, seven of whom survive to bless the memory of a devoted mother. They are: Mrs. Mary Rawlins of Cornish; Mrs. Maggie Williams of Lewiston; O. M. Pope, Jr. of Blackie Albert, Canada; Mrs. Mabel Bergeson, of Boise, Idaho; Mrs. Leona Smith of Rexburg, Idaho; George E. Pope of Rigby, Idaho and Mrs. Luela P. Glover of Oxford, Idaho. her grandchildren number fifty-five and her great grandchildren nineteen..
Full of years, and honors, loved and respected by all who knew her, at the end of her arduous and successful labors, this esteemed lady on February 21st of this year passed into that dreamless sleep that knows, no awakening, and three days later ws laid in the tomb. On account of the prevalence of the influenza it was an open air funeral, yet the services were well attended and of a most inspiring nature as the speakers reviewed the evens of her long and most worthy and useful life. May she rest in peace."
Reviewing the Career of Margaret E. Pope of Lewiston.
"On February twenty-first of this year there passed away in Lewiston a lady whose life story accords her a conspicuous place in the history of the West in gneral and of California and Utah in particular. That lady was Mrs Margaret E. Pope of Lewiston whose portrat appears above..
The lady was the daughter of A.C. Brower and Margaret E. Brower, pioneers of Utah and the West. Attracted to California by the discovery of gold, her parents in 1848 made the long, toilsome overland journey to the state, settling in Sacramento, where for about two years they conducted a hotel. The little Margaret arrived on the scene August 19 in that era so famous in California's history--"the days of the god, the days of "49", and was the first white child born in the now populous city of Sacamento..
In 1852 the family returned to Utah and within the same year settled in Grantsville, where she with her parents was subjected to all the hardships of pioneer life during her early girlhood. Here too, she met and married Mr. oscar M. Pope..
Mr Pope was also numbered amongst early Utah pioneers. He was born in Nauvoo, Illinois August 19 upon the same day of the month as his wife, but three years earlier, or in 1846. His parents shared all the perils surrounding the Saints prior to the Propher Joseph, and also in their expulsion. Like the Brower family, they arrived in Utah in 1852, and also settled in Grantsville, where Mr. Pope lived until he was 19 years of age. When 18, he gained his first view of Cache Valley, walking here with a pack on his back hunting for work..
Mr. and Mrs. pope were united in marriage at the Endowment house in Salt Lake by Apostle George Q. Cannon on April 1, 1865, and a month later settle in Richmond Cache Co., where they lived for sixteen years, then moved to Lewiston. For many years in the pioneering stage of theis valley's history, their worldly lot was indeed a hard one, lightened thought by love and faith. their introduction to Lewiston was one bitter experience, their crops failing for three successive years and they then had to move back to Richmond, where Mr. Pope had to toil hard in the mountains for three years to supply his family of six with enough to make a new start in Lewiston, where they lived continuously until Mrs. Pope's death, and where Mr. Pope still resides..
The portrait of Mrs. Pope shown above ws taken upon the fiftieth or Golden anniversary of her marriage, or on April 1, 1915 the occasion being memorable by a big family gathering in the Lewiston opera house where a splendid program was rendered and one hundred and thirty person partook of the banquet prepared..
Mrs. pope was fully as active in serving her church as in meeting the requirements of her family. She was first counselor in the Relief Society in that subdivision of the Lewiston ward now known as Sugarton,and for a number of years as Relief Society teacher and was ever on hand to aid the poor and comfort the distressed. She was not less mindful of her duty to her ancestors, and she and her sister, amrs. Cassandra Whittle performed vicarious work in the Temple for approximatley 1000 deceased relatives and intimate friends of the family..
She was the mother of eleven children, seven of whom survive to bless the memory of a devoted mother. They are: Mrs. Mary Rawlins of Cornish; Mrs. Maggie Williams of Lewiston; O. M. Pope, Jr. of Blackie Albert, Canada; Mrs. Mabel Bergeson, of Boise, Idaho; Mrs. Leona Smith of Rexburg, Idaho; George E. Pope of Rigby, Idaho and Mrs. Luela P. Glover of Oxford, Idaho. her grandchildren number fifty-five and her great grandchildren nineteen..
Full of years, and honors, loved and respected by all who knew her, at the end of her arduous and successful labors, this esteemed lady on February 21st of this year passed into that dreamless sleep that knows, no awakening, and three days later ws laid in the tomb. On account of the prevalence of the influenza it was an open air funeral, yet the services were well attended and of a most inspiring nature as the speakers reviewed the evens of her long and most worthy and useful life. May she rest in peace."
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Nabby Howe Young: Getting to know Brigham’s mother (comment by Brigham)
Nabby Howe Young: Getting to know Brigham’s mother
By Susan Evans McCloud
Deseret News/Thursday July 14, 2011
On June 11, 1815, Nabby Howe Young died of consumption, the disease which had been torturing her flesh and her spirit for many years. Ten days before, her ninth child and fourth son, Brigham, observed his 14th birthday.
Abigail “Nabby’ Howe was one of five sisters, all pretty, vivacious girls, all possessing sweet, kindly personalities and musical talent, often performing duets of the simple folk songs enjoyed so much in that day. According to the description left by Brigham’s daughter Susa, Abigail “Nabby” Howe “had blue eyes, with yellowish brown hair, folded in natural waves and ringlets across her shapely brow.”
Nabby married John Young when she was only 19 years old—on All-Hallows Eve, Oct. 31, 1785. He was a handsome, promising Revolutionary soldier, and times were hopeful, with the colonies having just won their independence, land available for farming and the commercial center of Boston nearby. Nabby entered marriage with a devout religious nature and a delightful sense of humor, which balance helped her to endure the many trials of her shortened life.
By 1799, John and Nabby had lived in Hopkinton for more than 10 years, and now had 8 children to feed, clothe and raise. Why did John Young pick up and leave in the middle of the winter of 1800-1801, taking his pregnant wife and his children through the bitter New England weather to settle in Whitingham, Vt.?
Here, as summer greened and the weather softened, Brigham was born on the first day of June 1801. Because of Nabby’s physical weakness, the daughters took the little one under their wing, and Fanny, not quite 14, carried him around on her hip while she did her household chores.
Life was harsh, but there were love and unity in the Young home. Brigham learned to cooperate, he learned to obey his strict Methodist father: “It was a word and a blow with my father, but the blow came first,” he later expressed. But, it was remarkable that Nabby quietly went forward being herself, realizing the importance of her influence in the home. As Susa said, “Her sympathies were so broad, her vision so clear, her grasp of human values so perfect that friends would come for her when their children were married and take her in a wagon or sleigh to spend a few days in counsel and assistance to young couples who were starting out life.”
After only three years in Whitingham, John moved his family to Sherburne, N.Y. again, with high hopes and hard labor, clearing land for a farm. Here, 14 year old Nabby, a daughter who was named for her mother, died of consumption.
In this household Brigham learned the beauty of suffering with faith, dignity and even humor. He learned the power of example. He learned the importance of godliness. His brother, Lorenzo, described their mother in the following vivid words:
“She was a praying, fervent woman. She frequently called me to her bedside and counseled me to be a good man that the Lord might bless my life. On one occasion she told me that if I would not neglect to pray to my Heavenly Father, he would send a guardian angel to protect me in the danger to which I might be exposed.”
Nabby softened her husband’s strict ways, and from her Brigham learned how to be a tender, nurturing parent, as the shape of his character began to be formed. His daughter Susa wrote; “The Lion House was the loved home of as healthy and happy a family…..as ever dwelt beneath a roof. Of this I speak with knowledge in this intimate revelation of Brigham Young’s home life, for I was the first child born under its unique roof…In all my life in that beloved home I never heard my father speak an unkind or irritable word to one of his wives.”
Brigham, following the teachings of the Prophet Joseph, instructed men that women should be treated with deference and respect. “The man who treats a woman disrespectfully,” he taught, “does not know that his mother and sisters were women.”
Brigham held women in the highest, most tender regard, and labored to promote their well-being, and secure opportunities for them. He believed in women and their God-given capacity to lift, support and inspire men. He paid a reverent tribute to his mother:
“Of my mother—she that bore me—I can say, no better woman ever lived in the world than she was…my mother taught her children all the time to honor the name of the Father and the Son, and to reverence the Holy Book. She said, “Read it, observe its precepts and apply them to your lives as far as you can. Do everything that is good; do nothing that is evil; and if you see any persons in distress, administer to their wants; never suffer anger to arise in your bosoms, for if you do, you may be over-come by evil.”
These were the great truths Brigham lived by, picking up the threads of his mother’s sacred faith and weaving them into his life—acting “the part of a father to all,” and bringing the children of Israel safely home to the valleys of Deseret.
It is the light of the mother that shines in the souls of her children. All of Abigail’s family joined the LDS Church and lived lives of faithful, devoted service, blessing others, as their mother had taught them to do.
This, of course, was the consummate tribute to a woman who took what little life gave her without complaint—magnifying her gifts, magnifying the truth she cherished—raising up a son to become a Prophet of God.
By Susan Evans McCloud
Deseret News/Thursday July 14, 2011
On June 11, 1815, Nabby Howe Young died of consumption, the disease which had been torturing her flesh and her spirit for many years. Ten days before, her ninth child and fourth son, Brigham, observed his 14th birthday.
Abigail “Nabby’ Howe was one of five sisters, all pretty, vivacious girls, all possessing sweet, kindly personalities and musical talent, often performing duets of the simple folk songs enjoyed so much in that day. According to the description left by Brigham’s daughter Susa, Abigail “Nabby” Howe “had blue eyes, with yellowish brown hair, folded in natural waves and ringlets across her shapely brow.”
Nabby married John Young when she was only 19 years old—on All-Hallows Eve, Oct. 31, 1785. He was a handsome, promising Revolutionary soldier, and times were hopeful, with the colonies having just won their independence, land available for farming and the commercial center of Boston nearby. Nabby entered marriage with a devout religious nature and a delightful sense of humor, which balance helped her to endure the many trials of her shortened life.
By 1799, John and Nabby had lived in Hopkinton for more than 10 years, and now had 8 children to feed, clothe and raise. Why did John Young pick up and leave in the middle of the winter of 1800-1801, taking his pregnant wife and his children through the bitter New England weather to settle in Whitingham, Vt.?
Here, as summer greened and the weather softened, Brigham was born on the first day of June 1801. Because of Nabby’s physical weakness, the daughters took the little one under their wing, and Fanny, not quite 14, carried him around on her hip while she did her household chores.
Life was harsh, but there were love and unity in the Young home. Brigham learned to cooperate, he learned to obey his strict Methodist father: “It was a word and a blow with my father, but the blow came first,” he later expressed. But, it was remarkable that Nabby quietly went forward being herself, realizing the importance of her influence in the home. As Susa said, “Her sympathies were so broad, her vision so clear, her grasp of human values so perfect that friends would come for her when their children were married and take her in a wagon or sleigh to spend a few days in counsel and assistance to young couples who were starting out life.”
After only three years in Whitingham, John moved his family to Sherburne, N.Y. again, with high hopes and hard labor, clearing land for a farm. Here, 14 year old Nabby, a daughter who was named for her mother, died of consumption.
In this household Brigham learned the beauty of suffering with faith, dignity and even humor. He learned the power of example. He learned the importance of godliness. His brother, Lorenzo, described their mother in the following vivid words:
“She was a praying, fervent woman. She frequently called me to her bedside and counseled me to be a good man that the Lord might bless my life. On one occasion she told me that if I would not neglect to pray to my Heavenly Father, he would send a guardian angel to protect me in the danger to which I might be exposed.”
Nabby softened her husband’s strict ways, and from her Brigham learned how to be a tender, nurturing parent, as the shape of his character began to be formed. His daughter Susa wrote; “The Lion House was the loved home of as healthy and happy a family…..as ever dwelt beneath a roof. Of this I speak with knowledge in this intimate revelation of Brigham Young’s home life, for I was the first child born under its unique roof…In all my life in that beloved home I never heard my father speak an unkind or irritable word to one of his wives.”
Brigham, following the teachings of the Prophet Joseph, instructed men that women should be treated with deference and respect. “The man who treats a woman disrespectfully,” he taught, “does not know that his mother and sisters were women.”
Brigham held women in the highest, most tender regard, and labored to promote their well-being, and secure opportunities for them. He believed in women and their God-given capacity to lift, support and inspire men. He paid a reverent tribute to his mother:
“Of my mother—she that bore me—I can say, no better woman ever lived in the world than she was…my mother taught her children all the time to honor the name of the Father and the Son, and to reverence the Holy Book. She said, “Read it, observe its precepts and apply them to your lives as far as you can. Do everything that is good; do nothing that is evil; and if you see any persons in distress, administer to their wants; never suffer anger to arise in your bosoms, for if you do, you may be over-come by evil.”
These were the great truths Brigham lived by, picking up the threads of his mother’s sacred faith and weaving them into his life—acting “the part of a father to all,” and bringing the children of Israel safely home to the valleys of Deseret.
It is the light of the mother that shines in the souls of her children. All of Abigail’s family joined the LDS Church and lived lives of faithful, devoted service, blessing others, as their mother had taught them to do.
This, of course, was the consummate tribute to a woman who took what little life gave her without complaint—magnifying her gifts, magnifying the truth she cherished—raising up a son to become a Prophet of God.
Abigail Howe (1765-1815)
Abigail Howe (1765-1815)
[The following history was written by Susa Young Gates and published in The Juvenile Instructor, January 1924]
Abigail Howe was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on the 3rd of May, 1766...She was but nineteen years of age when she married a Revolutionary soldier named John Young.
There were five Howe sisters, and all were said by pioneers who knew them to be pretty girls, vivacious, musical and very popular in their pioneer communities. Theodosia Kimball Young, wife of Brigham Young's oldest brother, John, and Maria Haven Burton, wife of Bishop Robert T. Burton, who lived in the same village and knew them well, bore testimony to the gentle vivacious, and attractive characters of those Howe girls. They were all singers and many social affairs were brightened by the duets and simple folk songs essayed by the Howe sisters. All were very devout and deeply concerned with Puritan religious life.
Abigail herself, though not as tall as some of her sisters, was a little above medium height. She had blue eyes, with yellowish brown hair, folded in natural waves and ringlets across her shapely brow. She was exceedingly methodical and orderly in her temperament. Neatness, as the old term was used, belonged to her as of inherited right. Not robust in her constitution, she burned up her fires of youth in impetuous toil while constantly on the move with her pioneering husband. She was the mother of eleven children. She died 11th of January, 1815.
She was brought up in Shrewsbury, which is not far from Hopkinton. Those little New England towns fairly joined each other through their outstretched farms. Sleighing parties, quilting bees, picnics and religious revivals drew the young people together from contiguous settlements. Abigail, or Nabby, as she was nicknamed, was skilled in housewifely arts, knitting, hemstitching, a little embroidering, and a great deal of spinning and weaving, baking, scrubbing and household adjustment occupying her busy hours. She had unquestionably good schooling, such as was possible for prosperous farmers in those colonial days, and she helped her children over their primary pitfalls. She was intensely humorous in her tendencies and that sense of humor formed a balance which carried her over the frequent pilgrimages of her husband to settle up new countries, leaving her with the difficult burdens of childbearing under such circumstances, child-rearing and homemaking.
The family lived sixteen years in Hopkinton, Mass. Here the most of the children were born. Moving in January, 1801, in the violently cold season of New England weather, she accompanied her husband, John Young, into the remote hills of Vermont, settling in the little village of Whitingham, Windham County, living there long enough for Brigham Young to be born, June 1st, 1801, in a log cabin at the edge of the village. Then the family removed to Sherburn, Chenango County, New York, but did not remain there very long. In 1807 they removed to Smyrna, Chenango County, New York, where her younger son, Lorenzo was born. Moving again to Genoa County, New York, the mother died there the 11th of June, 1815. The mother's health was poor for a long time, and it was a family tradition that Fanny, the elder sister, "raised" Brigham. It is a remarkable thing that all but one of Abigail Howe's children, six daughters and five sons grew up, married and all joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with their families, all remaining faithful to the end...
Abigail Howe Young was a born reformer, so we are told. She was an invalid the last few years of her life, troubled with the frequent New England complaint of consumption, but she kept an active finger on the pulse of the neighborhood. Her sympathies were so broad, her vision was so clear, her grasp of human values so perfect that friends would come for her when their children married and take her in wagon or sleigh to spend a few days in counsel and assistance to young couples who were starting out in life. She was greatly beloved by her associates. Her children are her noblest monument.
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The ChildrenNancy Young (1786-1860
Fanny Young (1787-1859)
Rhoda Young (1789-1841)
John Young (1792-1870)
Nabby Young (1793-1807)
Susannah Young (1795-1852)
Joseph Young (1797-1881)
Phinehas Howe Young (1799-1879)
Brigham Young (1801-1877)
Louisa Young (1804-1833)
Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ckph/youngj.html
[The following history was written by Susa Young Gates and published in The Juvenile Instructor, January 1924]
Abigail Howe was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on the 3rd of May, 1766...She was but nineteen years of age when she married a Revolutionary soldier named John Young.
There were five Howe sisters, and all were said by pioneers who knew them to be pretty girls, vivacious, musical and very popular in their pioneer communities. Theodosia Kimball Young, wife of Brigham Young's oldest brother, John, and Maria Haven Burton, wife of Bishop Robert T. Burton, who lived in the same village and knew them well, bore testimony to the gentle vivacious, and attractive characters of those Howe girls. They were all singers and many social affairs were brightened by the duets and simple folk songs essayed by the Howe sisters. All were very devout and deeply concerned with Puritan religious life.
Abigail herself, though not as tall as some of her sisters, was a little above medium height. She had blue eyes, with yellowish brown hair, folded in natural waves and ringlets across her shapely brow. She was exceedingly methodical and orderly in her temperament. Neatness, as the old term was used, belonged to her as of inherited right. Not robust in her constitution, she burned up her fires of youth in impetuous toil while constantly on the move with her pioneering husband. She was the mother of eleven children. She died 11th of January, 1815.
She was brought up in Shrewsbury, which is not far from Hopkinton. Those little New England towns fairly joined each other through their outstretched farms. Sleighing parties, quilting bees, picnics and religious revivals drew the young people together from contiguous settlements. Abigail, or Nabby, as she was nicknamed, was skilled in housewifely arts, knitting, hemstitching, a little embroidering, and a great deal of spinning and weaving, baking, scrubbing and household adjustment occupying her busy hours. She had unquestionably good schooling, such as was possible for prosperous farmers in those colonial days, and she helped her children over their primary pitfalls. She was intensely humorous in her tendencies and that sense of humor formed a balance which carried her over the frequent pilgrimages of her husband to settle up new countries, leaving her with the difficult burdens of childbearing under such circumstances, child-rearing and homemaking.
The family lived sixteen years in Hopkinton, Mass. Here the most of the children were born. Moving in January, 1801, in the violently cold season of New England weather, she accompanied her husband, John Young, into the remote hills of Vermont, settling in the little village of Whitingham, Windham County, living there long enough for Brigham Young to be born, June 1st, 1801, in a log cabin at the edge of the village. Then the family removed to Sherburn, Chenango County, New York, but did not remain there very long. In 1807 they removed to Smyrna, Chenango County, New York, where her younger son, Lorenzo was born. Moving again to Genoa County, New York, the mother died there the 11th of June, 1815. The mother's health was poor for a long time, and it was a family tradition that Fanny, the elder sister, "raised" Brigham. It is a remarkable thing that all but one of Abigail Howe's children, six daughters and five sons grew up, married and all joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with their families, all remaining faithful to the end...
Abigail Howe Young was a born reformer, so we are told. She was an invalid the last few years of her life, troubled with the frequent New England complaint of consumption, but she kept an active finger on the pulse of the neighborhood. Her sympathies were so broad, her vision was so clear, her grasp of human values so perfect that friends would come for her when their children married and take her in wagon or sleigh to spend a few days in counsel and assistance to young couples who were starting out in life. She was greatly beloved by her associates. Her children are her noblest monument.
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The ChildrenNancy Young (1786-1860
Fanny Young (1787-1859)
Rhoda Young (1789-1841)
John Young (1792-1870)
Nabby Young (1793-1807)
Susannah Young (1795-1852)
Joseph Young (1797-1881)
Phinehas Howe Young (1799-1879)
Brigham Young (1801-1877)
Louisa Young (1804-1833)
Lorenzo Dow Young (1807-1895)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ckph/youngj.html
Sunday, April 7, 2013
History of Peninnah(Pennina) Jane Smith and McCaslin Frost
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History of Peninnah(Pennina) Jane Smith and McCaslin Frost
Recreated by John Shaw September 1998
Credit goes to those who have previously written these histories. One family that I know deserves credit is Sylvia and Meshach Adams Terney. Also Julie Rawlins and the Rawlins family organization has done and continues to do a lot...Thanks.... Also note: This history will be written again in the future, hopefully with more documentation...
McCaslin Frost
McCaslin Frost was the son of James and Isabella Van Dyke Frost. He was born on December 10, 1785 in Richland, Rockingham County, North Carolina. He was the forth child in a family of nine children - seven boys and two girls. Jonas, John, Samuel, James, Ezekiel, Nickles, McCaslin, Rachel and Sarah.
Little is known of the early life of McCaslin Frost. He was born just a few years after the Revolutionary War and most of his life was spent under pioneer conditions in five state of the union where he resided - North Carolina, Tennessee, Iowa, Illinois and Utah.
McCaslin was medium build, tall and slender, blue eyes and light complexion. He was humorous, kind and sympathetic and of a jovial disposition. Judging from the childhood experiences related to his grandchildren when they were small, McCaslin's father must have owned some Black slaves. The Black slaves called him "Massa" and went to him with their troubles, sure of sympathy and understanding. But he couldn't always resist the opportunity of playing some harmless prank on them when the occasion presented itself.
The Frosts belonged to the Methodist Church and according to tradition McCaslin's father was of English descent and his wife was Dutch. The family was all musical and sang many old folk songs, some of which are known to have been old English Folk songs. McCaslin's father made a violin and promised it to the first one of his boys who learned to play it. McCaslin won the violin and many years later he gave it to one of his grandsons, who played it at many pioneer dances and entertainments (after they came to Utah). All the family could sing, dance and play. McCaslin's oldest son, Samuel B. Frost could "fiddle", step dance and sing, all at the same time and still not be short of breath.
Pennina Smith
Pennina Smith was born on February 1, 1794, the daughter of John Smith and Margaret Brown, in Wayne County, North Carolina. There were five children in the Smith family, three girls and two boys. Pennina was the fourth child. The other children were: Nancy, Stephen, Jesse and Fereba.
After the death of her mother, Pennina lived with an aunt. When the aunt died, she made her home with James and Isabel Frost, who were probably old friends of her parents. She remained in the Frost home until she was almost sixteen years of age.
During this time she must of become fond of their son McCaslin because on November 28, 1809, when McCaslin Frost was 23 years old he married Pennina Smith who was not quite 16 years of age. They were married in Johnson County, North Carolina.
Together
Pennina and McCaslin Frost made their home in Knox County Tennessee near Knoxville, the main city in the eastern part of the state. This is a mountainous region and had been settled only a short time when they were married. They lived on a river or possibly a creek at the foot of the hill below their house there was a wonderful cold spring. They built a room over this spring and used it not only for drinking water and culinary purposes but also for refrigeration of their dairy products. Their crocks of milk, butter and cheese were kept in excellent condition.
Here in Knox County all of their eight children were born with the exception of the first two, Samuel and Nancy, who were born in Wake County, North Carolina before they moved from that state.
Times were hard in the1830s, so their oldest son Sam went north for a winter and secured work. While he was away he met some L.D.S. missionaries who converted him to Mormonism. When he returned home for a visit he explained the principles of the gospel to his father's family and they were all converted as well as many of their neighbors. This was probably about the winter of 1840-41. After becoming interested in the Mormon church, McCaslin was eager to join the saints in Illinois. John Bright was one of the neighbors that was converted to the church. He kept a diary of their journey up the Mississippi River. It isn't known just when McCaslin and his family left their home in Knox County and began their journey. They first went to Memphis where McCaslin worked for a short time before beginning their journey to Iowa and Illinois. After their arrival in Jefferson County, Iowa McCaslin and Pennina Frost were baptized by their son Samuel B. Frost. They had waited to joint the church until their son could perform the ceremony. They were baptized on August 31, 1841. Samuel had also baptized other members of the family. He had gone to Bear Creek Branch, Illinois and baptized his sister Martha and several others in February 1841 in the Bear Creek. The stream was frozen over and they had to cut a hole in the ice before the baptisms could be performed.
To retrace some history of McCaslin and Pennina's children, on August 7, 1834 Samuel B. Frost was married to Rebecca Foreman in Hancock County, Illinois when 24 years of age. In 1842 he did missionary work in Jefferson County, Iowa and in May 1844 he was called on a mission to the state of Kentucky. He was ordained an Elder in Nauvoo in November 1844. McCaslin and Pennina's other son, James William died in October 1834. Also five years before he died, his sister Mary Ann had died when she was ten years old. Isabelle was married about 1834 to Wiley Jones, who was also a native of Tennessee. Nancy was married to Archibald Kerr of Knoxville May 1833. Fereba was married in Fairfield, Iowa to William Harrison Barger about 1837. He was a native of Indiana. Martha was the sixth child and was married in Jefferson County, Iowa in 1840. Of the Six of the McCaslin & Pennina children to grow to adulthood, all were married and five of them came west and made their home sometime during the westward migration. Four joined the Mormon Church.
At the time of the Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith the Patriarch on June 27, 1844, the Frost family was living about five miles
from Cathage jail. When word reached the people of the ruthless murder of their beloved Prophet and his brother, they could hardly believe it and sent messengers to investigate.
It was a crushing blow to the Saints and almost more than they could endure. But they listened to those in authority, although they could have called out the Nauvoo Legion to avenge the deaths of their leaders, they allowed their enemies to go in peace and waited for the law to punish the assassins. The Frost family could see from the doorway of their home the smoke from other Mormon villages which were being burned by mobs. McCaslin and Peninna moved their family from this home soon after this time. Many of the saints helped to complete the temple in Nauvoo. Peninna and her daughter are on the rolls of the first Relief Society in Nauvoo. Finally on January 5, 1846, McCaslin and Pennina were able to go the temple for their endowments and we assume to be sealed. What an awesome occasion that must have been.
As mob violence increased and temple sealings done, it was time to move west, so in May 1846 they left their homes and started west to Council Bluffs, Iowa. In the fall of 1846 they went down river about sixty miles to a place called Nishnabotna. His son Samuel bought a place and everyone lived there.
In May 1848, they started their trek to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They were assigned to the third division. Willard Richard's was the leader. Their company was organized with James Blake captain of 100, Barney Adams, captain of 50 and Andrew Cunningham captain of 10. Within a few days there was so much dissatisfaction that the company was divided into three companies. They were in the Andrew Cunningham company. They traveled so much faster that in a few days they passed the other two.
They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on October 12, 1848. McCaslin was 63 years old and Peninna was 54. They spent time living with their children. They spent time in Spring City, Utah with their son Samuel. Also they lived with their youngest daughter Margaret in Richmond, Utah.
In 1869, while living with their daughter Margaret in Richmond, Utah, Peninna Smith Frost became very sick. She died on September 8, 1869. She was 75 years sold. McCaslin lived with them also until he died on May 12, 1874. He was 89 years old when he died. They were buried in the Richmond Cemetery.
What a great example. Thank you McCaslin and Peninna Frost.
McCaslin Frost Patriarchal Blessing
Patriarchal Blessing for McCaslin Frost given March 16, 1857 Brother McCaslin I lay my hands upon your head in the name of Jesus of Nazareth and place upon you a father's blessing. Thou art of the seed of Abraham and came down through the lineage of Ephriam therefore thou art a legal heir to the priesthood which has come down through the lineage of the fathers even unto thee. Thou art also entitled to the good things of the earth and the fruits thereof. Thy posterity shall become numerous and thou shall live to see thy children's children. Thou shalt have seen many days of toil and affliction but thy evil days are drawing to a close and thy latter days shall be better than thy former. Thy days shall be lengthened out until thou art satisfied with life. The power of the highest shall rest upon you to comfort and console you in your declining years and the desires of thy heart shall be given you. Rejoice therefore in your God for he is nigh unto all who seek him diligently. Fear not, but keep the commandments of God and all these blessings shall be made sure unto you together with all former blessings and by the authority of the Holy Priesthood I seal this a
father's blessings upon your head and in the name of Jesus Christ. I seal you up unto eternal lives, even so, Amen.
(Source: http://www.bibbs.com/john52shaw/Smith5p/History.htm as of 24 August 2000. Currently, this URL appears to be invalid.)
History of Peninnah(Pennina) Jane Smith and McCaslin Frost
Recreated by John Shaw September 1998
Credit goes to those who have previously written these histories. One family that I know deserves credit is Sylvia and Meshach Adams Terney. Also Julie Rawlins and the Rawlins family organization has done and continues to do a lot...Thanks.... Also note: This history will be written again in the future, hopefully with more documentation...
McCaslin Frost
McCaslin Frost was the son of James and Isabella Van Dyke Frost. He was born on December 10, 1785 in Richland, Rockingham County, North Carolina. He was the forth child in a family of nine children - seven boys and two girls. Jonas, John, Samuel, James, Ezekiel, Nickles, McCaslin, Rachel and Sarah.
Little is known of the early life of McCaslin Frost. He was born just a few years after the Revolutionary War and most of his life was spent under pioneer conditions in five state of the union where he resided - North Carolina, Tennessee, Iowa, Illinois and Utah.
McCaslin was medium build, tall and slender, blue eyes and light complexion. He was humorous, kind and sympathetic and of a jovial disposition. Judging from the childhood experiences related to his grandchildren when they were small, McCaslin's father must have owned some Black slaves. The Black slaves called him "Massa" and went to him with their troubles, sure of sympathy and understanding. But he couldn't always resist the opportunity of playing some harmless prank on them when the occasion presented itself.
The Frosts belonged to the Methodist Church and according to tradition McCaslin's father was of English descent and his wife was Dutch. The family was all musical and sang many old folk songs, some of which are known to have been old English Folk songs. McCaslin's father made a violin and promised it to the first one of his boys who learned to play it. McCaslin won the violin and many years later he gave it to one of his grandsons, who played it at many pioneer dances and entertainments (after they came to Utah). All the family could sing, dance and play. McCaslin's oldest son, Samuel B. Frost could "fiddle", step dance and sing, all at the same time and still not be short of breath.
Pennina Smith
Pennina Smith was born on February 1, 1794, the daughter of John Smith and Margaret Brown, in Wayne County, North Carolina. There were five children in the Smith family, three girls and two boys. Pennina was the fourth child. The other children were: Nancy, Stephen, Jesse and Fereba.
After the death of her mother, Pennina lived with an aunt. When the aunt died, she made her home with James and Isabel Frost, who were probably old friends of her parents. She remained in the Frost home until she was almost sixteen years of age.
During this time she must of become fond of their son McCaslin because on November 28, 1809, when McCaslin Frost was 23 years old he married Pennina Smith who was not quite 16 years of age. They were married in Johnson County, North Carolina.
Together
Pennina and McCaslin Frost made their home in Knox County Tennessee near Knoxville, the main city in the eastern part of the state. This is a mountainous region and had been settled only a short time when they were married. They lived on a river or possibly a creek at the foot of the hill below their house there was a wonderful cold spring. They built a room over this spring and used it not only for drinking water and culinary purposes but also for refrigeration of their dairy products. Their crocks of milk, butter and cheese were kept in excellent condition.
Here in Knox County all of their eight children were born with the exception of the first two, Samuel and Nancy, who were born in Wake County, North Carolina before they moved from that state.
Times were hard in the1830s, so their oldest son Sam went north for a winter and secured work. While he was away he met some L.D.S. missionaries who converted him to Mormonism. When he returned home for a visit he explained the principles of the gospel to his father's family and they were all converted as well as many of their neighbors. This was probably about the winter of 1840-41. After becoming interested in the Mormon church, McCaslin was eager to join the saints in Illinois. John Bright was one of the neighbors that was converted to the church. He kept a diary of their journey up the Mississippi River. It isn't known just when McCaslin and his family left their home in Knox County and began their journey. They first went to Memphis where McCaslin worked for a short time before beginning their journey to Iowa and Illinois. After their arrival in Jefferson County, Iowa McCaslin and Pennina Frost were baptized by their son Samuel B. Frost. They had waited to joint the church until their son could perform the ceremony. They were baptized on August 31, 1841. Samuel had also baptized other members of the family. He had gone to Bear Creek Branch, Illinois and baptized his sister Martha and several others in February 1841 in the Bear Creek. The stream was frozen over and they had to cut a hole in the ice before the baptisms could be performed.
To retrace some history of McCaslin and Pennina's children, on August 7, 1834 Samuel B. Frost was married to Rebecca Foreman in Hancock County, Illinois when 24 years of age. In 1842 he did missionary work in Jefferson County, Iowa and in May 1844 he was called on a mission to the state of Kentucky. He was ordained an Elder in Nauvoo in November 1844. McCaslin and Pennina's other son, James William died in October 1834. Also five years before he died, his sister Mary Ann had died when she was ten years old. Isabelle was married about 1834 to Wiley Jones, who was also a native of Tennessee. Nancy was married to Archibald Kerr of Knoxville May 1833. Fereba was married in Fairfield, Iowa to William Harrison Barger about 1837. He was a native of Indiana. Martha was the sixth child and was married in Jefferson County, Iowa in 1840. Of the Six of the McCaslin & Pennina children to grow to adulthood, all were married and five of them came west and made their home sometime during the westward migration. Four joined the Mormon Church.
At the time of the Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith the Patriarch on June 27, 1844, the Frost family was living about five miles
from Cathage jail. When word reached the people of the ruthless murder of their beloved Prophet and his brother, they could hardly believe it and sent messengers to investigate.
It was a crushing blow to the Saints and almost more than they could endure. But they listened to those in authority, although they could have called out the Nauvoo Legion to avenge the deaths of their leaders, they allowed their enemies to go in peace and waited for the law to punish the assassins. The Frost family could see from the doorway of their home the smoke from other Mormon villages which were being burned by mobs. McCaslin and Peninna moved their family from this home soon after this time. Many of the saints helped to complete the temple in Nauvoo. Peninna and her daughter are on the rolls of the first Relief Society in Nauvoo. Finally on January 5, 1846, McCaslin and Pennina were able to go the temple for their endowments and we assume to be sealed. What an awesome occasion that must have been.
As mob violence increased and temple sealings done, it was time to move west, so in May 1846 they left their homes and started west to Council Bluffs, Iowa. In the fall of 1846 they went down river about sixty miles to a place called Nishnabotna. His son Samuel bought a place and everyone lived there.
In May 1848, they started their trek to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They were assigned to the third division. Willard Richard's was the leader. Their company was organized with James Blake captain of 100, Barney Adams, captain of 50 and Andrew Cunningham captain of 10. Within a few days there was so much dissatisfaction that the company was divided into three companies. They were in the Andrew Cunningham company. They traveled so much faster that in a few days they passed the other two.
They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on October 12, 1848. McCaslin was 63 years old and Peninna was 54. They spent time living with their children. They spent time in Spring City, Utah with their son Samuel. Also they lived with their youngest daughter Margaret in Richmond, Utah.
In 1869, while living with their daughter Margaret in Richmond, Utah, Peninna Smith Frost became very sick. She died on September 8, 1869. She was 75 years sold. McCaslin lived with them also until he died on May 12, 1874. He was 89 years old when he died. They were buried in the Richmond Cemetery.
What a great example. Thank you McCaslin and Peninna Frost.
McCaslin Frost Patriarchal Blessing
Patriarchal Blessing for McCaslin Frost given March 16, 1857 Brother McCaslin I lay my hands upon your head in the name of Jesus of Nazareth and place upon you a father's blessing. Thou art of the seed of Abraham and came down through the lineage of Ephriam therefore thou art a legal heir to the priesthood which has come down through the lineage of the fathers even unto thee. Thou art also entitled to the good things of the earth and the fruits thereof. Thy posterity shall become numerous and thou shall live to see thy children's children. Thou shalt have seen many days of toil and affliction but thy evil days are drawing to a close and thy latter days shall be better than thy former. Thy days shall be lengthened out until thou art satisfied with life. The power of the highest shall rest upon you to comfort and console you in your declining years and the desires of thy heart shall be given you. Rejoice therefore in your God for he is nigh unto all who seek him diligently. Fear not, but keep the commandments of God and all these blessings shall be made sure unto you together with all former blessings and by the authority of the Holy Priesthood I seal this a
father's blessings upon your head and in the name of Jesus Christ. I seal you up unto eternal lives, even so, Amen.
(Source: http://www.bibbs.com/john52shaw/Smith5p/History.htm as of 24 August 2000. Currently, this URL appears to be invalid.)
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Margaret Elzira Frost Rawlins
[From Biography for Daughters of Utah Pioneers]
Margaret Elzira Frost Rawlins
by Janice Last Castleton
Margaret Elzira Frost Rawlins
by Janice Last Castleton
- BIRTH DATE; Born 28 April 1830 Place: Knox, Tennessee
- DIED ; 4 April 1920 at Lewiston, Cache County, Utah
- PARENT'S FULL NAMES
- Father: McCaslin Frost
- Mother: Penina Smith Frost
- PIONEER; Arrived in Salt Lake City on 12, Oct. 1848 Came in Cover Wagon with the Andrew Cunningham Company.
- SPOUSE: Harvey Mccalyard Rawlins
- MARRIED 3 Dec. 1846
- MARRIAGE PLACE: Nishnabothna, Atchison, Missouri
- SPOUSE DIED 9 Sept. 1913
- PLACE DIED: Lewiston, Cache County, Utah
- Margaret Elzirah 30 April 1848
- James Mccaslin 3 July 1850 Died 8 Feb. 1851
- Harvey McGalyard 13 Dec. 1851
- Samuel Lafayett 17 July 1854
- Franklin Archibald 22 Jan. 1857
- Pennina Jane 6 April 1859
- Mary Eveline 19 Nov. 1861
- Joseph William 4 March 1864
- Alma Frost 23 Oct. 1866
- Elva Arminta 14 May 1869
- Jasper Alfonzo 1 Feb. 1872
- Nancy Ellen 1 Aug. 1874
Marrgaret Elzira Frost was baptized by her brother Samuel B. Frost in 1842, after he returned from a mission. She was confirmed by Henry Miller at the water's edge. The family was living in Illinois. They had moved there after joining the church and moving from Tennessee. Her brother Samuel returned to Tennessee to serve his mission among their relatives.
Margaret was working out to a place helping a family in 1846 The mother of this family was sick. One day the father tore a large hole in his coat in going through the brush, as they lived a way out in the woods. Margaret offered to mend the hole. She did such a nice job that other neighbors brought work for her to do.
It was at this time that she married Harvey M. Rawlins. He was a brother-in law to her sister Mary Frost Rawlins.
Margaret writes in her own words, "I was married very young and when our first baby was about three weeks old my husband and I left our parents and families and our home in Nauvoo and started west with the Andrew Cunningham Company of ten. I rode in the wagon which carried our supplies. It was pulled by four oxen. A pig pen was built on the back of the wagon and there was a chicken coop built on top of it. At night they chained the pigs to the wagon wheel and the chickens were turned out to pick around. Then they would hop back in their coop to roost. The old hens laid their eggs every day and they were seldom ever broken from the shaking of the wagon.
Our bed was a homemade one. It stood in the back end of the wagon. I made my bed every day and tided up my corner of the wagon. I had a little rocking chair which sat in the front corner of the wagon. I sat and held the baby most of the time because she was very cross and cried a lot. My husband walked most of the time and drove the oxen and cattle. We milked our cow every day and strained the cream into the churn which stood in the other corner of the wagon. The jaring of the wagon churned it to butter, We had butter all the way across the plains which was quite a luxury for us.
We were never troubled by the Indians nor did we ever have a stampede. to bother us. There was one baby born on the Platt River, he was called Platt Lyman." They arrived in Salt Lake City, 12 Oct. 1848. The first night they stayed at the fort.
Many of their family members came into the Valley at this time and they moved to Big Cottonwood and then on to Draper. In 1865 many of them moved to Richmond, Cache County, Utah. In 1871 Margaret and their family moved to Lewiston, Cache County, Utah,
Margaret and Harvey attended the dedication of the Logan Temple on May 17, 1884. Quoting from her journal again, "At the April conference 1893, the Salt Lake Temple was dedicated and I and my husband was at this glorious gathering." On Jan. 6, 1876 the Relief Society was organized in Lewiston, Utah and Margaret Elzirah Frost Rawlins was called to be its first president. There were 23 members at the beginning. She served as president for 26 years. On her 30th birthday the Relief Society sisters had a surprise party for her. While she was the president of the Relief Society she helped to bury about 125 bodies, and cared for the sick and homeless. She took care of her father and mother until they died, and nearly always had some of her own family living with she and her husband at all times. Her oldest daughter married at the age of 15. Her first baby died in just a few weeks. At 17 this daughter had her second baby and 2 weeks later this young mother died. This was the beginning of many sad sicknesses and deaths with the Frost and Rawlins family. At one time she writes in her journal, "I just live with the dreads."
Margaret and Harvey lived together for 67 years until his death. He was blind for the last 13 years of his life. Margaret's history doesn't mention that she was a member of the DUP, but she states, "The 24th of June 1910 the Daughters of the Pioneers came and held their meeting with us. They served lunch after."
Margaret had her own home until she became sick, a few months before she died, She lived to be 90 years old. Always a very great example of a true Pioneer who's faith never waivered.
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