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November 20, 2011,
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Author:
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Categories:
- Dixie Utah, - John Madison Chidester, - John Peck Chidester, - Nauvoo Illinois, - Salt Lake City Utah, - St. George Utah, Adult Years, Births, Childhood, Childrearing, Deaths, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Homesteading, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Marriages, Personality and Interests, Professions, Reeve Chidester's Family, Spanish Fork Utah, Washington Utah
Tags: - John Madison Chidester, Anthony W. Ivins, Brigham Young, Charles W. Seegmiller, Deseret News, drought, Eli Whiplple, Emaline Chidester, endowment house, Evaline Chidester, Freeman Nickerson., grasshopper plague, Hyrum Smith, Isaac C. Macfarlane, James Bleak, John Foy Chidester, John Peck Chidester, Joseph Smith, Lodema Elizabeth Chidester, Marcus Funk, Mary Catherine Chidester, Mary Parker, Michigan, Myron Alfonzo Chidester, Nauvoo Illinois, Nauvoo Legion, Richard A. Morris, Robert Edgar Chidester, Susan (Susannah) Foy, Susan Emma Chidester, temples, the Cotton Mission, Thelma Chidester, Thomas Birk Foy, United Order, Virgin River, Walker Indian War, Washington Fields, Washington Fields Dam, Wilford Woodruff, William Theobald, wine, Winter Quarters, Zion's Camp
He was such a little fellow to be already a part of a great movement that was to lead him across a great nation — an adventure that was to occupy him most of his lifetime. Being a member of Zion’s Camp in 1834 was a distinction for one so young, and a bit lonely, too–for there were no other children to play with, even if there had been time to play. Of course, there was the new baby sister, […]
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August 8, 2011,
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Author:
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- Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, - Christian Christensen Brown, Adult Years, Births, Childrearing, Deaths, Grandchildren, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Reeve Chidester's Family
Tags: - Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, Annie Brown, Christal Gray, Christian Brown, diptheria, Dora Ann Brown, Dr. Loring, Ed Simpson, Erastus Nielsen, Erysipelas, Faith, Farming, Hannah Dortha Brown, Hans Brown, James Brown, Kamas UT, Laurine Larsen, Manilla Brown, Missions, Nellie Gould, poetry, Priesthood, Relief Society, sugar beets, Vivian Tuft
The children had to help on the farm. When Manilla was five years old, she went with them to the fields to haul hay. It was a hot day, so Manilla would lie down under the wagon in the shade. As the wagon moved along she followed, staying the shade. One time she got too close to the wheel and was run over, breaking her leg. Hannah lost her oldest son, Christian, during an epidemic of Diphtheria and tonsillitis. He was twelve years of age. A […]
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August 8, 2011,
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Author:
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Categories:
- Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, - Christian Christensen Brown, Childrearing, Homesteading, Reeve Chidester's Family
Tags: - Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, Adell Christina Brown, Anne Sophi Pederson, Christian Brown, Della Manilla Brown, Denmark, Dora Ann Brown, Elsinore UT, Farming, Hannah Dortha Brown, Hans Brown, James Brown, Jens Christensen, Kistie Marie Brown, Magdlane Brown, Monroe UT, Richfield UT
Hannah’s sister, Mary and her husband, met them at the end of the railroad and took them to Richfield where she lived. They traveled by wagon. Hannah found employment from a man named Jensen who ran a store in Elsinore. Hannah helped Mrs. Jensen in the home. With Hannah and her father both working, they hired a girl to come and sit with her mother. Hannah’s father worked at cutting stone to earn money to build a home and buy a farm. Her father bought an […]