Saturday, August 13, 2011

LDS Women are Incredible! - Quentin L. Cook

  In making this self-assigned reading of the April Conference talks, I will catch up to my commitment to post to my Line by Line blog. This has become necessary as the past two months have been filled with other assignments and challenges. Elder Cook’s talk about Women is very full of inspiration and observations that resonates well with my experience regarding the topic. As I read this talk it occurred to me that there are some women in the foundational era of our family about which we know very little. Sixteen women that are our children’s ancestors that made sacrifices required because of decisions of faith and courage. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to know just a little about the lives of these special women! If you read the birth places and where they died, you know their individual stories would be faith promoting and extremely interesting. Here are the women:
  1. Calista Bass - Born May 22, 1812 in Connecticut, Died January 12, 1863 in Hyrum, Cache Co., Utah
  2. Inger Christine Nielsen - Born February 22, 1826 in Norway, Died March 13, 1913 in Hyrum, Cache Co., Utah
  3. Sophia Lois Goodridge - Born July 2, 1826 in Massachusetts, Died November 3, 1903 in Salt Lake City, Utah
  4. Sarah Ann Elliott - Born April 30, 1834 in Pennsylvania, Died February 28, 1911 in Twin Falls, Idaho
  5. Ann Powell - Born June 2, 1840 in England, Died July 20, 1917, Charleston, Utah
  6. Agnes Ann Bancroft - Born April 26, 1847 in England, Died January 28, 1914 in Provo, Utah
  7. Mary Virginia Marsteller - Born December 11, 1818 in Maryland, Died in 1847 at Council Bluffs, Pottawatamie, Iowa
  8. Sarah Wilder Hatch - Born November 2, 1820/21 in New York, Died October 12, 1861 in Salt Lake City, Utah
  9. Beulah Sabin - Born June 11, 1786 in New Hampshire, Died December 12, 1857 in Levan, Utah
  10. Mary Mariah Fuller - Born May 9, 1798 in New Brunswick, Canada, Died October 29, 1868 in Nephi, Utah
  11. Elizabeth Parry - Born January 1, 1809 in Wales, Died October 18, 1869 in Cedar City, Utah
  12. Eliza Ann Snyder - Born October 22, 1815 in New York, Died May 24, 1888 in Cedar City, Utah
  13. Anna Matilda Doolittle - Born December 24, 1820 in Connecticutt, Died September 23, 1887 in Snowflake, Arizona
  14. Martha Jane Reagan - Born March 2, 1832 in Missouri, Died April 6, 1907 in Junction, Utah
  15. Charlotte Pincock - Born June 3, 1826 in England, Died March 28, 1901 in Grafton, Utah
  16. Ann Elizabeth Newman - Born June 29, 1840 in England, Died February 8, 1875 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Numbers 1 through 8 are from my Allen lines while numbers 9 through 16 are from Shirlyn’s lines. If anyone reading this has information about the lives of these women please send it to me.
Posted by James Russell Allen at 7:15 AM

1 comment:

  1. Shirlyn H.Sunday, August 14, 2011

    I thought his story of the lost purse was very telling. I'm sure it made all women listening wonder just what would other's find in our purse if it was lost and found by another. All should read the new handbook so that as leaders and Ward members we let our Bishop spend more time with the youth and his family.

    His saying that most families are "TV Rich and Family Time Poor" should make all sit up and take notice.

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