History of William Snow and Robert Gardner Families 1847 and 1850 Pioneers LDS

Description: History of William Snow and Robert Gardner Families 1847 and 1850 Pioneers LDS_________________________________ History of William Snow and Robert Gardner Families Pioneers of 1847 and 1850by Celestia Snow GardnerOriginally Published by Acorn Printing Co (1942)This Edition Published by BYU Press (1996) Condition:Excellent 1st Edition Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket! The binding is tight and all 176 pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OR FOLDS with the exception of a small written name on the inside front cover. The covers look perfect, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled and packaged with care! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! Robert Gardner (1819-1906)Robert Gardner, Jr. was born on October 12, 1819, in Kilsyth, Scotland, later moving to Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada. Self-taught in the wilderness, he married Jane McKeown in 1841. Joining the Mormon faith in 1845, the Gardners migrated to Nauvoo and, in 1847, to Salt Lake Valley with the pioneers. A skilled pioneer, Robert played a crucial role in establishing St. George in 1861. As bishop and later counselor in the stake presidency, he shaped the community, serving as mayor for two terms. Moving to Pine Valley in 1864, he contributed to the construction of the Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ and the Pine Valley chapel. During a critical time in 1876, Brigham Young relied on Robert to oversee the production of lumber for the completion of the St. George Temple. Despite challenges, Robert Gardner's legacy endures as a pioneer, leader, and stalwart member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He passed away in Pine Valley on February 3, 1906, leaving a lasting impact on Dixie's history. William Snow (1806-1879)A Tribute - My father, William Snow, was a humble, faithful man and was acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith. He loved him dearly. When Joseph taught the principle of plural marriage, father took a second wife, Sally Adams, and was married to her in the Nauvoo temple. Soon after this the Saints were driven from Nauvoo, and father's second wife went with her father's family to Council Bluffs. In leaving Nauvoo, the first wife, Liddie Levitt, died of exposure, leaving two little girls. When father and his two motherless children reached Council Bluffs, his second wife joined him and took care of his family. He remained in Council Bluffs for two years, as each man was required to save enough grain to plant in the land toward which they were bound. In 1850, a company was organized to start for Utah. Brother Snow was made captain of the company. In this company was a young widow, Maria Wines, who had three sons. My father became acquainted with her, and after arriving in the valley, they were married. A few years later he married another widow, Anna Rogers, a lone girl whose sisters had died on the plains. We called the second wife Aunt Sally. She was a most perfect woman. We lived in a duplex house in Pine Valley, Aunt Sally with her six girls and one boy, and mother with her six boys and two girls. In the evening we would all gather in the backyard and play together, pomp, hide-and-seek, ante-aye-over, and other games. We seldom quarreled. We used to remark that our big family had fewer difficulties than the family where there was one mother and one set of children. After we were older, father built another home for Aunt Sally, and remodeled the duplex for mother. During this time father moved Aunt Maria to Pine Valley from Lehi, where we had all lived in earlier days. Soon after father was elected county judge, he needed a home in the county seat at St. George, so he moved Aunt Roxanna from Lehi to St. George. Now all his families were in southern Utah. One strong factor in helping us get along so splendidly was that we all kept busy. The girls knit stockings, and helped with the sewing. Aunt Sally's oldest girl used to spin and weave. We younger ones helped to card the wool bats to put in quilts. I would take my knitting and run into Aunt Sally's or Aunt Maria's, of an afternoon. We did not like to knit alone. We were always neighborly, running back and forth into each other's homes. When we put on a quilt, all the girls of the family would help. The boys hauled the wood, plowed fields, planted and harvested the crops. So we were a busy and happy family. Father was seventy-two years old when he passed away. In those days, because of loose cattle wandering over the cemetery, people fenced in their graves. So all father's children decided to buy a headstone and place a fence around his grave. We wrote the sons of Aunt Maria. One of them sent five dollars, and wrote, "I am glad to send this money, for I had the greatest respect for my stepfather."— Told by Celestia Snow Gardner to Annie Pike-Greenwood. Other family member biographies included are:Sally Adam SnowJane Maria Shearer Wines SnowAnn Rogers SnowRoxana Leavitt Snow and Melissa Snow GardnerJane McKeown GardnerCynthia Lovina GardnerMary Ann Carr Gardner Copyright © 2018-2024 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own. It is against ebay policy and if you are caught, you will be reported to ebay and could be sued for copyright infringement and damages.

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