Emma Wilde Carruth
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Emma Wilde and her family lived in Sugarhouse and walked 25 blocks
each Sunday to their meetings at the Tabernacle. What did she do to extend the
life of her shoes?
a.
Went barefooted
b.
Wore cloth shoes
c.
Rode on her dad’s back
d.
Rode on her dad’s shoulders
Yesterday’s answer:
C Sister Bullock in the process of giving birth
From the life of Mary Ann Wagstaff Bullock: She
started walking across the Plains with a handcart company, but a young
teamster, rather liking her company, asked her to ride in his wagon, using the
excuse for having her there, that she was mending his clothing and sewing on
buttons, etc. She said in later years that it made the trip much easier for her
but it gave her a guilty feeling because women much older than herself had to
walk all of the way.
One day, after arriving in Utah, that young teamster, named Thomas
Henry Bullock, announced to Mary that he was going to marry. When she exclaimed
“Who?,” he calmly answered, “You.” Assuring her she would not live in polygamy
because he did not want to either, she accepted. They were married in the
Temple and then went to Salt Creek to live. Their home was a one-room cabin
with a quilt hung over the opening for a door.
When Mary Ann was in labor with one of her babies, a tribe of
Indians were passing by, moving to new territory. As they came up even with the
doorway, each Indian would put their head in the doorway and look around,
curious to see what the Indian ahead of him had seen.
Thomas Henry explained the situation to the Chief who then came to
the front of the doorway until all the tribe had passed by.
Mary Ann did later accept polygamy as Thomas Henry was called to
take a second wife. She was Jane McBride, an immigrant girl from Scotland. Jane
had been hired as a household helper, and it was she that became his second
wife.
When Thomas Henry bought a length of material to make a dress for
one wife, he always bought enough of the same material for the other. Mary Ann
always put her material aside and did not use it until Jane had made hers and
worn it out.
Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude,
Daughters of Utah Pioneers:
(International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers: 1998), 1:419-420.
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