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Nick Wilson was seven-years old when his family left Nauvoo
and crossed the prairies. What is unusual about Nick’s story when his family reached
the valley?
a.
He ran away from home with a group of California
gold seekers
b.
He ran away from home to live with the Natives
c.
He ran away from home to serve a mission
d.
He ran away from home to return to Nauvoo
Wednesday’s answer:
A.
A gypsy
From the life of Jane Wright Earl:
As a child, Jane earned money by running errands for and being a
companion to a wealthy and blind maiden lady. Jane was told by a gypsy that she
would join a peculiar people and go to a new land.
Jane met her husband while waiting tables at an inn. Shortly after
Johnathan and Jane were married they were invited to hear the gospel of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized into the Church
in January of 1848. When her parents learned she had joined this church, they
refused to have anything to do with her. Her landlord turned Jane out of her
home. He wouldn’t even let her stay until Johnathan returned from work that
day.
They sailed for America on September 6, 1848. They lived in
St. Louis during the cholera plague and told how it was necessary to sit up
nights to keep the rats from killing the baby. She also lived in Council Bluffs
for two years before starting to Zion. They crossed the Plains and arrived in
Salt Lake Valley on August 7, 1852.
When Johnston’s Army came to Utah Jane went alone with her
children to Springville, not knowing if she would ever see Johnathan alive
again. Jane told of winters so cold that bread froze, had to be chopped off
with an axe, and thawed before the fire. She was a good cook. She provided for
her own family’s needs under very trying conditions, especially when her
husband died before their youngest child was one year old.
Jane was the president of the Relief Society for many years. She
spent many days and nights helping the sick and poor.
Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Daughters of Utah Pioneers: (International Society Daughters of
Utah Pioneers: 1998), 1: 870.
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