Maria Louisa Davis

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• FamilySearch ID: LC2J-PLC
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Dec 1845, NAUVO

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Maria Louisa Davis Pond - Wife of Stillman Pond

By Charles E. Hayes, August 2, 1953
Maria Louisa Davis was born to James Davis and mary Miranda Jones D a vis, at Princeton, Massachusetts. She was reared in Hubbardston, Massa ch usetts. Maria was the third child in the family. On February 4, 1834 , s he married Stillman Pond, a widower with four small daughters.
During the early part of their marriage, she, with her husband an d c hildren moved to New Salem, Massachusetts, where two of her own child re n were born, here she made a good home for the entire family and the f ou r children of the first wife learned to revere her and really call he r "M other".
On December 28, 1841, under the hands of Elder Elias Harris, she a n d her husband with the family were baptized into The Church of Jesus Ch ri st of Latter-Day Saints, and in the fall of 1843, they moved to Nauvoo , H ancock County, Illinois, where her fourth child was born on October 2 8, 1 844 but died on January 5, 1845.
She and her husband were endowed in the Nauvoo Temple, December 3 0 , 1845 and on February 4, 1846, she was sealed to her husband, Stillma n P ond, and at the same time acted as proxy in the sealing of Stillman t o hi s first wife, Elmyra Whittemore, whom he married December 22, 1825 a t Hub bardston, Massachusetts.
During the winter of 1845-1846, persecution against the Mormons bec a me very severe and the Pond family was forced at the point of bayone t t o leave Nauvoo during September 1846. The weather was very inclemen t an d without proper food, clothing and shelter, the family suffered unt old h ardships.
It was under such conditions as these that Maria Pond gave birt h t o twins on the plains of Iowa. The twins died a few days later and w er e buried on the plains of Iowa. As was their brother, Lowell Anson Po nd , who died of undernourishment or starvation and exposure.
She arrived at Winter Quarters, together with the remaining childr e n and husband, but had contracted tuberculosis, and was very ill when s h e arrived on October 16, 1846. The family lived in tents until Januar y o f 1847. She died at Winter Quarters, May 17, 1847. Her children ha d al l died prior to her death:
1. Harriett Miranda Pond, born September 6, 1835 at Templeton, Mas s achusetts,
died December 4, 1846 at Winter Quarters.
2. Lowell Anson Pond, born July 18, 1837 at New Salem, Massachuset t s,
died September of 1846 on the plains of Iowa.
3. Lyman Pond, born April 24, 1840 in New Salem, Massachusetts,
died on January 12, 1847 at Winter Quarters.
4. Charles Stillman Pond, born October 28, 1844 at Nauvoo, Illino i s and
died on January 5, 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois.
5. Joseph Pond was born on September or October 1846 on the Iowa p l ains and
died a few days later on the Iowa plains.
6. J. Hyrum Pond was born September or October 1846 on the Iowa pl a ins and
died a few days later on the Iowa plains.
This was compiled from the Stillman Pond History by Charles E. Hayes.

Maria married Stillman Pond on 4 Feb 1834 in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Stillman was born on 26 Oct 1803 in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died on 30 Sep 1878 in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States; was buried on 2 Oct 1878 in Richmond City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harriet Miranda Pond was born on 6 Sep 1835 in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died on 4 Dec 1846 in Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; was buried in Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
2. Lowell Ansen Pond was born on 18 Jul 1837 in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; died in Sep 1846 in Iowa, United States; was buried in Sep 1846 in Iowa, United States.
3. Lyman Pond was born on 24 Apr 1840 in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; died on 12 Jan 1847 in Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; was buried in Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
4. Charles Stillman Pond was born on 28 Oct 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; died on 5 Jan 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
5. Joseph Pond was born in Oct 1846 in Iowa, United States; died in Oct 1846 in Iowa, United States; was buried in Iowa, United States.
6. Hyrum Pond was born in Oct 1846 in Iowa, United States; died in Oct 1846 in Iowa, United States; was buried in Iowa, United States.