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| Name |
Elizabeth Green |
| Birth |
3 Oct 1804 |
Lugwardine, Herefordshire, England  |
| Christening |
3 Oct 1804 |
Lugwardine, Herefordshire, England |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
23 Jan 1846 |
NAUVO |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWJW-4ST |
| Death |
7 Feb 1883 |
Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I175029 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
William Green, b. Abt 1755, Gloucestershire, England d. Apr 1843, St. Louis, Missouri, United States (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Jane Prosser, b. Nov 1772, Westhide, Herefordshire, England d. 21 Jun 1849, Buchanan, Missouri, United States (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
11 May 1795 |
Westhide, Herefordshire, England |
| Family ID |
F43196 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Thomas Richmond, b. 21 Dec 1804, Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England d. 20 Dec 1850, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1845 |
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States |
| Family ID |
F43195 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Luke Nield, b. 13 Oct 1796, Royton, Lancashire, England d. 23 Jul 1869, Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Feb 1859 |
Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F4603 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 3 Oct 1804 - Lugwardine, Herefordshire, England |
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| Christening - 3 Oct 1804 - Lugwardine, Herefordshire, England |
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 | Marriage - Abt 1845 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 23 Jan 1846 - NAUVO |
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 | Marriage - 7 Feb 1859 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 7 Feb 1883 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - - Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States |
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- HISTORY OF ELIZABETH GREEN RICHMOND
By Elaine Melville Goddard
Elizabeth, the sixth daughter of William and Jane Prosser Green was chr i stened October 3, 1804. They were a very industrious, thrifty family a n d lived without luxury.
In 1840, Wilford Woodruff (later President of the L.D.S. Church) came i n to their midst preaching a new religion. The entire Green family was ba pt ized, except one son, Phillip, who later joined the L.D.S. Church. Th e fa mily started to make plans to come to America. They sold everythin g the y had. Except for two girls, the family sailed from England to Amer ica o n September 25, 1842, arriving in New Orleans on November 13, 1842 , and t hey then moved to St. Louis, Missouri.
Elizabeth married a widower, Thomas Richmond, who had a previous famil y . Elizabeth never had children of her own, but cared for her husband’ s ch ildren as her own. The family stayed in St. Louis getting ready to j oin h is mother, so Elizabeth decided to move her family also. Thomas Ric hmon d died on the way to Utah, leaving Elizabeth to care for her husband ’s fa mily. They settled first in Provo; then Elizabeth decided to join h er sis ter, Ann and family in Fillmore. It was a happy reunion. The famil y buil t her a comfortable log house between her sister, Ann, and her nie ce, Jan e Duston Melville.
The old English custom called for the aunts and uncles to go by their l a st names, so Elizabeth became Aunt Richmond. She was an especial frien d o f the widows and orphans, taking them in to her home, caring for them , nu rsing them in sickness, and clothing and feeding them. She took in m other less Eliza Ann Trusket, when but a few days old, and raised her t o womanh ood. She boiled buckskin, stretched it over the neck of a bottle , punctur ed small holes in it and used this to bottle feed the tine baby .
Later, Apostle Francis M. Lyman, in Church services in Fillmore, extoll e d her virtues of kindness and resourcefulness. He related how she had c om e into their home when his wife was ill, and they ahs so little but El iza beth could take what little was available and serve attractive, appet izin g dishes. She was often with her sister, Ann (Ann Green Duston, wh o marri ed John Carling), a midwife doctor, to help out where she could.
Her love for children was returned many times; the children could cou n t on Aunt Richmond (Elizabeth) to share their joys and sorrows. Holida y s were special—Christmas, Easter, Good Friday, Ash Wednesday, 4th of Ju ly , and 24th of July. There was always something new to wear for Easter , ho t cross buns on Good Friday, a sweet treat for Christmas. Aunt Richm ond a nd her Niece, Jane Melville (wife of Alexander Melville) made the f irst f lag to fly over Fillmore. It was made from a white sheet, Jane’s h usband’ s red military sash, and patch-work stars. When finished, they ra ised i t over the highest cabin in the old fort on July 4, 1854 .
Elizabeth (Aunt Richmond) died at the age of 77, and is buried in the F i llmore Cemetery beside her beloved sister, Ann.
ADDENDUM By Jane Waiora Bishop Wallace
THE TIN HAT
Poor old Mrs. Sprague did not have any family or any home. But Aunt Ric h mond could always find room in her small cabin for the homeless and unf or tunate. One day Aunt Richmond was not at home, when Mrs. Sprague hear d th e voices of Indians making the rounds and knew they would soon be a t th e cabin. She hurriedly put the biscuits that were left from breakfas t an d a piece of bacon on the freshly scrubbed step and then bolted th e door . She crawled under the bed just in time. The Indians knew Aunt Ri chmon d was not home because she was not afraid of them, so they picked u p th e biscuits, and after dancing around and singing loudly, they left . Afte r what seemed like an eternity to the poor women under the bed, th e India ns moved on to Father and Mother (Alexander) Melville’s. But befo re the y did, they found Mrs. Sprague’s “tin hat” (old-style bed chamber ) that s he had scalded and put out to sun that morning. She remembered i t while u nder the bed, and as soon as she was sure the Indians had gone , went outs ide verify her fears; sure enough, it was gone. She ran to Fa ther Melvill e’s, pleading for James and Brigham, Alexander Melville’s so n’s, to follo w the Indians and bring them back to her “tin hat.” The boy s thought it w as a big joke, but were not sure the Indians would be will ing to give i t up. Brigham remembered that cantaloupe he had picked tha t morning whe n he heard the Indians coming because he knew they would wa nt it, so the y took the cantaloupe along to see it the Indians would tra de. They did , and Mrs. Sprague got back her “tin hat”.
Biography obtained from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Fillmore, Ut a h, Territorial Statehouse Museum.
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