 1823 - 1877 (53 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Mary Ann Yeager |
| Birth |
1 Nov 1823 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
18 Sep 1855 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWVM-HTM |
| Death |
26 Mar 1877 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I50399 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Yeager, b. 4 Aug 1786, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States d. 20 Sep 1867, Greenwich Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Ann Hyatt Yeager, b. 25 Mar 1785, Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States d. 20 Feb 1867, Woolwich Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
1817 |
New Jersey, United States |
| Family ID |
F18756 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Edson Whipple, b. 5 Feb 1805, Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States d. 11 May 1894, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México (Age 89 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Nov 1850 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Whipple, b. 1849, New Jersey, United States d. Bef 1860, Utah, United States (Age < 10 years) |
| + | 2. John Dagbert Whipple, b. 27 Oct 1851, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States d. 28 Mar 1898, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 46 years) |
| + | 3. William Mickle Whipple, b. 12 Mar 1854, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 31 Aug 1918, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 64 years) |
| | 4. Joseph Whipple, b. 8 Dec 1856, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 8 Dec 1856, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 5. Mary Ann Whipple, b. 4 Mar 1859, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 23 May 1919, Castle Dale, Emery, Utah, United States (Age 60 years) |
| + | 6. Laura Whipple, b. 23 Sep 1861, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 17 Jul 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F13720 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
20 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 1 Nov 1823 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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 | Marriage - 4 Nov 1850 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 18 Sep 1855 - EHOUS |
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 | Death - 26 Mar 1877 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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| Burial - - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Mary Ann was born Nov. 1, 1823 in Philadelphia, Penn. Died in Provo on M a rch 26, 1877. Harriet was born July 26, 1826 in Upper Greenwich, Glouce st er County, New York. They emigrated to Utah in 1850 in Edson Whipple’ s co mpany and landed in Salt Lake City October 13th. They both married E dso n Whipple on Nov. 4, 1850. They were called to go with their husban d an d help settle Iron County. They left Salt Lake City Dec. 4, 1850 an d arri ved in Parowan Jan. 14, 1851. The first child of each one was bor n whil e there and in about a year they were counseled to move to Provo.
Mary Ann was the mother of five children and Harriet the mother of ten . T hey knew all the hardships of pioneer life and of poverty. Mary Ann t oo k a little Indian boy to raise, but in his boyhood he fell on the ice , br oke a blood vessel and died. She carded, spun and wove cloth for al l fou r families, for my father had taken two other wives. She made cloth es fo r all of the boys, but sometimes when there were so many new suit s to mak e father would hire a seamstress to come and help her. My mother , Mary An n was a tailoress and so made clothes for all the boys. She onl y raised f our of her children, so it left her free to help nurse and se w some for t he other families. She nursed considerable for the neighborh ood too and s eldom ever made any charge. She could make dyes of severa l colors from no tgrass, peach tree leaves, rabbit brush and blue die mad e with indigo an d would make plain linsey for dresses. She spun and mad e yarn and one o f the other women made yarn too. She made cloth hats fo r the boys in wint er. Braided straw and sewed it into hats for summer ti me. In the Relief S ociety they made hats and sox for the poor. She woul d empty her ashes int o a barrel and put water on it and let it leak of f and used it to make so ap with and cleanse water for washing. I remembe r they had their family m eetings each week, all the families meeting tog ether and all expected t o take part. Mother would recite, Father and Aun t Harriet would sing. W e had dinner all together each year on Father’s b irthday and all the rela tives were invited.
Mother was always sent for if anyone in the family was sick or need hel p . One of the boys in Amelia’s family was sick with the small-pox and fa th er tried hard to get a nurse for him, but money could not hire one, s o mo ther went rather than let father go. The boy died and mother was cle anin g up after his burial and took sick and died. Mrs. Dr. Riggs (Jane R iggs ) prepared her for burial and Dr. Talmage waited on her. He was fath er t o Prof. James Talmage, one of the Apostles of our church. Mother an d th e boy were taken out at 12 o’clock in the night and buried. They hel d ser vices for them afterwards in the meeting house, where many beautifu l thin gs were said about my mother. She was first counselor in the Relie f Socie ty for many years and her heart was full of charity for the poo r and sola ce for those in trouble. Thus ended the life of one of the nob lest spirit s that ever came to earth.
Aunt Harriet continued on doing much good all her days. She had a son th a t had epileptic fits and cared for him 21 years. She was a mother to m e a fter my mother died and never did she give me an unkind word or look . Aft er she moved to Arizona (to pioneer that country) I longed to see h er aga in as I would a mother. She lived to see father and her afflicte d son lai d to rest.
She had the sad experience of seeing aunt Amelia and one of her sons g e t poisoned accidentally and die. They all died in Mexico where they ha d p reviously moved. She went back to Arizona to visit with her oldest da ught er. One morning she said she did not feel like taking her usual wal k an d would lay down again. Her daughter asked if she should send for th e eld ers. She consented for them to send for an elder that lived close b y. H e came and administered to her and she closed her eyes and passed t o th e Great Beyond without pain and without suffering, where she will re ceiv e her reward for all her goodness in life. She died on the 3rd day o f Jul y 1901 at the age of 77.
They were two very kindhearted women and beloved by all that knew them . I t was often said of my mother “Greater love hath no man than this, th at h e lay down his life for another.”
This sketch was written from memory, except the dates by Mrs. Laura Hold a way at the age of 65.
Alta M. Whipple of San Franciso, California let us copy the above in Oct o ber 1973. She has had it for some years. We did not change spelling o r wo rding.
EDSON WHIPPLE FAMILY ORGANIZATION, 857 Revere Drive, Sunnyvale, Ca.
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