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Lucinda Adaline Oliver

Lucinda Adaline Oliver

Female 1859 - 1941  (81 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Lucinda Adaline Oliver 
    Birth 31 Aug 1859  Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Initiatory (LDS) 26 Jun 1889  MANTI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWJ8-PZV 
    Death 16 May 1941  Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 19 May 1941  Mountain View Cemetery, Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I161440  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father William Temple Oliver,   b. 27 May 1833, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1909, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Nancy Frances Lovern,   b. 27 Jun 1839, South Macon Township, Macon, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1925, Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1856  Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F41067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 Aug 1859 - Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 26 Jun 1889 - MANTI Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 May 1941 - Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 19 May 1941 - Mountain View Cemetery, Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY OF LUCINDA ADALINE OLIVER WILCOX

                  Lucinda Adaline Oliver was born 31 August 1859 in Santaqui n , Utah, Utah Territory to William Temple and Nancy Francis Lovern Olive r . She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint s i n 1867 at the age of eight.
                  Her father came to the Utah Territory in 1850 with the Jam e s Pace Company.  His parents Harrison, age 50, and Hannah Martin Olive r , age 38 came with their family of five children.  William Temple was 1 7 ; Edward McClelland was 24; Lamira Jane was 13; Orra was 12; and Emil y Fr ances was 7. 
                  They departed on 11 June 1850 with 255 individuals and 100 w a gons in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post a t K anesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).  They made it to Chimne y Ro ck by 25 July 1850. 
                  On 24 August they camped at Devil’s Gate and crossed the Swe e twater the next day.  They camped opposite Fort Bridger on 12 September .   Very interesting was the fact that they traveled alongside a train wh il e they went through Echo Canyon.  They made it into the Salt Lake vall e y 20 to 23 September 1850. 
                  Her mother came to Utah with an Unknown Company in 1852.  H e r father was 36;her mother was 36; Benjamin Ellsworth was 14; Nancy Fra nc is was 12; John Norris was 9; Wesley Norton was 4;Lucinda Adalade wa s 2 ; and Josiah was an infant. 
                  Her parents were married on 29 March 1856 on Ogden, Weber, U t ah Territory.  Her father was 22 and her mother was 16.  They receive d th eir endowment o 11 September 1857 in the Endowment House in Salt Lak e Cit y, Salt Lake, Utah Territory.  Lucinda Adaline was the second chil d bor n toa family of fourteen, ten girls and four boys. 
                  Lucinda Adaline married Elisha Wilcox on 17 October 1875 i n M ount Pleasant.  Lucinda was 16 and 24.  He was baptized on 1 Januar y 185 9 at the ageof seven.  They were later sealed in the Manti Temple o n 26 J une 1889 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory. 
                  His family came to Great Salt Lake, Deseret with the EzraT . B enson Company in 1849.  They departed on 15 July 1849 from the outfit tin g post at Kanesville, Iowa.  They traveled close together with the Ge org e A. Smith Company as they crossed the plains. Their family consiste d o f his father, Elisha, age 39; his mother Anna Pickle, age 34; Miner , ag e 14; Polly, age 12; Francis, age 10; Margaret, age 8;Sally, age 4 ; Josep h. age 1; and Hyrum, an infant. 
                  When they got to the Elkhorn River they found two large comp a nies on the bank of the river.  They had not been able to cross the riv er , because the ferry had been left on the other side, and a heavy rains tor m in the upper country had swollen the stream to the height of twelv e fee t.  Canute Peterson and Ira Sabe volunteered to swim across and rea ch th e ferry. When they got about a third of the way across, Ira began t o giv e out.  Canute knew he had to reach the ferry so he exerted himsel f to th e utmost to reach the ferry, which he did.  He pulled Ira after h e got th ere.  They got the ferry boat in operation and before evening ha d quit e a number of the wagons across. 
                  They had a few stampedes on the road, one on the Elk Horn Ri v er, but there were no damages until they arrived at Williow Springs whi c h was east of Sweetwater.  Here they encountered a severe snow storm, f re ezing 17 head of cattle and one horse during the night.  Snow fell nea rl y to the top of their wagon covers and they had to dig their way out.  Th e storm lasted about forty hours. 
                  The cattle had wondered off but they found the majority of t h e in quite good condition.  There was an abundance of large willows i n a n area that served as both food and shelter.  They had to camp ther e fo r three days.  They were about 80 head short so they yoked up any an ima l that could do any work. They traveled about ten miles and came ou t of t he snow to bare ground again and traveled on reaching the valley o n 25 Oc tober 1849. 
                  Lucinda Adaline and Elisha had thirteen children, four gir l s and nine boys.  The first ten children were born in Mount Pleasant, S an pete, Utah Territory. Lucinda Adeline was born 31 August 1876; Elish a J . was born 24 August 1878; William Temple was born 1 January 1881; As a R . was born 7 November 1882 and died 30 March 1892; Anna or Annie wa s bor n 7 May 1886 and died 8 April 1892;Barbara was born 12 March 1888 ; Norri s was born 12 January 1890; Baltest Pickle was born 28 October 18 91; Jose ph Q. was born 4 May 1894; and Arbell was born 16 May 1896. 
                  Around 1896 they moved to Wyoming.  R. was born 23 October 1 8 99 in Diamondville, Uinta, Wyoming; George was born 15 April 1902 in Fr on tier, Lincoln, Wyoming; and Kenneth Lavar was born 9 October 1902 in C umb erland, Uinta, Wyoming. 
                  Elisha died on 14 March 1923 in Cumberland, Uinta, Wyomin g a t the age of 71 and was buried on 16 March 1923 in the Cumberland Cem eter y, Cumberland, Uinta,Wyoming. 
                  Lucinda moved in with her son George in Rock Springs short l y after that.  She died on 16 May 1941 in Rock Springs,Sweetwater, Wyom in g at the age of 81 and was buried on 19 May 1941 in the Mountain Vie w Roc k Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming.