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Show grievous parting for they well knew that they may never see each other again in life, and they did not. Frederick Abel, Wilhelmina's half brother, brought his wife and three sons to Mt. Pleasant a few years later so he could again see the sister he had left in Denmark in 1855. He was also a very wealthy man, and he tried to influence Wilhelmina into reconsidering a move to be near her family in St. Louis. They had all missed her and wanted her association while they yet lived. Following his visit Wilhelmina resigned herself to the fact that she would never see any of her family again. Her own children were her life--and she was content in being near to them, and in memories of her mother. A treasured experience came to her when she attended the dedication services of the Salt Lake Temple on 6 April, 1893, in company with her oldest daughter Lucinda and husband. On the following 27th day of the same month Wilhelmina became 46 years of age, and she felt that her attendance at those services were the crowning experience of her years. She loved to speak of its great meaning to her during the remainder of her life. NOTES information obtained in Sanpete County Recorder's Office in Manti, Utah. 47 |