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Show VaT ar Pioneer Women a/Faith and Fortittld{' the state. She was always commanding the respect and confidence of all who did buisness with her. Within three years time she lost her husband and two children, her daughter, Ellen, passed away on December 24, 1891, son, John Jr., on February 5, 1892 and her husband, John, on May 12, 1894. Abigail passed away on November 19, 1904 in Salt Lake City at the age of seventy-eight. HENRIETTA EATON BLYTH BUTLER POWELL RUSSELL BIRTHDATE: 6 Jun 1831 Newton Par or Dalkeith, Scotland DEATH: 12 Aug 1924 Fillmore, Millard Co., Utah PARENTS: Charles Blythe Isabella Brown PIONEER: 1 Oct 1856 John Banks Handcart Company SPOUSE I: John Low Butler MARRIED: 5 Sep 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah DEATH SP: 10 Apr 1861 Spanish Fork, Utah Co., Utah CHILDREN: Isabella Elizabeth, 11 Jun 1858 John William, 11 Aug 1861 SPOUSE II: John Powell MARRIED: 18 Jun 1864 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah DEATH SP: 3Jun 1902 Fillmore, Millard Co., Utah CHILDREN: Sarah, 13 Apr 1865 Annie, 8 Sep1866 Henrietta, 11 Aug 1868 Lilly, 30 Mar 1870 Alma, 13 Jan 1872 May, 7 Mayl 873 Ellen, 1 Apr 1875 Henrietta was sent to live with Bishop E. Hunter, and did house work for her board and room and some spending money. Two years later she married Bishop John Low Butler of Spanish Fork as his eighth wife. They had two children [sabella and John, who was born three months after his father died. Four years later, Henrietta married John Powell on June 18, 1864 becoming his second wife. They were the parents of seven children. John tried his hand at farming but the crops fail ed. The dam at Deseret went out and washed away all the crops . John moved his family to Meadow. The next spring, Henrietta hired someone to move her to Fillmore where John was living with his first wife. She found work washing clothes. Henrietta wove cloth, carded wool, and knitted socks for her children. She taught her family to read. She made a point of learning a few lines of poetry everyday to improve her mind. In September, 1864, John and Henrietta moved to St. George to do ordinance work in the temple. John Powell passed away on June 3, 1902. Henrietta married Allen Russell on October 24, 1906. They lived in Manti, spending ten years working in the Manti Temple. Allen Russell passed away on July I I, 1919, again, Henrietta found herself a widow. She was an example of spiritual integrety. Her life's efforts were given to raising her family and helping the needy. Henrietta passed away on August 12, 1924 in Fillmore, Utah at age ninety-three. LOUISA MARIA FOSTER RUSSELL BIRTHDATE: 25 Sep 1840 Glisum, Chsr., New Hampshire DEATH: 19 Jul1917 Grafton,.Washington Co., Utah PARENTS: Stephen Foster Sophia Briggs PIONEER: abt 1852 SPOUSE: Alonzo H. Russe ll MARRIED: 18 Apr 1856 Salt Lake City. Salt Lake, Utah DEATH SP: 7 Aug 19\0 Grafton, Washington Co., Utah SPOUSE III: Allen Russell MARRIED: 24 Oct 1906 Manti, Sanpete Co., Utah DEATH SP: 11 Ju11919 Fillmore, Millard Co., Utah CHILDREN: None Henrietta was born in Scotland in 1831. She was the fourth of nine children. She saved her money for passage on the ship "Emarld Green," for America in 1855, arriving in St Louis, Misouri. Henrietta heard that the Banks Company was taking handcarts as well as wagons. She got her handcart to carry her personal belongings and joined them arriving in the Salt Lake Valley on October 1, 1856. 2675 CHILDREN: Elisha Foster, 9 Aug 1857 Maria Louisa, 25 Sep 1859 Franklin Stephen, 13 Jan 1863 Emily, 5 Sep 1865 Albert, 29 Sep 1867 Alfred, 24 Feb 1870 Lorenzo, 10/20 Oct 1873 Oscar, 4 Sep 1876 Alvaretta, 10 Jan 1880 |
