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Show \ "1'1 B -::.l-r'- -\ 267'6 .s..... t. ·, .-e <l1 Daughters of Utah Pioneers Louisa joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and crossed the Plains experiencing the many hardships all of the pioneers endured. She arrived in the Salt Lake Valley about 1852. Louisa entered into plural marriage in 1856 and was the fourth wife of her sister's husband, Alonzo Haventon/Haverton Russell. Her first two children were born in Salt Lake City. The other seven children were born in Southern Utah. Louisa lived in a tent obtained from Johnston's Army until a home could be built. This was quite a struggle. The tent was used for meetings and entertainment as well as living quarters for the two families. Louisa was a faithful wife and made the best of the conditions. Louisa was industrious and made nice cloth. She would cord the wool and make the clothing for the family. Fruit trees were planted and soon they were bearing. She dried many bushels of fruit. She was a good cook making pies, cakes, and bread. Her specialty was molasses cookies. She had a special gift of removing warts, but no one ever found out her secret. Louisa was a good step dancer. She enjoyed hearing her six sons orchestra play and entertain people. Very dear to all her family, Louisa Maria would never put herself forward in public, but will always be loved by her relatives. SAMANTHA JANE BUCKLAND RUSSELL BIRTHDATE: 12 Sep 1825 Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont DEATH: 30 Mar 1893 Kamas, Wasatch Co., Utah PARENTS: Joseph M. Buckland Hannah Daggett PIONEER: abt 1854 Wagon Train Company SPOUSE: Charles L. Russell MARRIED: 26 Jan 1845 Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont DEATH SP: 16 Feb 1901 Woodland, Summit Co., Utah CHILDREN: Esther Amelia (Alexander), 15 Nov 1845 Emily Charity, 22 Sep 1847 Ellen Elizabeth (Gines), 19 Sep 1849 Joseph Smith, 20 Oct 1851 Nancy Laurice (Richardson), 29 Apr 1854 Charles Lyman Jr., 8 Apr 1857 Samantha Jane (Woodward), 6 May 1860 Alonzo Buckland, Mar 1860 Evaline Vilate, (Woodward), 6 Sep 1863 Ruth Clarissa, 16 Jan 1866 William Buckland, 3 Mar 1869 Samantha was born in Vermont in 1825. She was the second of six children. Samantha' s mother left her father before she was seven. Samantha had a very poor childhood. At one time Samantha and her mother were sold to work for a year for seventy four dollars. Samantha married Charles L. Russell on January 26, 1845. He was thirty and she was twenty years old. They lived in Royalton for many years, here their first four children were born and seven-year-old daughter, Emily, died in September, 1853. Their fifth child, Nancy, was born on board the "Sam Cloom" on the Missouri River, April 29, 1854. They left for the Salt Lake Valley on June 2, 1854. While living in Bountiful a son, Charles Lyman Jr., was born in April, 1858. They then moved to Lambs Canyon. An eighth child Alonzo was born at Mountian Dell in 1860. In the Spring of 1861, they moved to Kamas, being among the first nine families there. Because of Indian trouble they moved into the fort at Sage Bottoms for protection, where Ruth was born in January, 1866. On March 3, 1869, William their last child was born in Kamas. This was their only son to survive. In 1878, two of their children died, Alonzo died of diptheria in January and twelve year old Ruth. As a mid-wife Samantha delivered many babies. She was dependable and kind, due to her medical studies she was able to help with other illness. On December 18, 1892, she helped deliver her grandaughter, but it was Samantha's last confinment case, she became ill and died of a cerebral hemorrhage on March 1893 at the age of sixty-eight. KITTlE BELL RYAN No Photo Available BIRTHDATE: 18 Sep 1861 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, DEATH: Sep 1863 near Platte River, Wyoming. PARENTS: William T. Ryan Janet Cochrane PIONEER: 3 Sep 1863 Independent Co. Wagon Train SPOUSE: Not married Kittie Bell was the second child of thirteen children born to William Thomas Ryan and Janet Cochrane. Kittie Bell, almost three years, her mother twenty-nine, and three month old baby sister, Alice, left Florence, Nebraska with a company of Saints in July, 1863, by oxteam to travel to Utah. The company captain assigned a teamster to drive the ox-team for Janet Cochrane . . Kittie Bell rode most of the way. Her baby sister, three month old Alice, was carried by the teamster. |
