| Show She was born May 27 1827 in Amber Mills Derby England She was converted by Mormon missionaries and was baptized when she was sixteen In 1846 she married Joseph Morris alsoconvert Their great desire was to come to Zion so they Their first worked child hard was to born earn in money for England their but passage lived less than three months In 1849 they crossed the ocean and settled in St Louis Missouri where they worked and made plans for the trek across the plains There two more children were born to them one Tived only three weeks the other eight months In spring journey to their the but to of 1853 Zion felt certain Salt Lake City and her baby birth she had walk of already all where the she girl gave The only the lost way wagon would be time get settled in But this three Louis birth two months pound was babies St of company there from 1 help joined incovered she the they baby home not had woman For the trip time enough faith below her arms and crushed to onload and even though the wheel ran dress it miraculously missed this terrible accident out on nurse she no lived life left but Her shorter the hospital body than company of days baby freight she and to bumping over Mary carried the grim other wait was her ride ruts and baby and It was was the all of to the body unharmed crippled course it recovery in the hard miracle reminder with neither but heavy ground the wasn no alternative jolting deep Of for there The for deformed The with over the long skirts of her her body Try to visualize the plains with no doctor no to care was the behind journey she her to Wyoming baby rode on the wagon and seemed to be getting along right but one day the oxen were frightened byherd buffalo stampeded and Mary and the baby were thrown ground One wheel of the heavy wagon ran over MaryJjust for Although River three pregnant be prematurely born begin was before to Green was another Mary to make she to to rest one of possible could springless have her side for she to continue must that be the wagon been an agonizing experience for her pain-wracked body with the only bright side being that her precious child was unharmed They arrived in Salt Lake on September 11 1853 but were sent permitted to stay there only five months and then were with others to strengthen the Manti colony Mary didn mind greatly sent there brother because with William the came her first to brother company live Thomas in there 82 1849 In Thorpe later cold and had been second snowy |
