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Show 2 He governs us in righteousness, his ways a r e true and just, Those who h i s couns els all obey shall gre atly be blessed. Hurrah for Captain Evans, hurrah for Ashb y ,too ; They used all wis dom possible to guide us s afely t hrough. No Company t hat ever came to Zion's peaceful land, Especially those who pulled their c arts and j oined in heart and han~ Was ever bless ed a s we have been, or it's not on record . Roll up, roll up, then, brethern; pull, pus h and praise the Lord. They try to sooth and comfort us in a ffliction's trying h our ., And we, all mean of life and he a lth , t ha t is within t heir power. This all t he bre t hern can prove, and He who dwells a bove Knows all their actions toward us; ' t is tenderness and love. When passing o'er a ledge or rocks or going up a h i l l , Or fording creeks or r i vers, t he y are ne ver standing still . The y j oin with all the stre ngth t h ey have and pull wit h ~l might; And when they see us s afely t hrough , t h ey shout, "Go on, all's right". And now our journey's e n d e d, we've pulled a t housand mile s ; Our leaders , they will both be blessed and gain the Prophet's smile. ·But soon we all must separ a t e. Oh , may we meet a gain In future days in Zion's c a u s e. F 8rewell, t ill t hen." (S eptember Lesson pamphlet 1957) They encountered many d i fficulties in fording streams. The method used in cros sing the s treams was for a wagon to go into the stream first , t hen a man or woman who was pulling a h andcart held onto the wagon with one hand and the handcart with the other. Then the next wa gon and a handcar t, until a l l had cross ed. Then they would b uild bonfires and dry their 6lbthes. (Heart Thrmbs Vol. 6 , p40l). There were two handcart compa n i e s to cross the plains i n 1857. The Israel Evans Ha n dcart Company consis ted of 31 handcarts, 1 wag on and 154 s ouls . They departe d from Iowa Ci t y , Iowa 22 May 1857 an d arrived i n Salt Lake City , the 12th of Se p tember, 1857 during fall c onfere n ce. (Le sson p amphlet Se p te mbe r 1957 ). Having no relatives and very few friends , Elizabeth f ound it very hard to obt ain work. Not alwa ys being able to get work for he r board, she acce pted an o f f e r of marriage in polygamy to Erastus Rudd 27 March 1 858 . The marriage was full of hardsh i ps and sorrow and many times she d i d not h a ve enough food for herself and babies. Two sons were born of t his uni on . Their names were Erastus Harper and Joseph s . Rudd . She divorded Erastus Rudd and i n May 1 862 he pass ed away. ln the year 1864 she ma r r ied Frederick J. Coombs. She h a d six children by him, five sons a nd one da u ghter. Their names were Th omas Fre derick , William J osiah, James C., J ohn Edward , George R9bert, and Agnes. About 1 8 74 Fr e derick Coombs purchased a t wo story a dobe hou s e, standing on Second North and Main S t r eet i n Farmington. He r emodeled t he house, ma king i t mo r e conve nien t fo r his n e e ds. The house had had quite a his tory. I t wa s built in the early 1 850 's by Hector Haig ht. At one time it was t he Union Hotel. I n pioneer days t here were f ew places where t r a ve lers c ould ge t a bit t o e a t or s tay over n i ght between a _t Lake Cit y and Ogden . Sa l esme n , tra veling s h ow companies and ot he r e nte r taine r s stayed a t t he hotel. One of i nteres t as Ma dam P i a nca, who had a cage of trained l i ons at Lagoon. Late r , this house be came a roomi ng house. Then, when Davis County built up and the me thod of travel became more ple n t i fu l and f as ter it be c ame jus t a family residence. |
