by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
WE KNEW HIM Margery Smith was a 51-year-old widow from Dundee, Scotland, who was emigrating with five children, May (22), Jane (17), Mary (15), Betsey (13), and Alex(6); and a close friend of the family, Euphemia Mitchell (22). Margery’s oldest son, Robert Bain,...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
VEIL CROSSING On the 19th of October, 1856, the first winter storms began for the Willie Handcart Company. It would be Eliza Rowley’s last day to walk, however, as she succumbed to the hardships near the Sixth Crossing of the Sweetwater River. She was spared the...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
UNITED JAMES AND ELIZA HURREN In 1851, two missionaries came teaching the restored gospel to those in Suffolk, England. Among the first people to accept their messages was James Hurren, and his brother in law George Reeder Before long, David Reeder, father to George,...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
TRUST IN GOD Marie Wilhelmina Catherine Krause (Madsen), known as “Mina,” was born to German parents, Johan and Anna Krause, who lived in Denmark and operated a wheelwright nail factory which had belonged to Anna’s first husband. Mina’s mother...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
THEY REQUIRE MY ASSISTANCE From his efforts with the Mormon Battalion in 1846-47, to his missionary activities in Burma from 1853-55, to his faithful service in the Willie handcart company and to the end of his life, Levi Savage, Jr. was known for faithfulness in...
by Plait Marketing | Apr 20, 2021 | Stories
THE THORNTON James G Willie served a mission in England, he was released in 1856. Like many missionaries returning home, he was asked to assist the converts who were emigrating from Europe so they could gather to Zion. His first assignment came from his mission...
