Juliann Malina Welker Stevens was the fourth child of Rebecca Welker and Alexander Roswell Stevens. Her mother died at Juliann's birth.
Juliann was previously married briefly to William Henry Dustin. William and Mary Ardella Patterson had been married four years and Mary remained childless. Some say they had a son born about 1875, but the child died. Those first years must have been hard for Mary with William having to work such long days. Having no children may have been a factor in the decision for William to take a second wife.
William Henry Dustin and Juliann Stevens were married 7 August 1876, in the old Salt Lake LDS Endowment House. William was almost twenty-five years old, and Juliann, thirteen years old. The marriage did not last. They were divorced, but the sealing was never revoked.
One family tradition says that after they were married and came out of the Endowment House, Juliann wanted to ride in the front seat of the buggy, but Mary, his first wife, told Juliann that she must sit in the back seat, because it was the rules of plural marriage for the first wife to ride in the front seat with her husband.
Juliann stubbornly refused to get in the back seat, and sat down on a rock by the Endowment House. That was the last time they ever saw her. She divorced William, but did not have the sealing canceled. William expressed to his children that he felt very badly about this. His son, Van Dustin, stated that his father said, "She didn't want anything to do with us!"
About three years later, in 1879, Juliann Stevens married her first cousin, Charles Edmond Nelson, the son of Thomas Billington Nelson and Mary Catherine Welker, who was Juliann's aunt. Juliann Stevens and Charles Edmond Nelson later moved to Arizona where Juliann died in 1893. It appears she died the day after her son Charles Alexander Nelson was born 19 November 1893.
The sad fact is that mother and daughter had both died, at almost the same age, in childbirth with their 4th child.
Bio plus birth/death information graciously shared by history4sure, Find A Grave contributor #46997739.
Juliann was previously married briefly to William Henry Dustin. William and Mary Ardella Patterson had been married four years and Mary remained childless. Some say they had a son born about 1875, but the child died. Those first years must have been hard for Mary with William having to work such long days. Having no children may have been a factor in the decision for William to take a second wife.
William Henry Dustin and Juliann Stevens were married 7 August 1876, in the old Salt Lake LDS Endowment House. William was almost twenty-five years old, and Juliann, thirteen years old. The marriage did not last. They were divorced, but the sealing was never revoked.
One family tradition says that after they were married and came out of the Endowment House, Juliann wanted to ride in the front seat of the buggy, but Mary, his first wife, told Juliann that she must sit in the back seat, because it was the rules of plural marriage for the first wife to ride in the front seat with her husband.
Juliann stubbornly refused to get in the back seat, and sat down on a rock by the Endowment House. That was the last time they ever saw her. She divorced William, but did not have the sealing canceled. William expressed to his children that he felt very badly about this. His son, Van Dustin, stated that his father said, "She didn't want anything to do with us!"
About three years later, in 1879, Juliann Stevens married her first cousin, Charles Edmond Nelson, the son of Thomas Billington Nelson and Mary Catherine Welker, who was Juliann's aunt. Juliann Stevens and Charles Edmond Nelson later moved to Arizona where Juliann died in 1893. It appears she died the day after her son Charles Alexander Nelson was born 19 November 1893.
The sad fact is that mother and daughter had both died, at almost the same age, in childbirth with their 4th child.
Bio plus birth/death information graciously shared by history4sure, Find A Grave contributor #46997739.
Juliann Malina Welker Stevens was the fourth child of Rebecca Welker and Alexander Roswell Stevens. Her mother died at Juliann's birth.
Juliann was previously married briefly to William Henry Dustin. William and Mary Ardella Patterson had been married four years and Mary remained childless. Some say they had a son born about 1875, but the child died. Those first years must have been hard for Mary with William having to work such long days. Having no children may have been a factor in the decision for William to take a second wife.
William Henry Dustin and Juliann Stevens were married 7 August 1876, in the old Salt Lake LDS Endowment House. William was almost twenty-five years old, and Juliann, thirteen years old. The marriage did not last. They were divorced, but the sealing was never revoked.
One family tradition says that after they were married and came out of the Endowment House, Juliann wanted to ride in the front seat of the buggy, but Mary, his first wife, told Juliann that she must sit in the back seat, because it was the rules of plural marriage for the first wife to ride in the front seat with her husband.
Juliann stubbornly refused to get in the back seat, and sat down on a rock by the Endowment House. That was the last time they ever saw her. She divorced William, but did not have the sealing canceled. William expressed to his children that he felt very badly about this. His son, Van Dustin, stated that his father said, "She didn't want anything to do with us!"
About three years later, in 1879, Juliann Stevens married her first cousin, Charles Edmond Nelson, the son of Thomas Billington Nelson and Mary Catherine Welker, who was Juliann's aunt. Juliann Stevens and Charles Edmond Nelson later moved to Arizona where Juliann died in 1893. It appears she died the day after her son Charles Alexander Nelson was born 19 November 1893.
The sad fact is that mother and daughter had both died, at almost the same age, in childbirth with their 4th child.
Bio plus birth/death information graciously shared by history4sure, Find A Grave contributor #46997739.
Juliann was previously married briefly to William Henry Dustin. William and Mary Ardella Patterson had been married four years and Mary remained childless. Some say they had a son born about 1875, but the child died. Those first years must have been hard for Mary with William having to work such long days. Having no children may have been a factor in the decision for William to take a second wife.
William Henry Dustin and Juliann Stevens were married 7 August 1876, in the old Salt Lake LDS Endowment House. William was almost twenty-five years old, and Juliann, thirteen years old. The marriage did not last. They were divorced, but the sealing was never revoked.
One family tradition says that after they were married and came out of the Endowment House, Juliann wanted to ride in the front seat of the buggy, but Mary, his first wife, told Juliann that she must sit in the back seat, because it was the rules of plural marriage for the first wife to ride in the front seat with her husband.
Juliann stubbornly refused to get in the back seat, and sat down on a rock by the Endowment House. That was the last time they ever saw her. She divorced William, but did not have the sealing canceled. William expressed to his children that he felt very badly about this. His son, Van Dustin, stated that his father said, "She didn't want anything to do with us!"
About three years later, in 1879, Juliann Stevens married her first cousin, Charles Edmond Nelson, the son of Thomas Billington Nelson and Mary Catherine Welker, who was Juliann's aunt. Juliann Stevens and Charles Edmond Nelson later moved to Arizona where Juliann died in 1893. It appears she died the day after her son Charles Alexander Nelson was born 19 November 1893.
The sad fact is that mother and daughter had both died, at almost the same age, in childbirth with their 4th child.
Bio plus birth/death information graciously shared by history4sure, Find A Grave contributor #46997739.
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