Eliza Ann Stevenson was born in Leicester, England, on April 11, 1848, the daughter of Thomas Stevenson and Eliza Barsby.
On December 28, 1864, Eliza and Abel Weaver Garr were married. Abel was born December 11, 1833 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, he was the son of Fielding and Paulina Turner Garr. After their baptism into the LDS Church, the family moved to Winter Quarters and then to Council Bluffs where his mother died. They came to Utah in 1847; and Abel helped his father in the cattle business, herding stock on Antelope Island. He helped bring the first cattle to Elkhorn Ranch. On October 4, 1856, Abel was among the twenty seven men chosen by Brigham Young to rescue the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies, who were stranded and near starvation in Wyoming.
After their marriage, Eliza and Abel lived with his brothers until a new home could be built.
Eliza was Counselor in the first Young Ladies Organization in the ward and was Relief Society President for nine years. She was then called and set apart to layout the dead, an office she filled for forty-five years.
Abel was a prosperous farmer and stockman. He helped build the frame church in 1877-1880.
Abel and Eliza were the parents of ten children: Thomas Fielding (Agnes N. Hargraves, Mae Hulse Henrie), Caroline (Hyrum William Campbell), Eliza Mariah (Adelbert E. Cranney), Mary Virginia, Abel, Weaver, Eltha, Wilford, (all died as children), Willard (Rosella B. Gunnell) and Hazel (Angus Ray Hovey).
On December 28, 1864, Eliza and Abel Weaver Garr were married. Abel was born December 11, 1833 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, he was the son of Fielding and Paulina Turner Garr. After their baptism into the LDS Church, the family moved to Winter Quarters and then to Council Bluffs where his mother died. They came to Utah in 1847; and Abel helped his father in the cattle business, herding stock on Antelope Island. He helped bring the first cattle to Elkhorn Ranch. On October 4, 1856, Abel was among the twenty seven men chosen by Brigham Young to rescue the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies, who were stranded and near starvation in Wyoming.
After their marriage, Eliza and Abel lived with his brothers until a new home could be built.
Eliza was Counselor in the first Young Ladies Organization in the ward and was Relief Society President for nine years. She was then called and set apart to layout the dead, an office she filled for forty-five years.
Abel was a prosperous farmer and stockman. He helped build the frame church in 1877-1880.
Abel and Eliza were the parents of ten children: Thomas Fielding (Agnes N. Hargraves, Mae Hulse Henrie), Caroline (Hyrum William Campbell), Eliza Mariah (Adelbert E. Cranney), Mary Virginia, Abel, Weaver, Eltha, Wilford, (all died as children), Willard (Rosella B. Gunnell) and Hazel (Angus Ray Hovey).
Eliza Ann Stevenson was born in Leicester, England, on April 11, 1848, the daughter of Thomas Stevenson and Eliza Barsby.
On December 28, 1864, Eliza and Abel Weaver Garr were married. Abel was born December 11, 1833 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, he was the son of Fielding and Paulina Turner Garr. After their baptism into the LDS Church, the family moved to Winter Quarters and then to Council Bluffs where his mother died. They came to Utah in 1847; and Abel helped his father in the cattle business, herding stock on Antelope Island. He helped bring the first cattle to Elkhorn Ranch. On October 4, 1856, Abel was among the twenty seven men chosen by Brigham Young to rescue the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies, who were stranded and near starvation in Wyoming.
After their marriage, Eliza and Abel lived with his brothers until a new home could be built.
Eliza was Counselor in the first Young Ladies Organization in the ward and was Relief Society President for nine years. She was then called and set apart to layout the dead, an office she filled for forty-five years.
Abel was a prosperous farmer and stockman. He helped build the frame church in 1877-1880.
Abel and Eliza were the parents of ten children: Thomas Fielding (Agnes N. Hargraves, Mae Hulse Henrie), Caroline (Hyrum William Campbell), Eliza Mariah (Adelbert E. Cranney), Mary Virginia, Abel, Weaver, Eltha, Wilford, (all died as children), Willard (Rosella B. Gunnell) and Hazel (Angus Ray Hovey).
On December 28, 1864, Eliza and Abel Weaver Garr were married. Abel was born December 11, 1833 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, he was the son of Fielding and Paulina Turner Garr. After their baptism into the LDS Church, the family moved to Winter Quarters and then to Council Bluffs where his mother died. They came to Utah in 1847; and Abel helped his father in the cattle business, herding stock on Antelope Island. He helped bring the first cattle to Elkhorn Ranch. On October 4, 1856, Abel was among the twenty seven men chosen by Brigham Young to rescue the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies, who were stranded and near starvation in Wyoming.
After their marriage, Eliza and Abel lived with his brothers until a new home could be built.
Eliza was Counselor in the first Young Ladies Organization in the ward and was Relief Society President for nine years. She was then called and set apart to layout the dead, an office she filled for forty-five years.
Abel was a prosperous farmer and stockman. He helped build the frame church in 1877-1880.
Abel and Eliza were the parents of ten children: Thomas Fielding (Agnes N. Hargraves, Mae Hulse Henrie), Caroline (Hyrum William Campbell), Eliza Mariah (Adelbert E. Cranney), Mary Virginia, Abel, Weaver, Eltha, Wilford, (all died as children), Willard (Rosella B. Gunnell) and Hazel (Angus Ray Hovey).
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