FATHER: Enoch Pernham Rollins (Maine/Annabella) >>Ichapod >>Nathaniel

MOTHER: Sophia Wing Philbrook (Maine/Payson) >>John >>James

SPOUSE: Beckstead, Sidney Marcus

SPOUSE: Roberts, Edward Killick >> John (Can/Iowa) >>John (England)

Anne Sophia was married to Sidney Marcus Beckstead June or March 11, 1850 and had 12 children. He died along the Platte River. She married Edward Killick Roberts 4/19/1869 Salt Lake City. They raised their family as pioneers founding Annabella, Utah. Killick had also married Emaline Mathews and Hannah Gleave. Ann is the Anna part of Annabella

BIO
Ann Sophia Rollins was born 5 March 1831 in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. A daughter of Enoch Perham Rollins (born 14 Jan 1805, Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine – son of Ichabod Rollins and Mary Perham, both of Maine) and Sophia Wing Philbrook. Hearing the Latter-Day Saint Elders speak, her parents became interested in the gospel. They were deeply impressed with the vision as revealed by Joseph Smith. Leaving Bangor in autumn of 1837 with her parents and family they started their journey to join the Saints.
In East Pelham, West Chester County, New York, members of the family who were old enough were baptized. The ice was cut on the river, the baptisms were performed on 8 February 1841. Ann being almost ten. At the age of fourteen, Ann lived for awhile with the Prophet's Mother (Lucy Mack Smith) in the Mansion House. While with her she learned many truths of the gospel. Her life was enriched and benefited, she carried a faithful testimony all through her life. Mother Smith had charge of four Egyptian Mummies, was allowed to exhibit them for a small fee. Ann said it gave her a creepy feeling when she pulled back the curtains for the curiosity seekers. In 1849, Ann went to visit Mary Jane, a sister in St. Louis. On her return to Nauvoo she witnessed the burning of the Temple. A piece of melted glass from one of the windows was a keepsake for many years. Returning to the family in Council Bluffs, Ann became acquainted with Sidney Beckstead. Their love grew and on 11 March or June 1850 they were married. Sidney and Ann lived with his mother. Their fist child, Sarah Ann, was born 14 March 1851. An exciting episode in Ann's life was an accident to her daughter Mary. Ann had been on an errand and as she neared the house she could hear the children shouting. Hurrying in, she saw Mary's dress aflame. The apron Mary had on had blown against the stove and caught fire. In the confusion her hand was severely burned. Her little finger had to be amputated. Her father cut if off with his pocket knife. When Sidney was called to go to Missouri to rescue some Saints, Ann's mother and two brothers came to live with her. A young man rode out to the ranch called Ann's brother Orson and said he had a message for him. Orson said, "wait til morning. I'm too sleepy to get up." The boy went to Orson's bed and told him in a loud whisper that Sidney was dead. The family was aroused by this time. The grief of Ann was so great, she could not be pacified. During this tragic ordeal, Ann's youngest girl became ill and died. Ann passed through this experience as one in a daze, hardly realizing what was happening. It was sometime before she missed the little girl and asked for her. They stayed on the ranch and harvested crops. Uncle Henry Beckstead visited the family at Goshen. He thought it would be beneficial to Ann to go home with him and be with relatives. It was arranged for her to teach school at West Jordan that winter. The next year she returned to Payson and taught school in a red rock house owned by Philo Johnson. Her daughters married young and went to homes of their own. Sarah Ann married Henry Elmer 31 March 1866.
In Payson, the family met Edward Killick Roberts, a widower. Sophia married Edward on 19 April 1869 in the Endowment House is Salt Lake City, Utah. On 12 February 1870 a daughter Melinda Elvina was born to them. Soon after the family moved to Sevier County, locating on some land in the South East Side of the Sevier River, Omni Point was about a mile from them. They hauled their water in barrels from the springs. There was only one cabin there at the time, built by the first settler Harry Dalton. They made their camp and prepared to make their home. Crops were planted and log cabins built. In a short time, several families located along the river. The little community was named Annabella after the first two women settlers. Ann Sophia Rollins and Isabella Dalton. On 5 November 1871 her first and only son was born. He was also the first child born in that community. His father named him Sidney Enoch, the name of Ann's first husband and her father. Ann also taught school in Annabella. Many things were manufactured in the home. Everything was saved and utilized. Ann learned to do all things a pioneer girl had to know. She made lye from woodashes, soap from waste fat, tallow candles, starch from potatoes, molasses and sugar from sugar cane. Brooms were made from rabbit brush, later brown corn was planted. She made vinegar, Flint rock and steel were used in place of matches. Rock salt was boiled in vats to produce fine white table salt. Cheese and butter were made in the homes. Ann washed clothing worn by all the family. All their sewing was done by hand. Dyes were made from sumac, sage rabbit brush, roots, bark, coperas, blue vitrol, dogwood or logwood. Ann made rag rugs, carpets, pieced quilts, and always had some knitting at hand should there be a few minutes to spare. Ann accepted all the principles of the Gospel. They lived the United Order in Sevier County. She joined the first Relief Society that was organized in Payson. She was a charter member. She especially liked the Primary organization. She worked in these two organizations as long as she lived, holding different offices. The home evenings were looked forward to. The Deseret News came twice a month. Ann would read it to all. Religious topics were discussed, problems and plans decided, blessings and testimonies were told. The parents knew it was a sacred duty to give the children religious instruction and take active part in home prayer and administration in sickness and need. Ann's kind, loving disposition, cheerful ways, the desire to do all things well endeared her to family and friends. She was extremely particular in her appearance. Ann kept family records, was greatly interested in genealogy. She helped her father commence work of the dead in Salt Lake City on four ancestral lines. Ann died 13 May 1885 at Annabella, Utah after four months of illness. Her six living children were there. She was the mother of nine. The people of the ward and for miles around attended her funeral services.