Elizabeth joined the LDS church at an early age* with her parents, and moved from Kentucky to Missouri where the the LDS church was gathering. As a young child and growing woman she and her family knew hunger and privation as well as terror from mob violence, but most of all they knew faith in this new gospel they had embraced. Hard work was a constant necessity in the life of this early pioneer.
Elizabeth came across the plains with some of the earliest pioneers, settled with her family in Salt Lake Valley and prepared to help make a civilization out of this wilderness. A short time after she married Frederick BAINBRIDGE, he became dissatisfied and left for California,leaving her and his infant son. She married again to James GAMMELL and then died shortly after the birth of their first child.
Their child, Elizabeth Harriet Mahala Gammell, was born 23 July 1851. Elizabeth died on 12 October 1851, at the age of 23. Her two children, James Wesley Bainbridge and Elizabeth H. M. Gammell, were subsequently raised by her parents, Drusilla and James Hendricks, in Salt Lake, then in Richmond, Utah, where they settled for the rest of their lives.
Her Obituary, found in the Obituary Index of the Church, Historian's Office, reads:
"Gammel, Elizabeth - had died. At the forenoon meeting in the "Bowery", Orsen Pratt preached the funeral sermon on the death of Elizabeth Gammel." (J.J., 1851, Oct 19, p.1)
Thank to Elizabeth Gammell Hedquist for additional burial information:
"Elizabeth was probably buried in Block 49, the first pioneer cemetery (between Third and Fourth South and between Second and Third West) in the Salt Lake Valley. Remains of nine adults and adolescents and 23 infants were unearthed during the excavation for an apartment complex on this site in Summer 1986. Plans were to reinter the remains in the Pioneer Trails State Park at the mouth of Emigration Canyon and to reconstruct the old pioneer cemetery faithful to the original configuration. (See Deseret News article, Section B, page 1, Sunday, March 8, 1987.)"
Elizabeth came across the plains with some of the earliest pioneers, settled with her family in Salt Lake Valley and prepared to help make a civilization out of this wilderness. A short time after she married Frederick BAINBRIDGE, he became dissatisfied and left for California,leaving her and his infant son. She married again to James GAMMELL and then died shortly after the birth of their first child.
Their child, Elizabeth Harriet Mahala Gammell, was born 23 July 1851. Elizabeth died on 12 October 1851, at the age of 23. Her two children, James Wesley Bainbridge and Elizabeth H. M. Gammell, were subsequently raised by her parents, Drusilla and James Hendricks, in Salt Lake, then in Richmond, Utah, where they settled for the rest of their lives.
Her Obituary, found in the Obituary Index of the Church, Historian's Office, reads:
"Gammel, Elizabeth - had died. At the forenoon meeting in the "Bowery", Orsen Pratt preached the funeral sermon on the death of Elizabeth Gammel." (J.J., 1851, Oct 19, p.1)
Thank to Elizabeth Gammell Hedquist for additional burial information:
"Elizabeth was probably buried in Block 49, the first pioneer cemetery (between Third and Fourth South and between Second and Third West) in the Salt Lake Valley. Remains of nine adults and adolescents and 23 infants were unearthed during the excavation for an apartment complex on this site in Summer 1986. Plans were to reinter the remains in the Pioneer Trails State Park at the mouth of Emigration Canyon and to reconstruct the old pioneer cemetery faithful to the original configuration. (See Deseret News article, Section B, page 1, Sunday, March 8, 1987.)"
Elizabeth joined the LDS church at an early age* with her parents, and moved from Kentucky to Missouri where the the LDS church was gathering. As a young child and growing woman she and her family knew hunger and privation as well as terror from mob violence, but most of all they knew faith in this new gospel they had embraced. Hard work was a constant necessity in the life of this early pioneer.
Elizabeth came across the plains with some of the earliest pioneers, settled with her family in Salt Lake Valley and prepared to help make a civilization out of this wilderness. A short time after she married Frederick BAINBRIDGE, he became dissatisfied and left for California,leaving her and his infant son. She married again to James GAMMELL and then died shortly after the birth of their first child.
Their child, Elizabeth Harriet Mahala Gammell, was born 23 July 1851. Elizabeth died on 12 October 1851, at the age of 23. Her two children, James Wesley Bainbridge and Elizabeth H. M. Gammell, were subsequently raised by her parents, Drusilla and James Hendricks, in Salt Lake, then in Richmond, Utah, where they settled for the rest of their lives.
Her Obituary, found in the Obituary Index of the Church, Historian's Office, reads:
"Gammel, Elizabeth - had died. At the forenoon meeting in the "Bowery", Orsen Pratt preached the funeral sermon on the death of Elizabeth Gammel." (J.J., 1851, Oct 19, p.1)
Thank to Elizabeth Gammell Hedquist for additional burial information:
"Elizabeth was probably buried in Block 49, the first pioneer cemetery (between Third and Fourth South and between Second and Third West) in the Salt Lake Valley. Remains of nine adults and adolescents and 23 infants were unearthed during the excavation for an apartment complex on this site in Summer 1986. Plans were to reinter the remains in the Pioneer Trails State Park at the mouth of Emigration Canyon and to reconstruct the old pioneer cemetery faithful to the original configuration. (See Deseret News article, Section B, page 1, Sunday, March 8, 1987.)"
Elizabeth came across the plains with some of the earliest pioneers, settled with her family in Salt Lake Valley and prepared to help make a civilization out of this wilderness. A short time after she married Frederick BAINBRIDGE, he became dissatisfied and left for California,leaving her and his infant son. She married again to James GAMMELL and then died shortly after the birth of their first child.
Their child, Elizabeth Harriet Mahala Gammell, was born 23 July 1851. Elizabeth died on 12 October 1851, at the age of 23. Her two children, James Wesley Bainbridge and Elizabeth H. M. Gammell, were subsequently raised by her parents, Drusilla and James Hendricks, in Salt Lake, then in Richmond, Utah, where they settled for the rest of their lives.
Her Obituary, found in the Obituary Index of the Church, Historian's Office, reads:
"Gammel, Elizabeth - had died. At the forenoon meeting in the "Bowery", Orsen Pratt preached the funeral sermon on the death of Elizabeth Gammel." (J.J., 1851, Oct 19, p.1)
Thank to Elizabeth Gammell Hedquist for additional burial information:
"Elizabeth was probably buried in Block 49, the first pioneer cemetery (between Third and Fourth South and between Second and Third West) in the Salt Lake Valley. Remains of nine adults and adolescents and 23 infants were unearthed during the excavation for an apartment complex on this site in Summer 1986. Plans were to reinter the remains in the Pioneer Trails State Park at the mouth of Emigration Canyon and to reconstruct the old pioneer cemetery faithful to the original configuration. (See Deseret News article, Section B, page 1, Sunday, March 8, 1987.)"
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