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Hayward
,
Ruth
Hughes
Birth and Death Dates
1814-1904
Call Number
MSS
SC
1140
Material Type
Biography
Biography
Ruth
Hughes
Hayward
was
born
May
1
,
1814
in
Sheppey
,
Kent
,
England
to
Richard
Hughes
and
Mary
Turner
Hughes
. She
married
William
Hayward
on
March
17
,
1837
. They had
two
daughters
,
Emma
and
Hannah
, but
Emma
died
in
infancy
.
Ruth
and
William
joined
the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
in
1849
and
immigrated
to
Utah
with their
daughter
Hannah
in
1853
. They were
part
of a
handcart
company
and
walked
the
entire
journey
. They
moved
to
Ogden
and to
several
other
towns
in
Utah
before
being
called
to
settle
Richfield
.
However
, they had
trouble
with the
Indians
and had to
abandon
the
settlement
. In
1872
they
returned
to
Richfield
where
they
settled
permanently
.
Ruth
was
devoted
to
children
and
spent
much
of her
time
working
in the
Primary
Association
in
Richfield
. She was
remembered
in the
town
'for the
outdoor
picnics
she
loved
to
take
with the
children.
' She also
did
a
considerable
amount
of
temple
work
. Her
husband
died
in
1891
. She
lived
thirteen
more
years
, and
spent
the
last
years
of her
life
living
with her
daughter
. She
died
October
13
,
1904
.
Abstract
The
information
about
Ruth's
life
is
contained
in '
Family
Life
Stories
:
William
George
Baker,
' a
family
history
compiled
by
Ruth
Baker
Thompson
. The
man
mentioned
in the
title
of the
history
,
William
George
Baker
,
married
Ruth
Hughes
Hayward's
daughter
Hannah
. There are
several
items
pertaining
to
Ruth
in the
family
history
: a
photograph
of her and of her
husband
in their
later
years
, a
one-page
biographical
sketch
written
by
one
of
Ruth's
grandchildren
,
another
very
short
biography
, a
newspaper
article
about
Ruth's
sixty-ninth
birthday
party
given
by the
Richfield
Primary
Association
, an
article
about
Ruth
at
age
ninety
, and an
obituary
. The
biographical
sketch
by a
grandchild
is
full
of
interesting
anecdotes
about
Ruth's
life
. For
example
, '
Once
during
the
grasshopper
famine
, she
emptied
a
pin
cushion
stuffed
with
bran
and
baked
a
bran
cake
. She
said
they were
so
hungry
it
tasted
very
,
very
good.
'
Ruth
is
described
in the
sketch
as 'a
very
small
woman
with
snappy
brown
eyes.
' Her
grandchildren
adored
her, and they
loved
to
play
fox
and
geese
with her. The
geese
were
small
white
buttons
, and the
fox
was a
large
black
button
; 'These
buttons
were
always
kept
in a
small
white
scalloped
china
bowl
, on her
dresser.
'
One
granddaughter
,
Erma
B
.
Chadwick
, also
remembered
playing
checkers
with
Ruth
: '
Grandmother
Hayward
would
play
checkers
with us and
let
us
win
and then
say
, '
ËœHow
in the
world
do
you
do
it?
' The
biographical
sketch
concludes
with a
tribute
from the
Richfield
Reaper
,
published
October
20
,
1904
.
Coverage
1839-1927
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