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Author
Roberts
,
Mary
Adeline
Ensign
Birth and Death Dates
1852-1893
Call Number
MSS
SC
404
Material Type
Life
History
Biography
Mary
Adeline
Ensign
Roberts
was
born
November
10
,
1852
in
Centerville
,
Utah
to
Martin
Luther
Ensign
and
Mary
Dunn
.
Mary
was the
oldest
of
four
boys
and
five
girls
. The
family
moved
many
times
but
eventually
settled
in
North
East
Brigham
City
,
Utah
. She was
married
at
18
years
of
age
to
David
John
Roberts
, in the
Endowment
House
in
Salt
Lake
City
on
November
29
,
1869
.
Shortly
after
their
marriage
,
Mary's
husband
and his
brother
left
to
find
land
that would be
more
suitable
to
make
a
home
. They
both
filed
on a
homestead
in
Malad
City
,
Oneida
County
,
Idaho
, and
returned
to
get
their
families
. In
1881
, her
husband
married
Elizabeth
Ann
Dredge
in the
Endowment
House
in
Salt
Lake
City
in
obedience
to the
practice
of
polygamy
in the
church
at that
time
.
Around
1884
, the
two
families
moved
to
Rexburg
,
Idaho
,
due
to the
lack
of
water
in
Malad
and
motivated
by their '
Pioneer
Spirit.
' The
journey
from
Malad
to
Rexburg
took
two
weeks
.
Rexburg
was '
new
country,
' and they
again
struggled
to
get
settled
and
suffered
the
trials
of
early
pioneers
. They
lived
with
Jane
Ricks
and
President
Thomas
Edwin
Ricks
for a
short
time
after
which
they
lived
in a
cellar
during
the
summer
months
while
her
husband
built
three
log
homes
,
one
for
each
family
and
one
for the
livestock
.
Sometime
shortly
after
their
moved
to
Rexburg
,
Mary
, her
husband
, and
all
their
children
except
two
,
moved
to
Brigham
City
and
lived
with
Mary's
mother
. They then
moved
to
Wellsville
near
their
Aunt
Georgia
Hill
where
their
children
attended
school
during
the
winter
. In the
spring
they
returned
to
Rexburg
where
they
lived
until
1887
. They were then
forced
to
move
to
Alberta
,
Canada
to
escape
the US
Deputy
Marshalls
. There were
12
polygamist
families
in that
area
, and they
eventually
built
a
meeting
house
for
church
meetings
and
social
gatherings
. In
1888
,
Mary
and her
husband
returned
from
Canada
and
lived
in
Rexburg
again
.
Mary
was the
mother
of
seven
boys
and
three
girls
. She
passed
away
August
6
,
1893
in
Salem
,
Idaho
,
leaving
a
baby
who
was
only
six
days
old
.
Abstract
Mary's
biography
was
written
by her
granddaughter
Marjorie
Ricks
Romrell
on
June
19
,
1937
in
Sugar
City
,
Idaho
. There
is
little
information
about
Mary's
childhood
and
more
about
her
later
life
.
While
living
in
Canada
to
escape
polygamist
persecutions
, the
family
lived
in a
one-room
log
home
with a
dirt
roof
and a
dirt
floor
covered
with
gunny
sacks
. They had
beds
made
of
quacking
aspen
logs
, a
cupboard
made
of
two
wooden
boxes
, and a
table
made
of a
box
with
four
boards
nailed
on for
legs
.
Every
day
in
Canada
, the
Indians
would
approach
Mary
and
ask
to have her '
papoose,
' her
youngest
baby
at the
time
.
After
returning
to
Rexburg
following
their
stay
in
Canada
, her
husband
built
a
granary
near
Mary's
home
. She was
described
as a '
well
built
women
'
who
was
about
five
feet
tall
with
dark
hair
. She was
neat
and
clean
and
very
dedicated
to her
home
and
children
. She
didn't
go
out
much
and 'was
very
hard
to
get
acquainted
with.
' Her
firm
faith
in the
teachings
of the
Church
is
evident
in her
patient
endurance
of the
hardships
of
pioneering
. From
April
1891-August
1893
,
five
of her
children
contracted
Black
Diphtheria
,
which
was a
dreaded
disease
at that
time
.
One
daughter
was
healed
by a
prayer
offered
by
Pres
.
Thomas
E
.
Ricks
, and
Pres
.
Frank
Brammell
in her
behalf
.
However
,
Mary
lost
four
boys
and
one
girl
.
During
that
summer
of
1893
,
Mary
raised
chickens
and
ducks
, and the
money
she
made
was
used
to
pay
for her
burial
expenses
in
August
of
1893
.
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1844-1925
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