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Stookey
,
Jemima
Elizabeth
Child
Birth and Death Dates
1827-
Call Number
MSS
SC
1126
Material Type
Autobiography
Biography
Jemima
Elizabeth
Child
Stookey
was
born
31
March
1827
in
London
,
England
to
John
and
Eliza
(Newport)
Child
. Her
family
immigrated
to the
United
States
when
Jemima
was an
infant
. They
lived
in
Philadelphia
for
about
five
years
where
her
father
was a
shoemaker
.
Being
very
poor
,
Jemima's
father
decided
to
move
his
family
to
Belleville
,
Illinois
, in
hopes
of
increasing
his
income
; the
family
farmed
and her
father
did
shoemaking
on the
side
. In
1843
Jemima's
mother
,
Eliza
,
died
which
devastated
the
family
both
mentally
and
financially
.
Jemima
became
the
housekeeper
and
mother
to the
other
children
. In her
early
twenties
,
Jemima
became
acquainted
with
Enos
Stookey
,
son
of a
wealthy
family
, and they
soon
became
engaged
.
While
Enos
and
Jemima
were
engaged
,
Jemima
was
introduced
to the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
by
Orson
Pratt
. She
traveled
to a
relatives
'
house
and
secretly
got
baptized
into the
Church
while
there. Her
family
and
fiancé
were
both
displeased
when
she
joined
the
Church
, but her
family
later
accepted
the
gospel
and
Enos
became
more
accepting
of
it
as
well
.
Jemima
and
Enos
married
on
25
March
1852
. They had
some
disagreements
with his
family
and
so
they
decided
to
go
west
and
settle
in
Utah
,
even
though
Enos
was not a
member
of the
LDS
Church
.
Jemima's
family
had
immigrated
with the
Saints
to
Utah
shortly
before
this.
Enos
and
Jemima
arrived
in the
Salt
Lake
Valley
in the
winter
of
1855
. They had
two
children
who
trekked
west
with them and had
one
more
child
in
Utah
who
died
in
infancy
.
Jemima
and
Enos
lived
in
Rush
Valley
,
Utah
, then they
moved
to
Clover
Creek
,
Utah
,
where
they
lived
comfortably
the
remainder
of their
lives
.
Abstract
<p>
Jemima
'
s
autobiography
was
published
by her
descendants
,
Paul
and
Gwenevere
Stookey
,
who
also
wrote
a
small
introduction
to
it
. The
autobiography
is
twenty-six
pages
long
and the
writing
style
is
generally
clear
and
concise
. She
discusses
her
youth
including
the
hardships
of
growing
up
very
poor
and also
having
disagreements
with her
father
.
Jemima
discusses
the
difficulty
of her
mother's
death
and then her
father's
marriage
to
another
woman
and
subsequent
divorce
. She
goes
on to
describe
her
life
giving
details
at
certain
points
in her
life
that
seemed
more
significant
.
Jemima
elaborates
on the
difficulties
she
faced
when
she
joined
the
LDS
Church
,
especially
with her
family
and
fiancé
.
After
she
married
Enos
,
who
was from a
wealthy
family
, she was
more
comfortable
throughout
her
life
. She
writes
of the
trek
with the
Saints
to
Utah
and
tribulations
they
encountered
there
such
as
Indian
scares
, the
grasshopper
plagues
, and
Pres
.
Buchanan's
military
order
to
clear
Utah
of the
Mormons
.
However
she and
Enos
were
much
better
off
than
other
pioneers
because
they had
more
money
; she
said
they
never
went
without
bread
and
milk
when
many
other
pioneers
were
struggling
. She
does
not
detail
much
of her
later
life
, but
does
mention
their
various
moves
in
Utah
.
Jemima
wrote
this
autobiography
in
1891
from
Logan
,
Utah
, and then
adds
a
page
more
in
1911
to
explain
some
items
she had
included
earlier
.
Jemima
never
discusses
if her
husband
joined
the
Church
, but they
continued
to
live
with the
Latter-day
Saints
in
Utah
and
must
have
gotten
along
peaceably
.
Jemima
maintained
strong
values
and
beliefs
which
her
writing
reflects
. She
is
a
good
source
for
understanding
the
deep
religious
convictions
of
many
early
converts
.
<p>
Trials
<p>
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