Item Detail
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Barkdull, Ellen Cotterell
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1832-1923
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MSS 8
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Biography
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Ellen Cotterell Barkdull was born November 24, 1832 in Warrington, England to William and Sarah Jefferson Cotterell. In 1841, Ellen migrated to America with the Parley P. Pratt and Joseph Fielding Company. On June 13, 1852, she married Peter Barkdull in Pleasant Valley, Iowa. They crossed the plains with the Seventh Company, headed by Bryant Jolly. They made their home in Farmington, Utah, but later moved into north Farmington. Ellen died January 9, 1923.
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This two-page typescript biography from the Margaret Steed Hess collection was written by Ellen's niece, Bertha Cotterell Williams. She describes Ellen as having been a devoted wife, although she never had any children. She was extremely active in the Church: she sang in the choir, and was called as a Sunday School teacher and district teacher in the Relief Society. She sewed and knitted, and also helped Elizabeth Cotterell, Bertha's mother, with dressmaking.
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1850-1932