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Hendricks, Sariah Fedelia Pew
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1833-1919
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MSS SC 834 fld 6
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Biography
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Sariah Fedelia Pew Hendricks was born 11 August 1833 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri to William Pew and Caroline Calkins Pew. Sariah recalls attending primary school in the house of Joseph Smith and being told she was born in the Garden of Eden. When she was fourteen years old her family made the journey across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. On 4 January 1857 Sariah married Joseph Hendricks. During the early years of their union they lived in the bath house north of Salt Lake until news of Johnstons army convinced them to flee, only to return three days later having heard that the army had passed through without any trouble. A few years later Sariah and family moved to Cache valley and during this time three more children were added to the family along with a second wife, Lucinda Bess. Joseph worked for the railroad and they decided to move to Swan Lake, Idaho in 1870. Sariah became ill with dropsy and remained afflicted for years to come. It was at this point in her life were Sariah experienced great sorrow, when multiple children were taken away by illness during one particularly difficult winter. However, Sariah remained strong and after she received new treatment from a doctor finally recovered from her own illness. In 1890 the family moved to Snake River were Sariah brought up the remainder of her children and grandchildren, who had been left motherless. When Sariah and Joseph had become too old for farm living they sold their land and moved to town where they had a livery stable. Sariah passed away a few years before her husband at age 86 on 15 June 1919 and was buried in Cache Valley, Utah.
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This manuscript is three typewritten pages long. The first page is a biography of Sariahs husband Joseph Hendricks followed by the biography of Sariah Fedelia Pew. This biography includes the major events in Sariahs life following her life story in a chronological manner from her birth to eventual death. At the end of her biography two notes are included giving more detail on the burial of Sariahs deceased children and Sariahs first child. Also included in this collection is a five-page handwritten family history entitled Grantsville, Utah. The history is a photocopy of the original entry and the penmanship is a clear legible cursive, but poor copy quality makes parts of the history difficult to read.
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1833-1919