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CROWTHER, Elizabeth
1858 - 1937 (78 years) 
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Name CROWTHER, Elizabeth Birth 15 Aug 1858 Payson, Utah, Utah, United States 
Gender Female WAC 26 Sep 1878 EHOUS _TAG Reviewed on FS Death 19 Jan 1937 Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States Burial 22 Jan 1937 Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I20247 Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith Last Modified 19 Aug 2021
Father CROWTHER, George , b. 25 Nov 1825, Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Ironbridge, Shropshire, Englandd. 16 Apr 1895, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 69 years) Mother WYLEY, Janet , b. 29 Oct 1823, Kilberney, Ayrshire, Scotland Kilberney, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 22 Dec 1904, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 81 years) Marriage Dec 1848 Kilberney, Ayrshire, Scotland Notes - MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland.
~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 27 Dec 1861, EHOUS.
Family ID F10743 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ANDERSON, James Peter , b. 28 Nov 1855, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesd. 15 Sep 1946, Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States (Age 90 years) Marriage 31 Oct 1875 Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States 
Children9 sons and 3 daughters Family ID F10679 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2022
- MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Notes - Elizabeth was the fifth child of nine. Elizabeth was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at the age of 16; she heard some Mormon Elders speak opened by Parley P. Pratt, She believed their message and she joined, being the first of her family to be baptized in the church, her father, mother and oldest sister then followed her.
Elizabeth was born in Payson Utah, a year later her father was called to Wales, Utah, then to Mt. Pleasant, then back to Wales, then Moroni Utah and then to Monroe Utah. While they were there the Black Hawk War broke out. Elizabeth was seven at the time. Her family stayed for three years during the war and then moved to Fountain Green Utah. Her father was a minute man driving the Pony Express during the war.
Elizabeth life had made her into a strong person. During her growing up years they lived on thistles, mustard greens, sego roots and mushrooms, she had gathered with her siblings. She only was able to enjoy 5 weeks of schooling, the rest of the time she had to go to work, working in homes to help earn money, which she made 50 cents to $1.50 a week. But all the hard worked payed off for while she was working she met James Peter Andersen, whom she married. They made their first home in Fountain Green Utah. They both still had to work hard and was able to buy a farm five miles up the canyon from Fountain Green Utah. They raised all their food. Elizabeth made their butter and cheese and was very thrifty with all that they had. She spent 26 months alone raising her nine children and taking care of the farm while her husband Peter was called on a mission to the Central States.
Later in life they moved to Moapa Valley, Nevada for Peters health, he was in need of a dryer warmer climate, reading about the place in the paper he went and looked it over. They bought a farm and built a house above the konig Ranch. Later on they moved to Overton, Nevada and then on to buy a store. She and Peter had twelve children.
Elizabeth was a hard worker, her motto has always been the same as her mother "It is better to wear out then to rust out."
Elizabeth Crowther was born in Payson, Utah Aug 15, 1858, and the fifth child in a family of nine. Her father, George Crowther was born in England where he em[#$@^!]ced the gospel as a young man. Her mother, Janet Wiley, was born in Kilburnie, Scotland. She was of a religious nature and at the age of sixteen heard the Mormon Elders in a [#$@^!]nch of the church o[#$@^!]d up by Parley P. Pratt. Believing their message she was the first of her family to be baptized and afterward leading her father, mother and older sister into its fold.
It was a Mormon meeting where George Crowther met and loved Janet Wiley. They were married some three or four years later. They remained in Scotland until the birth of their first child and then decided to join the saints in far off Utah. They crossed the ocean, landing at New Orleans in the fall of 1849. Here they stayed for nine years getting sufficient means to take them across the plains. They arrived in Salt Lake City, Sept 12, 1857. Just a week after their arrival her father was called to guard at Echo Canyon against Johnson’s army and while there her mother was moved to Payson, Utah where Elizabeth was born one year later. One year later her father was called to Wales, Utah, then to Mt. Pleasant, back to Wales and finally to Monroe. It was while they were in Monroe that the Black Hawk War broke out. Elizabeth was seven years old at that time. They remained here for three years then moved to Fountain Green, Utah. Her father was a minuteman driving the Pony Express all during the war. During the early part of her life Elizabeth lived on thistles, mustard greens, sego roots, and mushrooms gathered by the children. Her life was that of a hard worker with none of the opportunities afforded her grandchildren. She had five weeks of schooling. She spent the remaining years of her life working in the homes for 50 cents to $1.50 a week. She helped her mother cord the wool from which their clothes were made. It was while she was working out that she met James Peter Andersen, who she later married at the age of seventeen, in Moroni. For three years after her marriage she stayed on at her mother’s home helping to cook for sheep Shearer’s.
Peter and Elizabeth’s first home was in fountain Green where Peter worked when he could find work to do. His start came when he began herding cattle. He was paid in grain, cows and etc. The bought a farm five miles up in the canyon from the town buying a share at a time. Here they raised all they had to eat except their fruit. Elizabeth made butter to sell and in every way utilized the materials she had to work with. She was a hard worker and loyal companion to her good husband. In Oct 1896 Peter was called on a mission for his church to the Central States and left his wife and nine children, the youngest but five months, to take care of the farm and to keep him in the mission field. He was gone 26 months.
Because of Peter’s health, they moved to Moapa Valley, Nevada Aug 1908. A warm climate was recommended so reading of this valley he came down to look it over and later bought a farm and built a home on the Konig ranch. They later lived in Overton. They moved to Overton on Oct 3 and bought a store and farm from Brigham Whitmore. Later he bought a larger store, the building now being use for the movies in Overton.
They had twelve children, ten of whom are still living at this writing (1952), 59 grandchildren, and 33 great-grandchildren. Elizabeth’s motto has always been that of her mother’s “Better to wear out than to rust out”. She served as president of the Overton Ward Relief Society for many years and was always found serving her neighbors and friends. She died Jan 19, 1937 in Overton, Nevada.
- Elizabeth was the fifth child of nine. Elizabeth was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at the age of 16; she heard some Mormon Elders speak opened by Parley P. Pratt, She believed their message and she joined, being the first of her family to be baptized in the church, her father, mother and oldest sister then followed her.
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