BISHOFF, Eliza Maria

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• Name	BISHOFF, Eliza Maria
  Birth	22 Nov 1867	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Christening	19 Dec 1867
  Gender	Female
  WAC	28 Nov 1888	MANTI
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  Death	13 Dec 1923	Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Burial	16 Dec 1923	Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I21056	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Father	BISHOFF, Jacob IV ,   b. 21 May 1837, Vollerup Gimlinge, Sorø, Denmark Vollerup Gimlinge, Sorø, Denmarkd. 15 Sep 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 37 years)
  Mother	JENSEN, Marie ,   b. 10 Aug 1842, Haldagerlille, Sorø, Denmark Haldagerlille, Sorø, Denmarkd. 28 Apr 1897, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1869	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F10698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ANDERSON, Johanne ,   b. 28 Dec 1862, Stapley, Uppsala, Sweden Stapley, Uppsala, Swedend. 18 Aug 1893, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1888	Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F11414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  I was born in Fountain Green, Utah, 2 April 1894. Prior to this time my mother's family consisted of three little girls, Katie (4), Lyda (3), and Myrtle (15 months). On 18 August 1893 my father had died. Mother was very desirous that her last baby be a boy, and be given his name - - John. I was given the names of two of my father's sisters - - Emma and Augusta. (I have always been glad they called me Emma.) One month after Father's death, and six and a half months before my birth, my sister Katie became seriously ill and continued so for several years. it was impossible for Mother to take me to church to be blessed, but she called the Bishopric to the home to do this. A baby picture of my sister Lyda had been taken. Mother said I resembled her so closely that the same baby picture could serve for both. This was a time of financial depression, and Mother was deeply in debt as a result of Father's untimely death. As far back as I can remember, we had an organ. Mother traded it for a piano when I was eight or nine years old. For a long time Nephi Robertson was the only person in town own owned a phonograph. On summer evenings we used to sit on a ditch bank near his home and enjoy the music. I was about 7 years old when electric lights were first brought to our town. I shall never forget the first time the power was turned on. We children ran from room to room to see if it was really true that all the lights came on simultaneously. When I was 4 or 5, George Ed Anderson, a photographer came to Fountain Green. On a vacant lot across the street from our home, he pitched his tent, which he used as a photographic studio . . . I had a great desire to have my picture taken. I was baptized 1 August 1902 in the creek east of town. I rode home in my wet clothes in a wagon. I was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the next day. I was about ten years old when I first saw an automobile. It moved very slowly. I stood at the fence watching it until it disappeared from sight. When Myrtle started school, I was left at home with Mother. She taught me to read and write. On my sixth birthday, 2 April 1900, I was allowed to start in the first grade. At the end of the term, I was promoted to second grade with the others. From that time on, my sister Myrtle and I were classmates until we graduated from eighth grade. Our fourth grade teacher was Mother's unmarried brother, Joseph P Bischoff, who lived with us in our home. Fearing the other children would think he was showing us favoritism, he went to the other extreme and was severe with us to the extend that we were miserable. In fact, it was only when Uncle Joe was my teacher that I was ever unhappy in school. Otherwise, my school work was a delight to me. I rejoiced when it opened in the fall, and sorrowed when it closed in the spring. In the spring of 1907, Katie, Myrtle and I had typhoid fever, and missed many weeks of school. It was necessary for us to repeat a year. We graduated from eight grade in the spring of 1909. In September 1909, I went to Provo where I registered in the Commercial Department of Brigham Young University. I studied shorthand and typing. There my enjoyment of school continued. On May 1911, at age 17, I went to Price, Utah, to work for Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co . . . In January 1912 I stared working for Knight Power Co. in Provo; in June 1913 for Knight Bank. I worked at the bank until I received my mission call. After my mission, I worked at Knight Bank until my marriage. My mission call came through Provo Fourth Ward. When I went to Fountain Green for a couple of weeks to visit and prepare for my departure, the Fountain Green Ward treated my as royally and liberally, as though I had been called from there. I was almost 20 when I left Salt Lake 14 March 1914. I was sent to a certain area of Chicago. After six weeks I became housebound with a contagious disease, whooping cough. While I was confined, I read all the missionary tracts and the Book of Mormon. I was given a strong testimony of its divinity. For 15 months, as secretary in the office, I was in touch with the problems, joys and sorrows of all the missionaries. I became well acquainted with President and Sister German E. Ellsworth and their fine family . . . there was a period of time when I was the only lady missionary in the office. During that time, Sister Ellsworth became my study companion. She and I spent many happy hours studying scriptures and preparing lessons for Relief Society and other meetings. In the summer of 1915 I was transferred to Muncie, Indiana. It was a joy to me to labor among the saints of this fine little branch. I love them all so much. the Northern Indiana Conference president was Elder Bernard Nash. Later when I was transferred to Springfield, Illinois, I enjoyed working with the saints of this fine branch which was active and well organized, with a Sunday School, Relief Society and M.I.A. I worked again in the mission office from January 1916 until my release in April . . . My sister Katie came by train to Chicago, and together we toured many cities in the eastern part of the country and New England; also Palmrya, new York, and Nauvoo, Illinois. We returned home 21 May 1916. While working at Knight Bank in Provo, I accepted the invitation of my friend Bessie Iverson to go with her for an overnight visit in Salem. We spent a most pleasant evening with her cousin Bernard Nash. From that time on our acquaintance developed into friendship and joy in the companionship of each other and ripened into love, which grew stronger with the years . . . We were married in the Salt Lake Temple, 17 October 1917. Bernard had employment in Magna. We lived there until 10 January 1919, when we moved to Fountain Green, where Bernard managed the grocery store which was owned by my mother and sister Katie . . . It was a great joy to me to have the association with my dear mother and my sisters. We had waited and wished and prayed for a child. It was at my mother's home that our first child, Paul was born 7 April 1920 on Bernard's 34 birthday. Our sorrow at losing him one hour after birth was keen. The only consolation we could get was our hope of having him with us in the Hereafter, and also the hope that other children might come to bless our home. Two weeks after the loss of this baby, Bernard's brother Oliver lost his wife. With my willing consent, Bernard brought motherless Pearl, not quite four years old, to our home, and later six year old Erma. We loved them and gave them a good home. We purchased a lot and built a two room house. Our dear little son Karl Edwin was born there 11 August 1921. How thankful we were! In the summer of 1922 I had a serious illness - - diabetes. My life was despaired of. But through the faith of my husband, mother, sisters, myself, and ward members, and the prayerful efforts of Bernard's uncle, Dr. Charles L. Olsen, I was restored to health and have never since had a recurrence of this trouble. It was a great trial to lose my dear mother 13 December 1923, a month prior to the birth of our baby girl, Zora Marie, 16 January 1924. In May 1925, thinking to improve ourselves, we took our cow, horses, chickens, sheep and household goods to live at Woodville, Idaho. Shortly after arriving there, it appeared that there had been a misunderstanding. We returned to Utah in July of that same year, locating at Salem . . . On 16 January 1926 our sweet little Mildred Josephine was born. And on 27 February 1927, our darling Berneice came to gladden our home. Bernard and I often remarked that, though we had little of this world's good, we were indeed rich in the things of greatest value, for we had such a fine family of children. We also had two stillborn baby girls - - one born 27 September 1928 and the other 5 August 1929. The last summer Bernard was with us was very miserable. On 20 August 1929 he had a paralytic stroke. He passed away Friday, 13 September 1929. Many times I had heard him say, "I am not afraid to die. Whenever my time comes I am ready to go." His life was a pattern of honor, devotion and honesty - - a noble example and the greatest heritage it is possible for a man to bequeath to his family. In spite of the overwhelming sorrow and the attendant responsibilities, I was blessed with a spirit of comfort and peace. For this I have surely felt grateful to my Heavenly Father. And in all our affairs since this separation I have left that Bernard's influence has indeed been with us. I hope it is not sacrilege for me to think of the words of the song, "Mingling with gods he can plan for his brethren," and apply them to our case. Knowing of the purity of his life and his worthiness, I feel that this is true and that we have had his approval in the thinks we have tried to do. It is a comfort to me to feel that he can see what we are doing and what the children are accomplishing. My dearest desire is that, with the help of the Lord, I may be able to set proper example before the children and exert an influence for good over them in order that we will all be worthy of being reunited at some glorious future time. Soon after Bernard's death I went to Salt Lake and found a position at Billings Stenographic Service. Brother and Sister Ellsworth arranged for me to rent a duplex from Nicholas G Smith, at 226 North West Temple. Katie came with us to Salt Lake, and was our housekeeper until her marriage 6 September 1930. Our first winter was a most trying one. In mid-December, Mildred fell onto the stove, burning her arm from elbow to fingertips, causing pain and distress . . This was but the beginning of sorrows . . . Berneice suffered from swollen glands . . . Katie got a bump on her bad leg which resulted in great pain. For more than a month it was impossible for her to put her feet to the floor . . . It was necessary to hire outside help. My employer, Miss Leona Billings, was exceptionally liberal and kind, insisting that remain at home each morning until the woman showed up. Berneice (almost 3) would have nothing to do with the strange women . . . The weather was extremely cold; our water pipes froze and burst. This added to the unpleasantness and discomfort. Before Katie and Berneice were entirely recoverd, all four children contracted measles. I hired a nurse to take care of them. (Zora and Karl were in Kindergarten and Third grade). Then when Karl and Zora were about to return to school, Zora became desperately ill with pneumonia. She was the sickest child I had ever seen in my life. Finally, at April Conference time, she was able to move about the house. This was one of the most trying winters I ever experienced. I have often wondered whether there was a purpose in it - - possibly to keep our minds from dwelling too much upon the immediate past. With the encouragement of Brother Ellsworth, I took the Civil Service exam. I passed second-highest, out of a group of 82 applicants. I started working for the U.S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Industrial Alcohol, 4 October 1930. (Emma retired from government employment in April 1956) On 7th November 1931 we moved into a new home at 1007 South Third East. It was within walking distance of downtown. We were blessed with wonderful neighbors, and opportunities to serve in Liberty Ward. We have been blessed with health, we have employment, and we feel deeply grateful to our Heavenly Father for His kind watch-care and blessings which are showered upon us daily. May we ever show Him by our conduct that we appreciate His blessings. This life sketch is abridged from the account written by Emma A. Nash in 1934 _________________________________________________________ Emma updated her life story in 1950, and recorded doings and accomplishments of her four children, including missions, military service, church callings, marriages, ect. From January 1939 until December 1948, Emma taught the 12 and 13 year old girls in Liberty Ward Sunday School. Berneice said: "Mama was one of the best Sunday School teachers I ever had!" And Mildred agreed. For more than twenty years, beginning in July 1943, Emma edited the weekly Liberty Ward Contactor (ward bulletin) Beginning in October 1948, she was scribe to Liberty Stake Patriarch Adolph Merz. With all her other duties and interest, Emma never neglected genealogical work. For about 50 years she was custodian of the records of her mother's family (Bischoff), her father's family (Anderson), and Bernard's paternal line (Nash). Emma's hands were always busy. She crocheted afghans, table covers and other beautiful things. Around 1951 she learned to knit. Her stitches were uniform and perfect. She knitted sweaters and baby shawls for family and friends. With the approval of her superiors in Government service, Emma used her "vacation" leave to report countless conventions and funerals. For many years she reported the annual convention of Utah Bankers Association. Twice a year, for many years, she reported the semi-annual Bishops' Conference, where she would be the only woman among thousands of priesthood bearers, in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. (Imagine how many times she had to show her "pass" signed by the Presiding Bishop to various ushers!). She transcribed her shorthand notes at home. Today is called "moonlighting". Emma called it "putting butter on our bread." In Fast Meeting, whenever a baby was blessed, Emma wrote the blessing in shorthand, neatly transcribed her notes, and mailed it to each baby. Emma made wise use of her time. Because of her dual role as breadwinner and homemaker, she was often in the breakfast nook (her office), with frequent interruptions to prepare a meal, to iron a few items, to put the bread in the pans, to call one of the children in to practice clarinet or piano, to to assign tasks to the children. Emma's faith saw her through the tragedies, disappointments, serious illnesses and heavy responsibilities that came to her. She showed her faith by strict adherence to gospel principles. Through the years she paid an honest tithe, donated freely for fast offerings, budget, building fund, welfare, and other worthy causes, accepted and fulfilled calls to serve, attended Sunday School and evening Sacrament meetings with her children, observed family prayer morning and every evening. In daily conversations at home, she mentioned faith promoting incidents of her own life or someone else's. In preparing a Sunday School lesson, she gave her children insights into the lesson. There was family participation and discussion. Her children relied on her faith and testimony, as they developed testimonies of their own. Mention should be made of her joy in welcoming each grandchild. Emma retired from her secretarial job with U.S. Government service in April 1956. Then she worked as a secretary for a realty firm. Following the death of Mary S. Ellsworth, Emma married her former Mission President, German E. Ellsworth (for time only) in the Salt Lake Temple, 12 October 1956, on his 85th birthday. Emma was 62. They flew to San Francisco for a honeymoon. Brother Ellsworth died 31 December 1961. Emma Augusta Anderson Nash Ellsworth died 19 July 1969, at age 75. Funeral was at Liberty Ward, 23 July 1969; burial at Fountain Green Cemetery. ELIZA (LIZY) MARIA BISCHOFF ANDERSON The fifth of nine children to Jacob Bischoff and Marie Jensen. BORN: 22 November 1867 PLACE: Big Cottonwood (Butlerville), Salt Lake County, Utah BAPTIZED: 19 September 1876 by James Guymon PLACE: Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah ENDOWED: 28 November 1888, Manti Temple SEALED: 28 November 1888, Manti Temple DEATH: 13 December 1923, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah from acute Bright's Disease BURIED: 16 December 1923, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah CHILDREN: Katie Maria Anderson, 22 September 1889 Eliza Anderson, 17 April 1891 Anna Myrtle Anderson, 2 January 1893 Emma Augusta Anderson, 2 April 1894 WORK/EDUCATION: As a child, Eliza helped in the industry of her family by working around the house and in the community. She helped in the manufacturing of dairy products, gleaned local wheat fields, sheared sheep, made hats, did weaving, made carpets and did other sewing and knitting. Eliza helped in the manufacturing of the family clothing items as well. Eliza graduated from Fountain Green School and went to a year of school at Brigham Young Academy. She was trained by her father's sister, Maren Bischoff Hansen, who taught her the art of sewing and tailoring. She worked as a housemaid for a short time after her schooling and then clerked in the Fountain Green Co-op. After her husband's premature death, she managed a furniture store on the same lot as her home and ran a hotel out of her house. The hotel lasted for about four years and then she converted a room in her home to manage the Post Office for Fountain Green out of. She did this for 16 years. About seventeen years after the closure of the Post Office from her home, she used the same room to open a grocery and confectionery store. She ran this business for about four years then sold it to her daughter and son-in-law, Emma and Bernard Nash, who moved the business to Main Street. HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Eliza was skilled in embroidery work, as well as crocheting and knitting. She spent many hours hand crafting her childrens clothing and remodeling and mending. Eliza was always devoted to the gospel and held several callings in the Church. She went on one vacation in her life to visit her family in Colorado. This vacation lasted about one month. LIFE SKETCH: Jacob Bischoff and Marie Jensen joined the Church in Denmark 29 April 1867 and emigrated to Utah that summer. The family consisted of two parents and four healthy children when they left Denmark: Four year old Jens and his twin brother Jacob, three year old Annie and ten month old Lars. But sickness visited the company they were in while crossing the plains. Their children contracted measles and within an eleven day period all four children had passed away and were buried in lowly, unworked graves along the way. They arrived in Salt Lake Valley in October 1867. The family settled in Big Cottonwood (near what is now 7000 South 3400 East) near Salt Lake City. Eliza Maria was born here and she became the oldest living child. Her first name was in honor of Eliza R. Snow and her middle name was after her own mother. Sometime during the next year, the family moved to Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah. In Fountain Green four boys were added to the family: Robert John born 2 September 1869, Nephi Daniel born 25 December 1870, Joseph Peter born 22 October 1872 and Albert Frederick born 26 March 1874. Here her parents bought a lot and ten acres of land and through much labor of and strict economy succeeded in erecting a substantial adobe house. Eliza had brown hair and was called Lizy (Lie-zee) by the hometown residents of Fountain Green. In 1874, when Eliza was just six years old, her father, suffering from yellow jaundice, went to Salt Lake City for medical treatment. On 15 September 1874 he passed away and was buried in Salt Lake City. Maria and children were not notified of this until ten days after his burial. (Years later, Maria had Jacob's body removed to Fountain Green Cemetery.) His medical treatment had incurred considerable expense and the mother and five children were left with little means and much debt. Under these conditions Eliza grew up to womanhood and was schooled in the strictest economy. She was taught the persistence of industry which was necessary for her and her family to survive. As the children grew, they helped with chores and providing a living. They sold milk, cream and butter, gleaned grain in the fields, sheared sheep, made hats using rye straw, did weaving, sewing and knitting (the boys too!) Eliza's brother John remembered the task of each child sewing a one-pound ball of carpet rags before they could go out to play. Cloth for their dresses and suits was woven at home: then hand stitched. They made their own hats but they bought their shoes. Some children went to Fountain Green School barefoot, but the Bischoff children always had shoes. Eliza willingly assumed any task assigned to her and, in many ways, assisted in earning means for the family support and was careful in it's expenditures. While she was a student her teacher employed her as an assistant which helped her to pay for her tuition and that of her brothers. After Eliza graduated from Fountain Green School, she was sent to the Brigham Young Academy in Provo in 1885 and 1866. She boarded at the Johnson home. Maria had urged Eliza to help with the work, though it was not expected or required of her. This she did, in spite of the ridicule of another girl who boarded at the same place and who said, "We are paying for all we get." At the end of the term, however, Johnson's refused to take that girl back for pay, while they offered Eliza free room and board if she would come back. After her first year at the Academy she returned home to Fountain Green to work. Much of her earnings went to the support of her family as she felt the burden of her responsibilities. Despite these difficult conditions Eliza grew to be a happy, cheerful woman full of faith with a broad outlook on life. During these years she was courted by many and her successful suitor was John Anderson. John was called on a mission in 1886 to Scandinavia and he and Eliza decided to get married before he was to leave. They left for Salt Lake City (Salt Lake Temple was under construction.) and then on to Logan in order to be married in the Logan Temple. Upon reaching the Temple they found, to their dismay, that the Temple was closed owing to a crusade against polygamy, so they could not be married. John suggested that they be married by a bishop but Eliza said, "No, if we can't be married in a temple, we won't be married at all." So Eliza returned home alone, unmarried, and the following years found her true and faithful to her departed loved one. During these years she materially assisted John in the mission field. Sometime before her marriage, Eliza spent a few months in Spanish Fork with her father's sister Maren Bischoff Hansen, who was an expert seamstress. From her, Eliza learned the art of sewing and tailoring. In later years Eliza made all her girls' clothes and her own, even their coats. In the line of sewing she had the utmost patience. If the effect was not perfect at first, she never hesitated to undo the work as many times as necessary in order to obtain a faultless result. She did beautiful embroidery work, as well as crocheting and knitting. She also excelled in remodeling and mending. For a while, Eliza worked for Soren Christensen, cooking, churning, scrubbing, washing, ironing, etc., for which she received $1.50 per week. She also did work for a family of Sorensens in Nephi for a time, and won their friendship. Many years later Eliza took her four girls in a surrey (a two seated horse drawn cart) and drove to the Sorensen home in Nephi where they were warmly welcomed. Eliza was employed as a clerk in the Fountain Green Co-op Store from January 1887 to the time of her marriage, receiving wages of $10.00 per month. About six weeks after John's return in September of 1888 they were sealed in the Manti Temple which had been dedicated in May of 1888. John was 25 and Eliza was 21 years old. Eliza's mother was unable to offer a wedding endowment because of her poverty. John, having just returned from his mission, had to start his life with Eliza with little more than their love for one another and a lot of determination. Their first place of residence was a part of John's parents home. After a short time they moved to the home of Lewis Anderson. The arrangement was made that John and Eliza would take care of Lewis's furniture store in exchange for the use of the home and a share of the profits. In 1889 Katie Maria was born in the Lewis Anderson home three days following the death of John's mother, Maria Catharina (Katrina) Westblad Anderson. Later John and Eliza bought a lot of their own on which stood a two-room house. Eliza (Lyda) was born there in 1891 and Anna Myrtle in 1893. During this time John built a 5-room brick house. He had worked so hard to complete the home that he became ill. While irrigating on a "nigh turn" he lay down on a ditch bank to rest and caught a cold which developed into typhoid fever. He died from this illness 18 August 1893 at 30 years of age. Eliza said of this, "John just got the house built and then lay down and died." At the time of John's passing, Eliza was six weeks pregnant and not yet 25 years old. Katie was almost 4; Lyda was just past 2; Myrtle was 7 1/2 months old. For some time before his death, in connection with handling and selling furniture, John had acted as agent for Cooperative Wagon & Machine Company. He was also a school trustee, on which board he also acted as treasurer. He kept an accurate account of his own and each company's affairs, although their funds were all handled as though they were his personal means. His death shocked the business interests which he had been representing, and when Eliza returned from laying her dear husband away, representatives of some of these companies were waiting at her home, asking, "What can we get on what your husband owed us?" Eliza's mother made a plea in her behalf. Soon a letter came from Dinwoodey Furniture Company saying they had an application for the agency. The party was willing to take the stock on hand (furniture) at the inventory price. They asked when would be a convenient time to make the transfer. Joe Bischoff (Eliza's unmarried brother) answered the letter, pleading with them not to make the change, and pledging himself to see that every dollar was paid. Joe suggested they come to Fountain Green and look the situation over. This they did, and business relations continued to their mutual satisfaction. Eliza remained in the furniture business until her death in 1923. She did all the carpentry work; she could put the furniture together as well as any man. (The furniture was shipped to her in crates and had to be assembled.) She also built shelves in the pantry and cellar of the new house, and made doll beds. The school board was concerned about the money due them, but they were patient and agreeable. Joe Bischoff was one of the teachers, and he proposed that they apply his salary on the shortage, which they did. In due time Eliza repaid her brother every penny. One month following John's death, four-year-old Katie became seriously ill, and remained so for several months. Doctors were consulted. During the several months Katie was in bed, her left hip deteriorated, leaving her with a severe limp. It wasn't until the spring of 1894 that Eliza was able to take Katie to Salt Lake City for medical attention, where her affliction was diagnosed as "tuberculosis of the bone". John was the name Eliza had chosen for the new baby, but because it was another girl she was named after two paternal aunts. Emma Augusta was born 2 April 1894, 7 1/2 months following the death of her father. The bishopric were called to the home to give the baby a blessing because Katie was still bedridden and it was impossible for Eliza to go to Church. Emma resembled Lyda so closely that Eliza decided that the one baby picture (Lyda's) could very well serve for both. Eliza operated a hotel in her home for about four years to supplement her income for the furniture store. Joe moved in with Eliza and her girls until his marriage 3 September 1902. He was a congenial companion and a wise counselor to Eliza. She loved and took pride in all her brothers. Around 1899 Eliza bought a second-hand organ, and then about 1902 she traded it for a piano. It was one of the very first pianos in Fountain Green. Katie and Lyda practiced faithfully and developed their musical talents. Eliza was an ardent supporter of any progressive movement, and hers was one of the first homes in Fountain Green to be wired for electricity around 1901. The excited girls ran from room to room to see if it was really true that all the lights came on simultaneously. Eliza was also among the first in town to have a telephone, a modern bathroom, and a cement walk. Her brother, Dan, a blacksmith, made a wrought-iron picket fence around the lot. The fence was always painted black, with gold-color tops. In the summer of 1904 Eliza took Myrtle and Emma to Wyoming to visit her brothers John, Dan and Fred, who had gone to the Big Horn country as pioneers. During the three-day train trip, via Colorado, Eliza and Emma suffered considerably from motion sickness. Tears of joy were shed when they reached Franny, Wyoming, where her brothers and families met the train. They spent a month in Lovell, enjoying a good visit, buggy rides, parties and other entertainment. Maren Bischoff Hansen (her father's sister), a childless widow, desired to make her home with Eliza. With this aunt's funds, she built two rooms adjoining Eliza's house, in which she lived. Eliza and her girls called her simply "Aunt". She was quite old and very forgetful. This combination proved very trying, but Eliza had the good judgement to consider Aunt's age and put up with this condition for many years. Eliza cared for Maren until her death in December 1912. Eliza made many sacrifices in order to give her girls as much chance as possible to receive and education. As children in school, none were absent except in case of personal illness. Katie and Lyda went to Snow College in Ephraim for a high school course and later to Brigham Young Academy in Provo. Emma had two years of high school at Brigham Young Academy. Myrtle was given a similar opportunity for advanced education, but chose to remain at home to help Eliza. Eliza was a zealous church member. For many years she was a Sunday School teacher. It was her custom to prepare the Sunday dinner on Saturday, or early Sunday morning, never permitting it to interfere with Sunday School. And in the afternoon Eliza was always at Sacrament meeting. She served as Treasurer of the Fountain Green Primary Association from April 1897 to January 1923. She served as counselor in the Y.L.M.I.A., and then in 1905 was called as president. In 1897 or early 1898 Eliza became postmistress at Fountain Green, using the northwest room of the new brick house for the Post Office. Her brother, John, helped with arrangements, furnishings, and other details. Eliza was postmistress for 16 years, serving under Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson. Eliza never "carried tales" and she applied this principle in her life: "If you can't say something good, don't say anything at all." She never borrowed. She kept her children occupied, saying, "An idle brain is the devil's workshop." The girls were put to work weeding the garden, hammering out nails and sharing the household duties. During the summertime, the girls were assigned certain duties, after which they were free to use their time as they wished. Eliza taught her girls to do all kinds of needlework and nearly every summer day would find them all on the lawn, each busy with her own handwork. From 1915 to 1919 Eliza was in the grocery and confectionery business. This occupied the space where the post office had been. In 1919, Eliza's daughter, Emma, moved back to Fountain Green with her husband, Bernard Nash, and Eliza turned her grocery business over to Bernard who moved the business to Main Street. In 1915-1916, Eliza obtained the genealogy of her parent's progenitors from Denmark, 1200 to 1300 names. An overwhelming joy filled her soul when those names were properly arranged in the Temple Record Book and the work begun in Manti Temple. Eliza's brother, John, came to Utah for a visit in June 1920. He, Eliza and Eliza's son-in-law and daughter, Bernard and Emma Nash, acted as proxies in Manti Temple for the sealings of nearly every couple in the record. That was a happy day. It was always with great pride and gratitude that Eliza exhibited her Temple Record Book. She also received the genealogy of her husband's parents for Sweden in 1923 and felt as happy and thankful as she dad been when she got her own parents' records. During Eliza's last four winters, many happy hours were spent playing Crokinole and Flinch. Ed Guymon and Eliza almost invariably played as partners in Crokinole, with Lyda and Emma as opponents. There was keen rivalry in these games, and each side took it's turn winning. Flinch was usually played only when one of the four was not present to play Crokinole, or when others were present who wished to join in a game. Eliza had been failing in health for four or five years. Late in the fall of each year her condition would appear serious, but she had sufficient will power, vitality, and faith to conquer these attacks. But the attack in the fall of 1923 was different. During those sad days, everything was done that was possible for medical science and the servants of the Lord to do, with no visible results. Katie and Lyda willingly and lovingly devoted themselves almost exclusively to their mother's needs. Friends came to visit and volunteered to do anything they could. True to her nature, if she realized the seriousness of her condition she refrained from speaking of it. She passed away at 1:40 a.m., Thursday, 13 December 1923, from acute Bright's Disease (an acute inflammatory disease of the kidney). She was 56 years and 21 days old and was buried in Fountain Green 16 December 1923. Some of Eliza's common expressions were: "There's nothing so bad but what it could be worse." "It's good we don't know what's coming, but when it comes we've got to stand it. We can't run away from it." "There are a lot of things worse than death." "Living troubles are worse than dead ones." "We must acknowledge the hand of the Lord in all things."