by their great grandson and his family and is being lovingly restored.
A Short Sketch of the Life of Susannah Evans
Alldredge
Susannah Evans was born May 6, 1850, in Nodaway
County, Missouri, to David Evans and Barbara Ann Ewell Evans. She was their
sixth child. She was ten days old when the family started for Salt Lake City.
(When Susannah became a grandmother she would tell her grandchildren that
she was the youngest pioneer.) Once she was nearly lost when she rolled out
of the wagon.
The family settled in the section of Utah that was later
named Lehi, where she grew to womanhood. On December 27, 1869, Susannah and
Isaac Alldredge (son of Isaac and Mary Brown Alldredge) were married. They
lived in Lehi until 1881. Isaac was a farmer in summer and teacher in winter.
During this time they had six children: Isaac Jr., John (died when 1 years),
Susie, Emma, Mary (died in Deseret at 5 years) and Deseret.
Soon after Deseret was born Isaac acquired a farm in
Deseret and September 1881 moved his family there. Susannah's home was a
small log house. A summer kitchen was built near the house. The children
slept in trundle beds which were pushed under the big beds when not in use.
Nettie and Virginia were born in this little house. Later the family moved
to Hinckley where Leo and Jacosa were born.
Susannah was a good mother and a good seamstress. Each
girl had two new dresses a year--one in spring and one in the fall. They
also had several aprons to protect their dresses. All the girls had work
to do--housework, cooking, sewing, and mending. After the noon meal was over
and carpet rags torn and stitched, the children could play until
suppertime.
On September 15, 1894 Susannah's daughter, Virginia,
died of diphtheria. A funeral could not be held because people were so afraid
of diphtheria. Grief enveloped Susannah for a while.
Isaac just had to keep moving to new places and Susannah
was willing to go. Their next move was to Ferron for a few years and then
to Old Mexico. High waters destroyed their crops so Isaac "freighted" until
1905. They returned to Morales, Mexico, bought a farm, built a house and
raised crops. They also bought a cane mill and made their cane into sorghum.
A flood destroyed everything. Isaac "freighted" again until 1907, sold his
teams and bought a home in Douglas, Arizona. They moved back to Sonora, Mexico
in 1909.
The year 1912 found them moving back to the states because
it was unsafe to remain. The Mexican rebels took everything they owned. Susannah
wept at leaving all her things.
They lived in Hurley, New Mexico and Price, Utah, then
in 1918 moved to Salt Lake City. Isaac had a part-time job and worked in
the temple.
When Isaac was 77 years old and Susannah 70 they moved
to Mesa, Arizona and built a little house next to their son, Leo. Isaac operated
a popcorn stand for a living.
Susannah passed away July 23, 1932--she was buried in
Mesa, Arizona, July 26, 1932. She was 82 years old.
Susannah said in her later years: "I have lived more
experiences than all my sisters put together." Perhaps she was right.
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