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- [S652] Website of the Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Lovell & Maria Catherine Boyer, Mendenhall, Mark, ([online] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendenhall/index.html [email] catmem # yahoo.com).
Sarah Lovell was born on March 12, 1818 at Weaverthorpe, Yorkshire, England. She immigrated with her parents to America in 1819, and they settled in New Castle County, Delaware. She married William Mendenhall on February 21, 1839, and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June of 1841. She was censured and ridiculed by many of her relatives for as long as she lived for her decision to join the Church.
She moved to Nauvoo with her husband and family in May of 1843, residing there during the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. She received her endowments in the Nauvoo Temple. Being driven from their home, Sarah and William crossed the Mississippi River in June of 1846 and crossed the state of Iowa until they came to Kanesville/Council Bluffs, remaining there until 1852.
The sorrows and persecutions of the Latter-day Saints were copied all over the East by an unfriendly press. Frances Lovell read about the plight of the Mormons and wrote Sarah in a letter, dated March 17, 1848, the following:
"I think you will have a time before you get to your journey's end. I don't know what will become of your children. I think you must be out of your minds to be made white slaves of. When they get you there you and your children must work for the twelve apostles. If you get your children up and they be as much trouble as ours have been you will not have very much, but I shall not make much more of it, you must abide by it. You could have lived here as well as the rest of us if you had tried and prepared for hereafter. Yuu think none are saved but Mormons. God said, "Judge not lest ye be judged." We can be saved here as well as Mormons. All cannot be wrong what is said about them. I will leave them and am sorry enough that you had the luck to get among them. I suppose I shall never see any of you again. If you be vexed at what I say, I cannot help it for I will never be a Mormon."
In 1852 Sarah and William crossed the plains with ox teams, arriving in Salt Lake City on September 18, 1852. They settled in Springville, Utah on September 24, 1852.
A letter dated April 6, 1856 from Frances Lovell to Sarah, stated: "I wish you would make your minds to come back for I think you could live here as well as there." Frances' daughter, Anna, wrote a postcript in the letter: "I was in hopes you would have got tired of dragging through the world the way you are doing." However, in August of 1862, Frances wrote Sarah the following: "We have hard times here; the war is making a great change with us. They are taking all the men that will go, and now they are going to draft them and take every third man. If they don't make up their numbers they take boys from 14 or 15 years old, and old men up to 60. Work is very scarce--is the reason of so many going. No business going on, dry goods and groceries are high...We all use rye bread for the South will not let anything come from there. This is a great change to us. They are killing men by hundreds and thousands in every battle and are sending for more; we think it is not the worst yet. I should like to know if there is any disturbance with you, or are you living in peace and quietness as you say. This is a good way to live. We have a company of soldiers at the Springs drilling and listing every day."
She was the mother of 9 children, five sons and four daughters, two of whom were born in the state of Delaware, two in Nauvoo, two in Pottawattamie County, Iowa and three in Springville, Utah. She had 51 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. She was treasurer and assistant secretary of the Springville Relief Society for many years.
Sarah passed away on October 17, 1899. She had retired to bed about her usual time, and in a few moments she came back into the kitchen where William sat by the stove. She ran her fingers through his hair for a moment and then went back to bed. In a few moments she passed peacefully away. It was stated at her funeral that: "Her was the path of the just. She never faltered from the hour of her baptism until death. She was a loving mother, a devoted wife and her example a shining light to all around her."
- [S917] Nauvoo Temple Endowment Name Index, Marquardt, H. Michael, ([online] www.xmission.com/~research/family/familypage.htm).
Sarah Mendenhall, b. 12 Mar 1818, end. 6 Jan 1846
[Research by Chad G. Nichols]
- [S847] Nichols Online Library, Digital Documents Researched and Scanned by Chad Nichols & Relatives, Nichols, Chad G., (Chad Nichols has catalogued over 40,000 relatives, with over 5,000 of them having documentation to support their place in the family tree. Recent generation surnames (great grandparents) in his tree include Anderson, Campbell, Dutson, Kump, Kylen, Nichols, O'Donnell, Roberts, Stone, and Walker. One generation further back adds Broman, Cloward, Conder, Ericksen, Farmer, Holyoak, Nielson, Richardson, and Shelley. Most ancestors are from England, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany.
[online] www.nicholslibrary.org
(801) 280-9590
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Photos - 000654, 002703, 003016; Nauvoo Homesite Images - 000652, 001521; Springville Home - 003015; Grave Marker - 001496
- [S119] Mendenhall Family Association (MFA), ([online] : http://www.mendenhall.org).
Lists birth, death, and burial information
- [S471] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- [S440] Grave Marker.
IN MEMORY
OF
Wm MENDENHALL
BORN
New Castle Co.
Delware
Apr. 8, 1815
DIED
June 3, 1906
~~~
IN MEMORY
OF
SARAH LOVELL
Wife of
Wm MENDENHALL
BORN
Mar. 12, 1818
DIED
Oct. 17, 1899
---
MENDENHALL
Photo & transcription by Chad G. Nichols
- [S310] Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Index, 1847-1868 ©, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Salt Lake City, UT : 2004-2007 [online] http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library This index is the most complete listing of individuals and companies in which Mormon pioneer emigrants traveled west to Utah from 1847 through 1868. It is an incomplete listing, as rosters have not been found for all companies. It also identifies sources to learn more about the experiences of each company.).
David Wood Company lists members including Thomas Mendenhall (age 46), Cathern Mendenhall (age 47), William Mendenhall (age 37), Sarah Mendenhall (age 34), Susanah Mendenhall (age 18), George Mendenhall (age 16), Lewis Mendenhall (age 13), Mary Mendenhall (age 13), Thomas Mendenhall (age 11), Thomas Mendenhall (age 8), Richard Mendenhall (age 7), John Mendenhall (age 5), & Elizabeth Mendenhall (age 2)
- [S275] Springville Cemeteries Online, Springville City, ([online] www.springvillecemetery.org), Sec. D Lot 62 Pos. 8 (Reliability: 3).
Sarah L Mendenhall b. 12 Mar 1818 Yorkshire, England; d. 19 Oct 1899 Springville; Cause of death Apoplexy of Brain; Richard Lovell & Frances Sawden (parents)
- [S266] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, 2006), citing microfilm 170493, page 279, downloaded 25 Apr 2007 (Reliability: 3).
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