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1. This child is mentioned in the following biography of his mother from the book "Women of Faith and Fortitude"; unfortunately no name is given:
"Harriet Cordelia Williams Beach Adair Brooks Lasell (Lasella)
Birthdate: 10 Nov. 1829 Ridgeway, Orleans, N.Y.
Death: 26 Nov. 1907 Burlington, Iowa
Parents: Daniel Randall Williams, Mary Allard Ayers William
Pioneer: 24 Sep. 1847 Daniel Spencer Wagon Train
Spouse I: Rufus Beach, m. abt. 1846 Council Bluffs, Iowa, d. 1850. Children: Aaron William, 27 Oct. 1847
Spouse II: Wesley Adair, m. 8 Feb. 1849
Spouse III: Francis Wm. Brooks, m. 27 Apr. (Jun) 1851. Children:
Caroline, 9 Feb 1852
James Wilson, 18 Dec 1853
Clara Arabella, 29 Feb 1856
Annis Copp, 14 Feb 1858
Charles Edward, 26 Jan 1860
Francis Wm, 27 Mar 1862
Harry Edward, 2 Mar 1865
Frederick Hesford, 24 Dec. 1866
Mary Peasley, 11 May 1869
Spouse IV: James Lasell, m. 4 Jun 1873. Children: Ruth Cordelia, 3 May 1876
Harriet Cordelia Willams was born in 1829 in the state of New York to Daniel and Mary Ayers Williams. She was the third of four children and the only one who survived infancy. The Williams family migrated to Grand Blanc, Michigan shortly after Cordelia's birth and her mother died there. Daniel Williams married for a 2nd time in 1838 to Electa Caroline Briggs, a widow with two young daughters. They had three children. Cordelia shouldered a great deal of the responsibility of caring for her father's second family. They were introduced to the Gospel and the entire family, including two step sisters, two half sisters and a half brother, joined the church and moved to Lee County, Iowa and then to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1843. At the age of seventeen Cordelia was camped with her family on the banks of the Des Moines River in Iowa. Opposite them, across the river, was another group of Saints including Rufus Beach, a wealthy tavern owner, his wife Laura Ann and two children. Harriet's father knew Rufus in Nauvoo, and even though Rufus was three times her age, a plural marriage was arranged between them. Their honeymoon began traveling with the Saints to Winter Quarters in 1846. Rufus provided Cordelia with her own wagon and provisions, and they crossed the plains with the Daniel Spencer Company and arrived in Salt Lake 24 Sep 1847. Rufus began to build a log cabin, but not soon enough. A baby was born to them 27 Oct 1847, the second white child born in the Salt Lake Valley. They named him Aaron Williams Beach and it was said that he was born in a covered wagon on old Pioneer Square.
Cordelia lived a colorful and prosperous life, marrying three more times after being widowed. She bore one child with her second husband, and he died at sea as they returned to the east. Nine children were born with her third husband. All of these children were born in Iowa except Caroline. She had one child born with her fourth husband. Cordelia was sealed to her second husband 8 Feb 1849 in Salt Lake City. She returned to the East where she met and married the third time-Francis William Brooks 27 Apr or Jun in 1851 at Warren Illinois. She was again widowed when he died 1 Apr 1869, a little over one month before her 9th child was born to them. She married a fourth time 4 Jun 1873 to James Lasell (or Lasella), at Burlington, Iowa. They had one daughter, Ruth Cordelia. James died Nov 1888.
Harriet Cordelia survived her last husband by about 19 years. She died in Burlington, Iowa on 26 Nov 1907 at the age of seventy eight years."
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