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Eliza Jane Adair

Female 1811 - 1892  (80 years)


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  • Name Eliza Jane Adair 
    Born 11 Nov 1811  Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Aug 1892  Washington, Washington, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 18 Aug 1892  Old Washington City Cemetery, Washington, Washington, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1380  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Thomas Adair,   b. 25/25 Oct 1771/1777, , Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1858, , , Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Brown,   b. 3 Nov 1784, , Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1846, Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married Abt 1803  of Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Samuel Carson,   b. 22 Nov 1805, , , South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1836, of Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Married Abt 1829  of Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Valentine Carson,   b. 8 Nov 1831, , Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1898, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Moses Pearson,   b. Abt 1810, of, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1842, of Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Married Abt 1838  of Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 John Buren Price,   b. 20 Nov 1815, , Lincoln, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1893, Washington, Washington, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 10 Dec 1842  , Itawambe, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F929  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1830 US: Pickens Co., Alabama, pages 111-112. The first three related families are all on the same page, the next four related families are on the next page, and James Adair (with son Joseph) is on p. 129:
      Thos. Peeks, males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
      John Mangum, males 5-10:1; 10-15:2; 15-20:1; 60-70:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
      Cyrus Mangum, males 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 15-20:1.
      Saml. Carson, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1; 80-90:1.
      Saml. Adair, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1.
      Thos. Adair, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1.
      Daniel Clark (next door), males 0-5:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 20-30:1.
      James Adair, males 0-5:2; 15-20:1; 20-30:2 (Joseph b. 1806); 60-70:1; females 15-20:1; 20-30:2; 60-7-:1; no slaves.

      1850 US: Pottawattamie Co, Iowa [Note: first two children are from Samuel Carson, third is from Moses Pearson, and last two are from John Price.:
      John Price, 34, farmer, TN
      Eliza, 40, TN
      Valentine, 18, AL
      Elizabeth, 16, AL
      Margaret, 11, AL
      Rebecca, 5, MS
      George, 2, MS

      1860 US: Washington, Washington, Utah, enumerated 26 Jul 1860, p. 1037, household 1284, family 1109, July 27, 1860 (Samuel Adair, Thomas Adair, Wesley Adair, James Richey, Geo. W. Adair, James Mangum, John Mangum, Valentine Carson, John Price, William Mangum, Cyrus Mangum, Samuel N. Adair are all listed as neighbors):
      Jno. Price, 44, D'Labor, TN.
      Eliza J., 50, TN.
      Rebecca D., 14, MS.
      Thoms, 12, IA.
      Hyrum, 9, MO.
      Joseph, 6, UT.
      Eliza J., 3, UT.

      1880 US: National Archives film T9-1339, p. 373D for Washington, Washington, Utah:
      John Price, Bee raiser, Self M M W 64 TN Fa:VA Mo:TN
      Eliza Jane Price, Keep house, wife F M W 69 TN Fa:SC Mo:SC

      2. Children per unverified information 1 Mar 2003 Rootsweb Worldconnect website databases "edmunds" and "rl1946":
      John Carson, b. 22 Mar 1830 in AL [d. 23 Mar 1830].
      Valentine Carson, b. 8 Nov 1831 in Pickens, AL.
      Elizabeth Carson, b. 10 Aug 1833 in Carreltown, Pickens, AL, d. 23 Jun 1901 in Parowan, Iron, UT. Husbands may be Niels Otto Mortensen, m. bef. 1852, David Lewis, m. 4 Aug 1852, and Tarlton Lewis, m. 1856.
      William Carson, b. 4 Oct 1835 in Pickens, AL, d. 15 Sep 1847 in Iowa.

      3. From Don and Carolyn Smith, one part of three writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [As to source, Carolyn referred me to Becky Hamblin [bhamblin79@hotmail.com] to try to locate the original of this; Becky in turn believes Collins Chapman in Mesa may have it since Collins' mother is the granddaughter who hand wrote it for Samuel]: "Luna, New Mexico, January 22, 1920. I, Samuel Newton Adair, will write what I know about my father's folks. My grandfather on father's side was named Thomas Adair. He married Rebecca Brown. He lived at Lawrence County, South Carolina in 1806. My father was the oldest son of Samuel Jefferson Adair. Thomas Adair was the next oldest son. George Adair was next oldest son. John Wesley Adair was the youngest son and went with the Mormon Battalion in 1846. The girls names were Eliza Adair Price, Sally Adair Mangum, died on the plains in 1852. Mary Ann Adair Mangum married John Mangum."

      4. Excerpt of letter copy received from Email from Rowland Hinton [hinton12@isp.com] 1 Jan 2006:
      "30 Jan 1972, Dear Mr. Price...
      "...For years now I have puzzled at where grandmother, Rebecca Ann Price Chidester was born. Her index card in the archives says Pickens Co., Miss. There is no Pickens Co., Miss. There is in Alabama but the census said she was born in Miss. Mother told me once that she said she was born on "Uncle Billie Mathesons's place". She didn't have an Uncle Billie Matheson. I think mother must have heard wrong or remembered wrong. Grandmother had two Uncle Billie's - Uncle Billie Richey and Uncle William Mangum. I think she was born at Uncle Billie Mangums. I think the Prices were fairly close to the William Mangum family as the 1850 census find them #1165 & #1166 with John Mangum #1190 at Pottawatomie Co., Iowa and the rest of these I could find in Iowa numbered in the 200s and others of them in Utah already. After arriving in Utah, they continued together in their move to Washington, Washington, Utah in 1857. In 1845 when Rebecca Ann Price was born, William Mangum was at Itawamba, Miss. And that is where I believe she was born. I don't know if she met John Price (Eliza Jane Adair, that is) after she went to Miss. Or before she left Ala. Margaret Jane Pearson was born about the time they left Alabama. Some censuses say she was born in Alabama and some in Mississippi. The 1870 and 1880 census say. Mississippi. I have Margaret Jane Pearson's death certificate. It was reported by her daughter & only surviving member of her family, Eliza Ann Meeks. She stated her mother was born in Tennessee??? I also have the death certificate for Eliza Ann Meeks & for her brother George. George Chidester committed Suicide in California in 1932 with a bullet to the brain with a 38-caliber pistol & is buried in a county burial ground at Sacramento. Thomas Moses (oldest son of Margaret Jane Pearson) married a Mazell Jenson & he died on the 3 Oct 1910 at Stockton, Calif. They had a daughter who died young. Incidentally, as near as I can find out, Margaret Jane Pearson was married three times. She was sealed to David Lewis on 18 Jan 1855. This man had three wives previously to this marriage, one being Elizabeth Carson whom he was sealed to on 4 Aug 1852. He died later in 1855 & as far as I know she did not have his children. At least none survived to show up in a census. She married her second husband, again with her half sister only at a later date, about 1860 she married Tarlton Lewis, brother to David. Both sisters later divorced him, but Margaret Jane Pearson had two sons by him which show up in the 1870 & 1880 census lumped under Chidester names. She of course married third as a second wife to my grandfather David Chidester who was the husband of another half sister Rebecca Ann Price."

      5. The following is a small excerpt of a larger listing (see Samuel Newton Adair's notes for full transcription), which was received in digital form from Don and Caroline Smith, 2003. Regardless of the title - "Family Records of Samuel Newton Adair" - I am not sure if this is really a transcript of records kept by Samuel Newton Adair or not. Some death dates given for some of the individuals are after the date Samuel Newton Adair himself died. I spoke in person with Collins Chapman of Mesa, Arizona, in Feb. of 2006. He did not recognize it. Collins' family is the source of most of the biographical information on Samuel and Collin's mother was responsible for the autobiography of Samuel Newton Adair who dictated it to her. The following came to me as an addendum to a typed copy of that autobiography; however, I have now seen a portion of the original handwritten dictation and find no such attachment. The following therefore has no documented source that I can find thus far and should be used with caution:
      [A.] "Father: Thomas Adair; Mother: Rebeca Brown; Children:
      Samuel Jefferson Adair
      Fairby Adair
      Margaret Adair
      Eliza Adair
      Sally Adair
      Thomas Adair
      George Washington Adair
      Mary Ann Adair
      John Wesley Adair
      Laney Adair"
      [B.] "Thomas Adair – Married Rebeca Brown:
      Samuel Jefferson Adair - Born at Lawrence Co., South Carolina, March 28, 1806. Baptized by Elder John Dowdle, Nov. 27, 1845. Confirmed by Elder John Dowdle, Nov. 30, 1845. Ordained an Elder by Daniel Thomas, a High Priest by John Young in 1855. Married Jamima Mangum. Filled a mission to Southern Utah in 1857. Migrated Mississippi to Nauvoo, Illinois on Jan. 10, 1846. Died at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona, July 6, 1889.
      Fairby Adair - married Daniel Clark
      Margaret Adair - married William Richey
      Eliza Adair - married John Price
      Sally Adair - married William Mangum. Died of cholera on the Plains in 1852.
      Thomas Adair - married Fanny Rogers. Died at Showlow, Navajo County, Arizona.
      George Washington Adair - married Miriam Billingsley. Died at Orderville, Utah.
      Mary Ann Adair - born at Pickens co., Alabama, July 5, 1824. Baptized by James Richey, 1844. Confirmed by Daniel Thomas in 1844. Married John Mangum. Endowed at Endowment House, Salt Lake City. Died of asthma at Pahreah, Utah.
      John Wesley Adair - born in 1820. Died at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. Was a member of the Mormon Battalion.
      Laney Adair - married John Winn."

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. From the website on 26 Feb 2002 <http://www.johnpratt.com/gen/6/3.ej_adair.html> for Eliza Jane Adair [dates and places per edit of Kerry Petersen using Ancestral File; website had only years]:
      "Husbands: Samuel Carson, Moses Pearson, John Price;
      Children:
      John Carson [22 Mar 1830, Pickens Co., AL-1830]
      Valentine Carson [8 Nov 1831, Pickens Co., AL - 25 Sep 1898, Parowan, Iron, Utah]
      Elizabeth Carson [10 Aug 1833, Carrelton, Pickens, AL - 23 Jun 1901 Parowan, Iron, Utah]
      William Carson [4 Oct 1835 Pickens Co., AL - 15 Sep 1847 Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa]
      Margaret Jane Pearson [13 Jul 1839, Pickens Co., AL -?]
      Rebecca Ann Price [22 Aug 1845 Pickens Co., AL - 8 May 1929 Richfield, Sevier, Utah]
      George Thomas Price [8 Jul 1847, Van Buren Co., Iowa - 13 Nov 1896, near St. George, Washington, Utah]
      John Wesley Price [27 Apr 1849, Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa - 31 Dec 1849, ?]
      Hyrum Wylie Price [5 Apr 1851, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa - 9 Sep 1872, ?]
      Joseph Smith Price [2 Jul 1853, SLC, Salt Lake, UT - 2 Jun 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA]
      Eliza Jane Price [31 Jan 1857, SLC, Salt Lake, UT - 29 Dec 1860]
      Father: Thomas Jefferson Adair; Mother: Rebecca Brown; Eliza Jane Adair was a persevering pioneer woman who was born on 11 Nov 1811 in West Carthage, Tenn. She was one of eleven children, all of whom survived Childhood, which was unusual in those days. The family moved several times in her youth, also living in South Carolina, where her older brother Samuel had been born, Indiana where her brother Thomas was born, and in Alabama where her youngest sisters were born, and where they apparently settled down. Her father ran a large cotton plantation. She married Samuel Carson and had four children by him in Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama. Her first child John Carson lived only a few months, but the others survived. Then her husband died on her baby William's first birthday. She remarried to Moses Pearson and they had a daughter Margaret, also born in Pickens County. Later Eliza married John B. Price in about 1844. They soon heard the restored gospel of Jesus Christ taught and Eliza was the first of her siblings to be baptized into the church, along with her husband John, on her 33rd birthday. Most of the rest of her brothers and sisters followed within the next two months. John and Eliza's first Child, Becky Ann, was born in Pickens County in 1845. They then relocated to be with the saints in Nauvoo, Illinois. Her mother Rebecca Brown Adair also joined the church and came with them. When persecution drove the saints west, the Price and Adair families went with them. Eliza gave birth to George in van Buren county Iowa in 1847, but her son William Carson died that year at age 12. They suffered greatly at Mount Pisgah, Iowa where her mother died and her brother Thomas Adair lost his wife Fanny and two of his four children. Many of their relatives died there, but Eliza's son Valentine Carson later married Thomas's surviving daughter, Mary Ann Adair. John and Eliza's third child John was born there in 1849 but he only lived 8 months and died in December of that year. Finally the opportunity to join the saints in Utah came, and they crossed the plains in 1851. Hyrum was born to them in Iowa just as they began the trip in April. In Salt Lake City, she and John had their marriage sealed for eternity in 1852, and on 2 Jul 1853 Joseph (Jode) was born to them there. But the adventure of crossing the plains was only the beginning of their pioneering efforts. At the October conference of the church in 1856, Brigham Young called ten families from the Southern States to found a community at a place he named Washington to grow cotton in southern Utah. This would be the first "Cotton Mission." Jacob Hamblin had shown earlier that year that cotton could be raised there. During the preparation for the move, Eliza gave birth to her second daughter, Eliza Jane Price in January, 1857. The families called included John and Eliza's and also the families of five of her siblings: Samuel, Thomas, George, and John Adair, and her sister Mary Ann Magnum and her husband John Magnum. Samuel Adair headed the group which left on March 3, 1857 and arrived the following April 15. Twenty-eight more families were called in April to join them that summer. Soon her son Valentine Carson and his wife Mary Ann Adair Carson, who was her niece, also joined them. They called the area "Dixie," which name still refers to all of that area of Southern Utah, including St. George which was founded four years later. Many serious problems plagued the new community. Many of them contracted malaria from the mosquitoes there, but the cause was then unknown. They also got typhoid and dysentery from bad water. The ground was very alkaline which made it hard to grow cotton. Several families left after the discouraging first season. Three years later, Eliza's daughter Eliza died before reaching her fourth birthday. Another very discouraging factor was their inability to tame the Virgin River for irrigation, which defied all attempts. It broke their dams seven times in their first three years there. In late 1861 when the group who were going to settle St. George passed through, Robert Gardner wrote that seeing the Washington saints "tried me more than anything I have seen in my Mormon experience. Thinking that my wives and Children, from the nature of the climate, would have to look as sickly as those now around me..." He noted how they were as blue as the homemade, weed-dyed cotton clothes they wore, and were all shaking with Malaria. Even as late as 1889, the dam gave way. Many inhabitants left at that time and the population dropped from about 600 to only 300. But Eliza lived to see a new dam completed in 1891 which finally succeeded. Cotton was no longer grown much after the arrival of the railroad, which brought inexpensive cotton from the South, but Washington City has continued to grow from that time, and is now thriving at 7,000, the legacy of these indefatigable familes. Eliza died in Washington, Utah, on 16 Aug 1892 at the age of 80, having been faithful to the mission where she was called."

      2. Per 25 Feb 2003 email from Harold Cahoon, local Washington, Utah, historian . From a two page biography of Mary Ellen Carson Tait printed as "Custom Made History Sheet" prepared by Bill and Elaine Rogers, 215 West 21st Street, Long Beach, CA 90906, 213-596-8213. Copies of this can be found in the Washington City Historical Society library and Dixie State College in southern Utah. The text with some [comments by me]: "Mary Ellen Carson Tait, eldest child living of Valentine Carson and Hannah Wygle [Waggle] Carson, was born in Washington, Washington County, Utah, Jan. 29, 1865, in a little white adobe two-roomed house which was built by her father. He was a mason who made adobes and built many of the houses in Washington. He also helped to build the white adobe school house that stood on the public square. Mary Ellen was 4 years old when her oldest brother, William was born. She remembers how proud she was to have a brother. Her father's mother, Eliza Jane [Adair] Price was the mid-wife in Washington at that time and for many years..."

      3. Reference to Samuel and Eliza Jane in Elizabeth Carson's biography per the book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude," Daughters of Utah Pioneers, p. 2060, no photo in article: "Elizabeth Carson Lewis Lewis Mortensen, born 10 Aug 1833 in Carrelltown, Pickens, Alabama; died 23 Jun 1901 at Parowan, Iron, Utah; parents Samuel Carson and Eliza Jane Adair Carson Pearson Price; pioneer of 1851; spouses (1) David Lewis married 4 Aug 1852 at Salt Lake Endowment House (he died 2 Sep 1855 at Parowan, Iron, UT), (2) Tarleton Lewis married 1856 in Parowan (he died 22 Nov 1890 at Teasdale, Wayne, Utah), and (3) Niels Otto Mortensen married 1862 in Parowan (he died 7 Apr 1912); had two children with first husband, none with second husband, and five with last husband [see book for names and birthdates]..."

      4. From Sherril Clegg, 11 Aug 2003, who indicates she received it from a lady at the Kanab, Utah museum related to Valentine Carson; "Sketch written by Valentine Carson: Valentine Carson was born in Pickens Co., State of Alabama, Nov. 8, 1831.
      My father Samuel Carson died when I was six years old leaving my mother with a family of three children, my self being the oldest, another son William and a girl Elizabeth. My mother lived a widow about two years and married a man by the name of Pearson. She had one daughter by him, Jane, and he was killed by being thrown form a mule. And my mother was once again left a widow. She remained single for six years and married again to John Price who is still living in Washington Co., Utah. My mother had six children by Price: Rebecca Ann, George Thomas, John Wesley, Hyrum, Jacob Smith, and Elizabeth Price. Making eleven children in all.
      After her marriage to Price he moved to Mississippi there we lived one or two years and moved two miles west of the Tombigbe river and made a new farm remaining till the fall of 1843. While there the Elders two in number, came from Nauvoo preaching the gospel. My mother and stepfather Price together with most of our kindred embraced the gospel with full purpose of heart.
      That same fall the people of the neighborhood became excited and raised in mobs and compelled us to leave our homes and we crossed back to the east side of the river where there was a small branch of the church. Here we remained until the fall of 1845. I was baptized at this branch of the church by Daniel Thomas preforming the ordinance. I was about 14 years of age at this time.
      My parents commenced to move from that country about the first of November 1845. The family consisted of my mother, my stepfather, myself, my sister Elizabeth, my brother William, my two half sister[s] Margaret Pearson and Rebecca Ann Price. We traveled and at times stopped to work on the road. We arrived at Nauvoo the sixth day of March 1846. The saints were then on the move. The first Presidency and others had crossed the river and moving on. With his family, my stepfather would sometime move one family on a day travel and then go back and move the other families and so we journeyed on.
      It being the time of year to put in crops my stepfather consented to stop and put in a crop which he did. It was about 25 miles west of the river where we stopped. On the old mason route. I worked with my stepfather and helped him all that I could and we raised a crop and made some means which enabled us to move on. We started for the valley in the spring of 1851 and landed in Salt Lake City early in 1851. After helping my stepfather fix out for the valley I hired my self out and drove an ox team across the plaines. My wages was three dollars a month and board. I was freighting goods as well as moving Livingston's family.
      After arriving in Salt Lake Valley my Parents moved to Provo which at that time was only a small settlement. After living in Provo for two years my stepfather desired to go back to Salt Lake and go in the lumber business which he did in the Mill Creek canyon. I remained in Provo, rented a farm and raised a crop and at times went to Salt Lake and worked at the saw mill chopping logs for the saw mill. After I chopped timber for President Young in Mill Creek Canyon this was about the time of the building of the Lyon [Lion] House in Salt Lake City.
      I married in the summer of 1856 to Mary Ann Adair. The next spring we were called with the rest of the other people to move to the southern part of Utah on the Virgin River and help develop the resources of that country. We settled in Washington, Utah in 1863. I went back to the Missouri river and drove an Ox team to gather up the saints. I drove four yoak oxen there and back twenty seven hundred miles in a little over seven months, and did not loose [lose] an ox out of the team. And all came back looking better than when they started. I resided in Washington seventeen years working hard building dams and ditches and exposing myself in many ways. I became afflicted with rheumatism and fever and chills. I came out to Kanarra and farmed three years, I had a sever sick spell and lost the use of my right arm. In the spring of 1879 through persuasion of my brother in law I moved to Parowan and undertook to herd the Parowan sheep. But finding the exposure I was subjected to was too much for my health, I quit that and settled in Parowan and have remained. I am living on a homestead of 160 acres of land and finding my health still failing I was prompted to write this sketch of my life and that of my parents. My mother and stepfather are still living in Washington, Utah. I have done work for my father and quite a number of my kindred in the St. George Temple, and if the Lord still spair my life I would do much more work for the dead. My disease is of such a nature that I am liable to pass away at any moment or hour. I wish to have this account published for the benefit of my many friends. I am the father of 14 children which are still living in Iron co. I have 14 Grandchildren. I am in my sixty first year now. I wish to bear my testimony to the truth of the gospel revealed to the inhabitants of the earth. I they will be true and faithful and all that will obey him with true and honesty of heart and live up to the principles of the gospel shall gain their reward. I will now close hoping this sketch will be published in the Deseret News, I remain yours truly Valentine Carson."

      5. This was recently found in Aug. 2003 by Sherril Clegg who was given the following typed story from a volunteer at the Kanab, Utah City Museum who is related to Valentine Carson. It is anonymous yet clearly knowledgeable as to two related events that were not known to most of us until only very recently. It appears to have been written by a grandchild of Eliza Jane Adair (Grandmother Price) who first married Samuel Carson in Alabama then later John Price after Samuel died. Eliza was the daughter of Thomas Adair and Rebecca Brown. She had a son from a first marriage, Valentine, who lost in 1861 his first wife, Mary Ann Adair, who was his first cousin by being a daughter of Thomas Jefferson Adair, Jr., a brother to Eliza Jane Adair. Valentine remarried Hannah Waggle, a step-sister, to his first wife. Valentine and Hannah's first child was stillborn and this tells of the May 1863 birth of their evidently premature baby who died at birth. Valentine had another first cousin, George Washington Adair, who was the son of Samuel Jefferson Adair, brother to both Eliza and Thomas J. Adair, Jr. During childbirth of the second child of George and his first wife Ann Chestnut, Ann died but evidently his Aunt Eliza, the midwife was able to save the baby who was named Jemima Ann. Apparently Eliza was able to arrange for Valentine's family to raise Jemima Ann. It should be noted that even though the essence of the story is correct, the timing is off a bit since George loses his wife late March 1863 whereas Hannah loses her child in mid-May of the same year. Both lived near Washington, Utah. Apparently "Grandmother Price" had a guiding influence in both family's lives.[Kerry's note: Jemima became my ancestor thru her later marriage to Charles Henry Hales. If it had been differently, I wouldn't be here to keep sending your pesky emails.] The story:
      "A Joy Realized. The scent of simmering greens floated out to Valentine Carson as he completed his evening's chores after a long hard day's labor on the new canal. As he neared the house, he was sure that something unusual was astir, as he could see his mother, Grandmother Price, bustling about. In those days of early pioneering in Dixie land, a good faithful soul like Grandmother Price was a godsend to expectant mothers. She was throughout all the Dixie County and as far out as Pioche, Nevada for her helpfulness to those in need of medical assistance. And, so now as Valentine greeted her, his worries began afresh for he knew his child to be should not arrive for at least two more months. 'Step quietly, my son,' said his mother as he came into the crudely built house. 'Hannah must rest as much as possible or she may have to meet the same disappointment as she did a year ago. I do hope she will not lose this baby as you know how she has planned for and yearns for one.' Their scant meal was eaten in silence with a prayer in their humble hearts for the little mother to be. No word was spoken, yet each knew the other's thoughts. Both knew that the angels of life and death were near. Hannah awakened suddenly calling first for her husband, then for her mother-in-law, Grandmother Price. All night they watched while the brave little woman went down into the valley of the shadows, coming back with no reward for her suffering. Death had scored another victory. Disappointed and grief stricken, she lay at times dozing to dream of the little form cuddled in her arms, awakening to find them empty, dozing again to see myriads of baby angels reaching out their tiny arms to greet yearning mothers, awakening to grasp the empty space. Oh! The longing of that mother's heart, the yearning during her waking hours for that tiny bundle nestling on her breast made hot and painful by its absence. Days dragged by and Grandmother Price received another summons. George Adair, cousin of Valentine Carson, rode over saying that his wife was very critically ill and needed the faithful mid-wife. Grandmother Price hurried away to keep watch while another little mother went down into the same valley to find another little child. But alas! This dear mother, while on her journey, battled with death who was the victor. Grandmother Price, though saddened by the death of her nephew's wife, had a song in her heart as she wrapped a tiny infant for a short journey to a new home. The ride To Washington was not far from the Adair's place, especially when she thought of the joy Hannah Carson would feel to nurse a hungry little child. The next morning a new strange light shown in Hannah's eyes as the dear old nurse made her comfortable for a new day. The longing for the joy of motherhood was partially realized at last."

      BIRTH:
      1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002.

      2. Date and place per website of Paul Price http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/gtp/ancestors.html 2 Jan 2002. Gives birthplace of West Carthage, Rutherford, Tennessee. Some family group sheets show Laurens Co., South Carolina; however, censuses for 1860 and 1880 indicate birth in Tennessee. I cannot find a location in Tennessee named "West Carthage"; however, there is a "Carthage, Smith, Tennessee" which is more likely especially considering her younger brother reports on the Mormon pioneer roster that he was born in Smith County, Tennessee. I emailed Paul 6 Apr 2003 and he now seems to concur with me on Smith county. He says that he checked on Carthage in "Ani-Map Plus" and that it was in Sumner Co. in 1787, then in Wilson in 1799, and then Smith in 1803 until present.

      3. I use the following birthplace since it was given by Eliza herself: Variant birth place per living marriage sealing, 22 Jan 1881 SGEOR, per online Ordinance Index FHL film 170579, ref. 1235: John Price, b. 20 Nov 1815 in Tennessee, and Eliza Jane Adair, b. 11 Nov 1811 at Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee. In a separate living ordinance, under the "Law of Adoption" before being changed by Wilford Woodruff in 1894, Eliza had herself and her mother sealed to the temple president John David Thompson McAllister per online Ordinance Index FHL film 170583, p. 159, 22 Jan 1881 SGEOR. She notes her birth as 11 Nov 1811 at Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Per website <http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/tjadair/descndants. html> 3 Jan 2002.

      DEATH:
      1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002.

      2. Date and place per website of Paul Price http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/gtp/ancestors.html 2 Jan 2002.

      3. Per website ; "Cemetery/Death Indexes (1852-1996) in Washington County, Utah," compiled by Wesley W. Craig, Ph.D: "Eliza Jane Price, b. 11 Nov 1811, d. 16 Aug 1892, Old Wash. City."

      BURIAL:
      1. Place per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002. Name shown is "Eliza Jane Price." Date from Ancestral File v4.19.

      2. Tombstone in the old part of Washington City Cemetery with photos on file: Frontside: "Price: John 20 Nov 1815 - 11 Jan 1893; Eliza Jane Adair 11 Nov 1810 - 16 Aug 1892, sealed for time and all eternity January 14, 1853;" backside: "Children: John, Valentine, Elizabeth, William, Margaret Jane, Rebecca Ann, George Thomas, John Wesley, Hyrum Wiley, Joseph Smith, Eliza Jane." Stone is newer and includes an engraving of the St. George temple.

      3. Email from Harold Cahoon, Washington City researcher, 6 Jul 2003: Burials listed in the Washington City Cemetery (this can be found on site and includes all of the cemeteries in Washington County) www.lofthouse.com/USA/washington/cemetery/wash1.html
      My note "nothing" means they were not listed on the lofthouse list nor the list that the Wash. Cemetery has. "No head stone" means they were listed on the lofthouse list and are listed in the City's record as not having a head stone. I do not know if the city has any better records in their office.
      Ann Chestnut Adair, no head stone.
      Mary Ann Adair Carson, nothing.
      Olive Parintha Adair, no head stone.
      Rufus Columbus Burlison Adair, no head stone.
      Samuel P. Adair, nothing.
      Ellen Bardsley Mangum, nothing.
      Eliza Jane Clark Mangum, no headstone, b. 11 Aug 1827, d. 21 Feb 1859, spouse James Michel Mangum, fa. Samuel Clark, mo. Adair.
      Eliza Jane Adair Price buried in row 36; I would assume there is a marker for this grave.

      4. In an effort to locate and place tombstones in Washington, Utah, I sent the following 6 Jul 2003 email to Barry Blake, city cemetery official wcparks@ci.washingtoncity.state.ut.us [phone is 435-634-9850 ext. 321]:
      "My friend and fellow researcher Harold Cahoon gave me your name as the contact for the Washington Cemetery. He spoke to you about locating an early pioneer gravesite for Ann Chestnut Adair, wife to George Washington Adair, and daughter-in-law to Samuel Jefferson Adair whose new statue was just dedicated as the founder of Washington. At age 9, her parents had been murdered somewhere on the Mormon Trail to Utah and she and two younger siblings were tied to a cow and left to wander helplessly. Samuel found her and adopted her. She eventually marries Samuel's son George.
      Harold indicates that you do indeed have a record that she is buried in your older cemetery but that the location has been forgotten over the years. Several people would like to contribute to a memorial stone for her. Ann died at age 19 on 27 Mar 1863. Are there any experts with expertise in regards to those early plots that could pinpoint it more accurately. I have found death records of Ann's closest relations who died around the same time and are supposedly buried in the same cemetery which may help to pinpoint her or at least get as close as we can with what available plot maps you have. They are:
      Mary Ann Adair Carson, d. 27 Apr 1861, bur. 29 Apr 1861. (Wife of the Valentine Carson who adopts Ann's baby upon her death and cousin to Ann's husband George.)
      Olive Parintha Adair, d. at birth 28 Nov 1864, oldest child of George and his second wife Emily Tyler who he married after Ann's death.
      Rufus Columbus Burlison Adair, bur. Aug 1858, George's younger unmarried brother.
      Samuel P. Adair, d. 30 Jan 1871, another young child of George and Emily Tyler Adair.
      Ellen Bardsley Mangum, d. 22 Jan 1864, wife of John Mangum who was a cousin of Samuel J. Adair.
      Eliza Jane Clark Mangum, d. 21 Feb 1859, wife of James Mitchel Mangum who was brother to John Mangum and also a cousin to Samuel J. Adair.
      Eliza Jane Adair Price, d. 16 Aug 1892, bur. 18 Aug 1892, mother of Valentine Carson noted above, sister of Samuel J. Adair, later wife of John Buren Price.
      As you research the plots for the above and their proximity to each other and potentially Ann's, could you advise me as to which one are definitely platted with stones, platted without stones, or just plain unplatted.
      What arrangements are needed by us with your department?"
      [15 April 2005 follow-up note by Kerry Petersen: I have received no reply to the above. I have now personally visited the city cemetery and the city records office; they cannot verify her gravesite. The city clerk mentioned that they do not excavate graves in the old part of the cemetery because they know there are so many unmarked gravesites. Of the people listed above, I could only find a stone for John and Eliza Jane Adair Price. No further action possible.]

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Per website <http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/tjadair/descendants. html> 3 Jan 2002.