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Show Ellen Masser Carter don 10 Ellen Masser Carter was born January 7, 1835 in England; the daughter of John and Mary Hindley Masser. When she was eight years of age her mother died and her father soon re-married. Her step-mother was very good and kind to her and she hardly knew the loss of her own mother. At the age of fourteen years she hired out as a house maid and worked at this until she married Samuel Carter in 1859. They set sail for Utah aboard the Wm. Tapscott on May 11, 1830. They were on this sailing vessel for seven weeks ans she was seas sick through the entire trip it being a very unpleasant voyags for her. They crossed the plains by ox teams and she said one day she had walked for hours so that older members of the company could ride, when she became so tired she fell by the wayside exhausted. When camp was made that evening, her husband who was a teamster, on noticing that she was not present turned and went back for her. While enroute, their first baby, Ellen a girl, was born, on Aug. 8, 1860. The food was very course and not very eatible, and in her weakened condition she felt as though she could not eat it, so she would slip it between the cover and the wagon box so that her husband would not notice it. They arrived in Salt Lake City on Sept. 25, 1860; and settled just north at Kaysville. Ther two children were born. They lived here five years then moved to Round Valley in Morgan County. Here five more children were born and two of that number were buried in Round Valley. In 1873 they moved to Porterville Morgan Co. Utah where three more children were born. She lived and bore the hardships of Pioneer life with a cheerful and loving disposition, dividing willingly with her fellow men and was loved by all who came in contact with her. In 1893 her son was called to fill a mission to the Southern States. While on his mission he was beaten by mobs and went through many trials for his religion. He died while in his field of labor of malaria fever. His death was a terrible shock for his mother who had prayed and planned for his safe return. Her husband died in 1898 leaving her with three unmarried children. She lived at her home in Porterville until all the children were married, her youngest son staying with the farm and caring for her, until her life's chapter was peacefully closed in 1903. by.......... Mrs. Hattie A. Durrant |
