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Show Ann Richardson Chapin done 53 Ann Richardson Chaplin daughter of Elizabeth Robson Richardson, was born Aug. 5, 1850 in Cramlington, Northumberland County, England, where she was baptized into the L.D.S. Church in April 1861 and on the 22 of the same moth left Liverpool together with her parents and their family in the ship Underwriter. Mr. Roberts Captain and Homer Duncan was President of the Company. They were six weeks on the ocean; arriving at New York City, they continued their journey to Florence, Nebraska where they remained for one month when they started for Utah in Milo Andrew’s Company, and when about half way to Utah they joined Homer Duncan’s Company and arrived in Salt Lake City Utah Sept. 13, 1861 and then in Feb. 1862 came to Morgan, Utah. Her family as many others had a hard time. They lived on potatoes for 6 weeks, never once tasting bread. They lived on the west side of the Valley, the place known as Monday Town a small hollow just above their homes. Later they moved over to the central part of the valley later known as Morgan City on the South side. She married Uriah Calvin Chaplin Oct. 9 1866 Heber C. Kimball officiating in the Endowment house, Salt Lake City. She was the mother of five daughters and one son. She was a very devoted mother, and also very attentive to the sick, she cared for more than fifty babies until their mothers could care for themselves. She often made the expression “I have no desire to be rich, but I would like to have means that whenever I saw anyone in need I could put my hand in my pocket and help them.” She was always on hand and anxious to help in every way possible. She was much loved and respected by neighbors and friends. She was a member of the Relief Society from its first organization in Morgan and served as teacher also as Treasurer for many years. She was a devoted mother, kind to friend and a faithfull Latter Day Saint. She died Dec. 17, 1911. By Mrs. Elizabeth Waldron |