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Show • • • ANNA RICHARDSON CHAPIN Anna Richardson Chapin daughter of Elizabeth Robson Richardson , was born Aug. S, 1850 in Cramling, Northumberland County, England where she was baptized into the L.D.S. church in April 1861 and on the 22 of the same month 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, where they started for Utah in Milo Andrew' s company and when they were about halfway 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 6weeks, never once tasing bread. They lived on the west side of the valley, the place know as Monday Town, a small hallow just above their homes. Later they moved over to the central part of the valley later known as Morgan City in the South side. She married Uriah Calvin Chapin Oct. 9, 1866, Heber C. Kimball officiating in the Endowment House. She was the mother of five daughters and one son . She was a 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 this expression," I have no desire to be rich, but I would like to have the means that whenever I saw any one 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 and also as treasurer for many years. She was a devoted mother, kind to friends and a faithful Latter Day Saint. She died Dec. 17, 1911. By Mrs. Elizabeth Waldron |
