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Show • • • CATHERINE MOORE WADSWORTH Life Story page 1 3d-l Catherine Moore was born 24 Oct 1847 at the Victoria Ironworks, Tredegar, Wales. Her parents wer Jacob Moore and Catherine Lloyd Jar-man. They owned and operated a sweet shop. Jacob is also listed as a Collier (coal miner) When Catherine was 7 years old her father left and journeyed to America with his parents. They settled in the Southern states. Cath-erine never saw him again. A wife and 5 children were left to fend for themselves. As Catherine got older I'm sure that she helped her mother with the shop. A native Missionary named John Thomas contacted the family and converted Catherine Lloyd Jarman and the older children, except Thomas the oldest son. He and Catherine Moore's mother fell in love. On 2 March 1858 the two were married. Nothing had been heard from Jacob in all this time. John Thomas contacted pneumonia while presiding at the Brecon-shire fall Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day .... Saints. He died 19 October, 1862. Catherine's mother made preparations to leave for America which she and John had planned to do before he died. John's death had left the family destitute. John had not been able to work for several weeks and Catherine could not run her shop because she had to nurse John. The family recieved help from John's brothers and sisters. This included his brother Thomas, who was al-ready in Utah. Catherine's mother sold her shop and with the help of Thomas and probably the "Perpetual Immagration Fund" she was ready to make the trip. They left Liverpool. Eng. bound for New York City. The family (minus Thomas. the oldest chil.d who was already mar- · ried and who stayed in Wales) after ·'arriving in New York. stopped off at Pottsville. Pennsylvania to see Catherine Lloyd Jarman's parents. John Jarman and Margaret Price. Here the family learned that Jacob had died 1 Jan 1863. He died fighting for the Confederacy. He held the rank of Captain. The Jarmans did not want anything to do with their daughter or her family because of their associatjon with the Mormon ·church. This was the last time that any of them made contact with the Jarmans. They continued their journey to Florence Nebraska where the wagon trains were being outfitted. They left Florence on august 101 at-tached to the Thomas E. Ricks Company. They arrived in the Salt Lake v~lley on October 4th 186~. Catherine had a frightening experjence on the trip. She was 15. small for her age and tired of walking. She sat down on a rock to rest. A group of Indians approached her. They wer about 50 in number :md were wearing paint and feathers. They stared at her for awhile. The Chief muttered something to them and they left. Meanwhile her mother had noted her abscence and had sent someone to look for her. After arriving in Utah. the family took up residence at 2047 Jef-ferson Ave •• in Ogden. weber. Utah. Catherine opened a Sweet shop on Washington Blvd. between 23rd and 24th st.; next to Boyles Furni-ture store. Catherine helped her with this enterprise. Catherine met Thomas Shore Wadsworth in Ogden, at the third ward. They were married on the 2nd of December, 1864. She was only 17. She was an excellent wife and mother. Her mother wrote to her older broth~ in Wales. She told Thomas that"Catherine was a good wife, industrious, clean and neat. She (Catherine) makes everything from her husbands coats to their baby dresses.'' { cont.) • • •• CATHERINE MOORE WADSWORTH1s Life Story (Cont.) page 2 -3~ Catherine and Thomas lived with William and Ann :t,tason. . Their first? children were born there. Only the oldest lived to Maturity • Another child was born in Ogden at their Aunt Luty•s home. She liv-ed. The family moved to Hooper where Thomas earned S675 a year as schoolmaster. While he was there he organized a Sunday School and served as it•s Superintendant. Here a baby boy was born and died before his second birthday. The family moved back to Ogden. 3 more children were born while they lived there. One, Martha Jane survi v-ed 5 dead babies in 12 years. What a sorrow for a mother to bear. After the Small Pox epedemic in 1875/6, Thomas went to Keokuk, Iowa to attend the"Physicians and Surgeons College". While he was ·. . there. Catherine made fancy work and solt)them from door-to-door to help pay expenses, He graduated ln 1878 and returned to Utah. One of the 5 babies who died was born while Thomas was in Iowa. We next find the family in Ame-ican Fork where another baby was born. This child and all of Catherin's subsequent children lived. Another Baby was born at Payson and 2 at Lehi. All these places are in Utah County. Through all these moves, child bearing, sorrows and . hardships. Catherine maintained a cheerful attitude and her heme was· a place of love and underst~ding. Thomas was working as a doctor and I'm sure that the family was struggling to m~ke ends meet. They made one last move to Morgan, Utah where they stayed until their deaths. 2 more children were born to them in Morgan. This bro-ught the total to 14. They are listed as follows: Thomas Jonathan__ Hannah Eveline Leonora Samuel Richard Sophronia Martha Jane Elema Edward Norris Kate Luty Ann Primrose Christmas .-1 • ,. V ; I .J r. ·. I 21 oct 18 Nov 8 Jun 4 Sep 10 May 4 mar 18 Dec 13 May 5 Apr 9 Apr 24 Jun 11 Apr 10 Apr 25 Dec 1865 1867 1869 1870 1872 1874 1875 1877 1879 1881 1884 1886 1889 1890 married Rose Taylor died-infant . ma"r ried" J ohn Alma Eddington died- infant died-child . married Thomas Quinn died-infant ~,J~ . married Nancy L~ Robin·son married Joseph G. Littlefield married James Cliend Clark Charles A. Stuart Earl Clark Ball Varsel c. Ballentine ----) Catherine's grandson Edward Norris payed her a great tribute, when he wrote;"Grandma (Catherine) was reserved but friendly and very active up to her last years. ·She always kept the cookie jar full when he was around. She was a woman born years before her time. She shar-ed equally in the pioneering effort with her husband. She made sac-rifices to assist in building up the community. With her womanly str-ength, her will. intelligence and hard work, she was an ideal helpmate for her husband. Together they reared a large family who reflected their independent spirit. · Instead of a lawn, the entire front yard was a flower garden which Catherine painstakingly tended. Her other major outside ac-tivity included the care of a large raspberry patch which provided a bounteous yield of the best raspberries in the County. She also kept chickens and a large vegetable garden." • • .. CATHERINE MOORE'S Life Story Cont. page 3 3i3 In 1888 her sister Sophronia died after falling off a train ob-- servation car. Both legs had to be amputated, but· Sophronia died 2 weeks later. She left two little girls orphaned. Sophronia's husband had deserted her 5 years before and bis where abouts were unknown. Catherine took ..t hem into her home and cared for them with her own large brood. Later, they went to live with their step-brother, Samuel John Thomas. SI.ff. and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1914, at their daughter Christmas's home in Ogden. Catherine, Thomas, Children, Inlaws and grand children and great grandchildren all had a marvelous time. Shortly after this party, Catherine became ill. Her old'=lst living daughter, Ma_ttha Jane had gone with ~er _ fatJ}er on .. his rounds and had learned a lot about medicine from him. When Cath-erine took ill, Martha Jane went to Morgan and nursed her through her illness. Catherine recovered, but her health was uncertain and "Mattie" as she was known to her friends returned again and again to help her · mother~ Catherjne died 18 November, 1918. Her. husband followed her · a few months later. They are buried side-by-side in the Ogden City Cemetary behind the Dee family. Their dead babies are theBe along with an infant granddaup;hter and an infant great Grand-daughter. Two of their dau-ghters Primrose and Martha Jane with part of their families are also there. together ·once more, ·under the pine trees • Most of this information came from Catherines daughter. Primrose Wadsworth Ball • |
