daughter on a more worthy being.
he is lazy, and sneaking, and I dont
know of one redeeming trait in his
character. But Emma thinks she loves him.
Now I would be willing to do most anything in
reason to save her from having this fellow.
Smith D Rogers is my husbands name. Son of Samuel H, and Anna Matilda Rogers. They
are both dead. Bro Samuel H Rogers had his fa-
ther and mother adopted into your family. There
fore you are a relative of ours and we would ask
you to assist us some way, so that we shall not
have a black sheep in our flock. She has
always been obedient only in regard to this fel-
low she has been very disobedient. She is quite
young and easily led, and if we could get her
away she might get her mind off of him.
Now my husband would never leave here un-
less called by the Priesthood and that is why
we stay on this bare hill. He says. "They told
me the water would come on the hill lots as
soon as it would come on the lot below. So I
will stay here untill they call me sumeplacelse"
daughter on a more worthy being.
he is lazy, and sneaking, and I dont
know of one redeeming trait in his
character. But Emma thinks she loves him.
Now I would be willing to do most anything in
reason to save her from having this fellow.
Smith D Rogers is my husbands name. Son of
Samuel H, and Anna Matilda Rogers. They
are both dead. Bro Samuel H Rogers had his father and mother adopted into your family. There
fore you are a relative of ours and we would ask
you to assist us some way, so that we shall not
have a black sheep in our flock. She has
always been obedient only in regard to this fellow she has been very disobedient. She is quite
young and easily led, and if we could get her
away she might get her mind off of him.
Now my husband would never leave here unless called by the Priesthood and that is why
we stay on this bare hill. He says. "They told
me the water would come on the hill lots as
soon as it would come on the lot below. So I
will stay here untill they call me sumeplacelse"
"Letter from Eliza Snow Smith Rogers, 5 March 1897," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/nYK4