up and have succeeded in getting the roof on
this Winter, but it isn't suitable to live in yet.
Now we have lived here eighteen years and
have had nine children born here. We had
two children born in Utah before we came
here. We buried our first boy at Sunset on our
way out here. And our little daughter that we
had when we came, lived to be sixteen years old,
and was drowned the 7th of June 1893, her name
was Eliza Roxie.
Emma Matilda was our nect girl, she is now
seventeen years old, and she has taken a fancy
to a young fellow who is not at all worthy
of her, and she is so determined we do not
know what to do with her.
Now could you advise us to move to an ot-
er place or have you a place a farm or
some establishment that you would like
an industrious family to come to for we
are all good willing workers.
The main reason why I would like
a change is to get the mind of my
up and have succeeded in getting the roof on
this Winter, but it isn't suitable to live in yet.
Now we have lived here eighteen years and
have had nine children born here. We had
two children born in Utah before we came
here. We buried our first boy at Sunset on our
way out here. And our little daughter that we
had when we came, lived to be sixteen years old,
and was drowned the 7th of June 1893, her name
was Eliza Roxie.
Emma Matilda was our nect girl, she is now
seventeen years old, and she has taken a fancy
to a young fellow who is not at all worthy
of her, and she is so determined we do not
know what to do with her.
Now could you advise us to move to an oter place or have you a place a farm or
some establishment that you would like
an industrious family to come to for we
are all good willing workers.
The main reason why I would like
a change is to get the mind of my
"Letter from Eliza Snow Smith Rogers, 5 March 1897," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/6mZ7