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MAMIE MARGARET TIDWELL
Mamie Margeret Tidwell was born 19 June 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois to John and Jane SmithTidwell Sr. This was just eight days before the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martyred at Carthage, Illinois.
Her father John Tidwell Sr., had joined the Church on 18 September 1835 in Clark County, Indiana. Her mother Jane joined the Church a week later on 25 September 1835 at the age of 23. They moved to Nauvoo,Hancock, Illinois on 6 November 1839 and witnessed the sickness that came from draining the swamps and preparing Nauvoo for a beautiful city that they would leave in just a little over six years.
Her parents received their endowments on 3 January 1846 in the Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. They left with the body of Saints in February 1846 when they were expelled from Nauvoo. By 1850 they were living in Pottawattamie, Iowa.
Margaret's family came to the Utah Territory with the John Tidwell Company(her father was captain) in 1852. Her father John, was 45; her mother, Jane was 39; William Nelson was 20; Jefferson William was 15; Martha was 10; Mamie Margaret was 7; Sarah was 5; John was 3; and Emma Jane was an infant. She was actually born 12 September 1852 just before getting to the Salt Lake valley.
They departed on with 340 individuals and 61 wagons in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa(present day Council Bluffs). John had 2 wagons, 7 oxen, 4 cows, 8 sheep, and 6 hogs.
Their daughter Margaret was baptized on 9 July 1852 at the age of eight as they were coming west. By 27 July they had made it to Chimney Rock. They traveled past Devil’s Gate on 19 August. The weather was beginning to be very cold in the mornings and nights.They made it to Fort Bridger by 5 September and stopped to repair wagons and rest. They reached the Salt Lake valley on 10 September 1852.
By 1860 they were living in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah territory. She married Alma Zabriskie on 19 May 1860 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete,Utah Territory at the age of 15. Alma was 24 years old. They later received their endowments and were sealed in the Endowment House on 27 September 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory.
Alma was born 19 August 1835 in Eugene, Vermillion, Indiana to Henry J.and Nancy Newgin Zabriskie. His family came to Great Salt Lake,Deseret in 1849 with the Allen Taylor Company. His father Henry was 60; his mother Nancy was 49; Jerome was 21; Charles was 19; Alma was 13;and Susanna was 9.
Alma was the sixth of seven children born to Henry J. and Nancy Zabriskie. They had six boys and one girl. They had joined the Church in 1832 and had been in Clay County, Missouri with the Saints when they experienced such horrible tribulations. He had lost over 80 acres of land there along with buildings and animals. They had received their endowments on 3 February 1846 just a day before the main body of Saints were expelled from Nauvoo.
They departed on 5 July 1849 with 246 individuals and 72 wagons in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post at Council Bluffs. From the account of David Moore who was a captain of ten: “Two letters were wrote and left here on the bank of the Elkhorn, one by the clerk of the one hundred and one by the clerk of Captain Allreds 50, for G.A. Smith stating the progress of the camps. We took a good sized pole and bored a hole in it and put our letters in, then pluged up the hole and set the pole in the ground close by the road so thatit could be seen by the company that was coming with Pres. G.A.Smith. This was called our post office.” They arrived in the Great Salt Lake valley on 10 October 1849.
Alma and Margaret ha d twelve children, six girls and six boys, all born in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory. Mary Elizabeth was born 31 May 1861; Martha Jane was born 25 February 1863; Nancy Elzina was born 26 February 1865; John Henry was born 17 November 1867; William Alma was born 13 November 1869 and died 9 September 1870; Jerome was born 13 November 1871; Anna Eliza was born 9 April 1873; George Albert was born 18 August 1875; Margaret was born 25 October 1877;James Franklin was born 9 January 1879; Charles Abram was born 17 October 1881; and Rosa was born 19 June 1883.
Alma was a farmer all his life in the Mount Pleasant area.
Margaret died on 20 September 1910 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah at the age of 66. She died of Typhoid Fever. She was buried on 22 September 1910 in Mount Pleasant, Utah.
Alma died on 16 June 1913 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah at the age of 77. He died of Dropsey. He was buried on 19 June 1913 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah
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