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History of Mary Allred,
wife of David Sanders
Mary Allred
by Jackie Spendlove Leatham,
3rd great granddaughter
Mary Allred was born 30 Nov. 1783 in Randolph, North Carolina to
William Allred and Elizabeth Thrasher. Mary was the oldest sister
by one year to James Allred who settled Spring City, Utah in 1852.
She married David Sanders, son of Moses Sanders, in 1802 at Franklin
County, Georgia. David was born around 1775, Irdll County, North Carolina.
A deed of land describes the Moses Sanders’ property as “being next to ‘old
William Allred place’ — Old William or Old place? Maybe the two families
just moved along together.”
(Louis E. Allred Family Record, by Archibald Bennett).
Mary’s three oldest children, Moses Martin, William Hamilton, and Sarah (Sally)
were born in Banks Co.(now Franklin), Georgia. The family was in Bedford
County (now Marshall County), Tennessee, when Nancy was born in 1810, and
David James in 1815.
Mary’s husband, David, died 11 Jan 1815 at Bedford, Tennessee leaving
Mary, a young widow, of thirty-three years. Only five years later, Mary passed
away on 19 May 1820. Her oldest child, Moses Martin, was seventeen,
her youngest child, David James, was five.
Although Mary died before the Gospel was restored, her son Moses Martin recognized
the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and was baptized on 28 Jan 1835.
He and his wife, Amanda Armstrong Fausett, gathered with the Latter-Day Saints
at Farr West (1836), Quincy (1839), and Nauvoo, Illinois. Before Moses
Martin left Nauvoo for Winter Quarters, he was blessed to lead prayers held
in the Nauvoo Temple on 14 Mar 1846, 29 Mar 1846, and 31 Mar 1846. (Journal
of History of the Church). His family then removed to Winter
Quarters, Council Bluffs, West Jordan (1850), Fairview (1858/9), and
eventually St. George, Utah (1865) where Moses Martin helped build the first
temple in the West dedicated to the Lord in this dispensation. Mary
Allred, the mother of Moses Martin, was baptized a member of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the St. George temple on the 21 Feb.
1877, and her endowments were performed on the 22 Feb. 1877.
Mary’s grandson, Joseph Moroni, was born 25 Dec. 1836, the night his
family was driven from their home in Farr West, Clay, Missouri. This same
grandson was baptized on his birthday, 25 Dec. 1844 in a hole cut out of
the ice of the frozen Mississippi River just out of Nauvoo. Joseph
Moroni married Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie, the daughter of Lewis Curtis Zabriskie,
on 20 Aug. 1860 at Fairview, Sanpete, Utah. Lewis Curtis Zabriskie and his
wife, Mary Higbee, came to Utah with the Garden Grove Company in 1851, and
eventually settled in Spring City, Utah, which was originally called “The
Allred Settlement.”
Sources:
Life Story of Rebecca Ann Sanders Sanderson by Elden G. Hurst
Emma Sanders Tidwell by Stella Tidwell Hall
The Sanders Saga Feb. 1984
Joseph Moroni Sanders by Margaret I. S. Haslam Hardy
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A history of
James , Isaac and William Allred,
Mary's brothers
A History of James, Isaac and William Allred
by Karla Monson
(Missouri Era)
Two years following their arrival in Monroe Co. Hyrum Smith and
John Murdock preached to the Allreds, testifying that a new prophet, Joseph
Smith, had organized a new church or rather the old one restored. They
arrived on August 4, 1831 and taught the next day. John Murdock became
ill and they spent a week at Salt River. According to Redick, his parents
were exemplary Presbyterians and were taught that prophets and apostles
were no longer needed. They thus regarded Elder Smith and Murdock suspiciously.
The two Elders passed on to found the center stake of Zion, New Jerusalem
in Jackson Co., Mo. Later Isaac opened his home for meetings as other Elders,
bound for Jackson Co., stopped to teach. A year passed and the faith sown
in 1831 took root as George Hinkle, Daniel Cathcart and James Johnson organized
the Allreds, Ivies and others into the Salt River Branch. Nineteen converts,
including Isaac and Mary, one or two daughters and William Moore were baptized
September 10, 1832.5
As the Saints were amassing in Jackson Co., the Salt River increased
in self-sufficiency. John Ivie baptized Reddin and Redick in March 1833.
That year Isaac, intent on founding Zion with the Saints, sold his farm to
relocate westward. However, in the fall the Saints were expelled from Jackson
Co. Their departure was marked by the falling of stars, which Redick affirms,
"...was witnessed in our locality in all its splendor, and many believed
the end of the world had come." Awaiting the next gathering, Isaac rented
the home of the buyer of his former property and stayed with the members
of the Salt River Branch. At this time Isaac observed that Paulinus Harvey's
mouth would draw down to one side when he laughed. Isaac called on the healing
power of the Elders and Paulinus' mouth was normalized.6
Isaac's family met the prophet as he recruited men for the army to reclaim
the lost property of the Saints in the spring of 1834. William defined his
first impressions of the Prophet of Zion's Camp as follows:
"I thought he had a very noble appearance, very kind and affectionate.
I visited the camp several times while they were stopping at my Uncle James
Allred's farm. I know he was a true prophet of God, for I have lived to
see many of his prophecies fulfilled and am willing for this testimony to
go to all the world."
Joseph Smith specifies in the Journal History that the company arrived
June 7, 1834 and camped in a grove by the spring waters of the Salt River,
by a branch of the Church called the Allred Settlement. They rested, washed
clothes and prepared for their journey until June 12. James Allred (Isaac's
brother), Isaac and Martin Allred (James' sons) and Andrew Whitlock (James'
son-in-law) joined the company formed to redeem Zion.7
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