Emma Spendlove, wife of John Nock Hinton
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Emma Spendlove sailed on the “UNDERWRITER” with about 624 other Saints
under the direction of Elder Milo Andrus. She met and married John Nock
Hinton aboard ship, and arrived at New York Harbor May 22, 1861.
The following from:
Harris-Taylor Family
Gwen Hopkins
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EMMA SPENDLOVE HINTON
BIRTH DATE: 29 Jan 1842 Cosby, Leicestershire, England
PARENTS: John Spendlove
b: 10 AUG. 1816 in Cosby, Leicestershire, England
Elizabeth Harrison b: 20 Oct 1816 Whetstone, Leicestershire, England
PIONEER: 13 Sep. 1861 Joseph Horn Wagon Train SPOUSE: John
Nock Hinton
MARRIED: 19 May 1861 On board ship, "Underwriter"
DEATH: 5 May 1929 Hurricane, Washington, Utah
CHILDREN: John Maurice, 7 Apr 1862
Agnes Elizabeth, 9 June 1864
Marion, 27 Apr 1866
Emma, 27 May
1868
Atkins, 15 Jul. 1870
Thomas Maurice, 8 Oct. 1872 Annie, 24 Sep. 1874 Joel, 19
Aug. 1877
Bernard Bulmer, 29 Jan 1881 Edith Alice, 23 Mar. 1881 Catherine,
18 Apr. 1884.
Emma was seven years old when her mother died and her
father
joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was
baptized
into the Church on February, 1852, by her uncle William Spendlove.
Her
father let Emma go to America with the Steven Foster family on
the
ship, "Underwriter," after she had earned most of her passage.
On
the second day out on the sea, she met John Nocks Hinton.
Their friendship
grew and Charles W. Penrose married them on May 19,1861, on
board the
ship. After passing through customs, they boarded a train to
Quincy,
Illinois, and then took the riverboat, "Black Hawk," to Nebraska
where
they made preparations to cross the Plains. They traveled in the
John
Hom Wagon Company which arrived in Salt Lake City on September
13,1861.
They stayed in Salt Lake in primitive conditions and then decided to
move
south where it was warmer. In December of 1862, they arrived in
Virgin
and lived in a dugout. They had to eat pig weed and lucerne greens.
The
coffee mill came in handy to grind wheat for cereal and flour.
Molasses
was the sweetener. Emma sold most of their clothing for food. She
made
candles, corn shuck mattresses, and soap. She planted and tended a
garden
so they could sell some of the produce. She worked in the cotton and
sugar
cane fields. She would take a blanket, spread it out, and take care
of
her children as she worked. She had to contend with hostile
Indians,
snakes, a wildcat, scorpions, spiders, thistles, lack of water,
and
floods. In 1874, President Young organized the United Order in
Virgin.
All their belongings were turned into the Order, even the lumber for
a
house that she had been waiting so long to have built. The Order
only
lasted a year and a half. All they received was some land and a team
of
horses but no wagon. So once again they had to start from
nothing.
They sold their land and started a furniture shop. She put in
many hours
sanding and varnishing the pieces her husband made. The night before
the
business opened, the shop caught fire and everything was lost in
the
fire. John went to Salt Lake City to work for the next six
months,
leaving Emma to take care of a family of ten. He was successful
and
returned home just before Christmas. Soon he built Emma a
comfortable
home in 1879. Later, John went to St. George to work on the
temple. He
was gone for a year, donating his time. Again Emma was
left
completely responsible for the livelihood of her family. Emma
and
her family later moved to Hurricane, Utah when she was
nearly seventy
years old. She was still doing her own housework and washing
until she
was over eighty- five. She and her husband enjoyed good health and
were
able to do a lot of temple work which brought her much joy.
... Emma went to live with her daughter Edith in St. Thomas, Nevada,
where she passed
away May 5, 1929.
Both are buried side by side in the Hurricane cemetery."
Sources:
Type: Book
Title: Women of Faith and
Fortitude
Author: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Publication: publishers
press
Date: 1198
Page: 1341
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