Sabrina Curtis Harward from pioneer women of Faith and Fortitude

Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude  v. 2 p.1276
International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
b. 21 Apr. 1832  Rutland, Tioga Co. Pennsylvania
D. 27 June 1890  Aurora, Sevier Co. Utah
Parents  Enos Curtis, Ruth Curtis
Pioneer: Sep 1848

Spouse 1 George King m. abt 1846
Children
David Abraham 21 Jan 1847
Angeline (died as an infant)

Spouse 2 Thomas Harward m. 6 apr 1851
Children
Thomas Franklin  1852 (died as a child)
William Henry 1854
Sarah Ellen 1856
Celestia Ann 1858 (died as a child)
Sabrina Eliza 1860
Ozias Strong 1862
Heber 1865
Mary Alberta 1868
Scrilla 1870 (died as a child)

Sabrina Curtis was born in Pennsylvania in 1832, the 13th child of Ruth and Enos.  Her parents had joined the Church the year before her birth.

They were devout in their religious convictions, going through many hardships of early pioneers.  Their families were with a group of pioneers organized by Brigham Young to emigrate across the plains and mountains from the Missouri River to Utah.  They left Elkhorn River, June 1, 1848, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in Sept. 1848.

Her parents lost 7 of their children during their life times.  Sabrina’s mother passed away at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1848.  Her father remarried a widow who had lost her husband while crossing the plains, a widow who had five children.

After Sabrina’s marriage to George “Elisha” King, she had the one son born at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa, and was expecting another baby.  She lost her baby daughter, Angeline due to a quarrel they had.  She came to Utah with her family, and George went on to Washington, Utah.

Sabrina’s second marriage was to Thomas Harward on  April 6, 1851.  In 1853, this family moved to Cedar City, Utah.  She was sealed to Thomas in 1857.  In 1859, they moved to Springville, Utah, and to Aurora, Utah in 1879.

Sabrina was at the Mountain Meadow Massacre shortly after it happened.  The children who survived were crying and calling her Mama.  She was so touched by this that she took them home with her and cared for them until relatives could come for them.  The was not the first time she had cared for little children.  When her sister died, she cared for her little ones.

Sabrina passed away on June 27, 1890, at the age of 68 years in Aurora, Sevier County, Utah.