Ezra Houghton Curtis

Ezra Houghton Curtis from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah

Thomas Harward

Sabrina Curtis Harward

Sabrina Curtis Harward poem

April the 3  1889

Sixty years ago to day my

Mother gave me birth

Since then I have seen both

joy and mirth and sorow too

we all have to go threw.

but the last thirty 3 years

of my life I have tride

to be a good faithful wife

and frend and a Mother to

both Child and brother

but know I am old my

days will soon be told

but whether they are long

or short I hope from

the truth I may never

depart.

Sabrina Harward

Thomas Harward and Sabrina Curtis Harward headstones

Aurora City Cemetery

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.

History of Thomas Harward

 (NOTE: These remembrances do not reflect actual dates and family history.  For example, Sabrina was divorced from her first husband, who did not die crossing the plans as this account states.  Until  further research and editing can be done it should be assumed that the following are the kind memories of a great-grandaughter. - Rhonda Pace)

HISTORY OF THOMAS HARWARD

BORN 6TH FEB. 1826 AT WORCHESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND

SON OF THOMAS HARWARD AND MARY HARRIS

by Louise Durfee Rooney

Thomas Harward Jr. was born 6th, Feb. 1826 at Chadwick, Hartlebury, Worcestershire, England. He was the third of six children born to Thomas Harward Sr. and Mary Harris

Thomas Harward Sr., the father, owned a large wooded estate, and was quite wealthy.

On this estate, young Thomas Jr. learned to cut and carve wood. His father also owned a string of fancy race horses, and followed the arena.

In the year 1840, the Mormon Missionaries were laboring in England, and visited the Thomas Harward home. Young Thomas Jr. was fourteen years old. He was impressed by the Gospel, along with his mother, Mary, his brother, William, and sisters, Ellen and Sarah. Thomas Harward Jr. was baptized into the Church in the year 1843 by Elder William Hawkins. His father, and two other sisters, Ann and Eliza. were bitter against the Church. This caused much unhappiness and grief, especially for his mother. Thomas Sr. became very prej­udiced against the missionaries, as many families were broken up over this religion. When young Thomas Jr. expressed his desire to go to America to join the Church and Saints there, his mother, Mary, gave him her blessing to do so, as she believed in the Gospel.

Israel Lothrop and Rebekah Bliss Lothrop headstones

Old Norwich Town Burying Ground

Norwich, New London, Conneticut

Israel Lothrop

(headstone)

 Here Lyes Buried Ye Body of Mr Israell Lothrup Ye Husband of Mrs Rebekah Lothrop who liued A Life of Exemplary Piety & Left Ye Earth for Heaven Marc Ye 28 1733 in Ye 73  Year of His Age

(footstone)

Mr Israel Lothrop Dyed March Ye 28 1733 In Ye 73 Year of His Age

(biographical note:  Second Class of Proprieters of 1668, had seven sons who settled on seven hills)

Rebekah Bliss Lothrop

Here lyeth Interred the Body of Mrs Rebekah Lothrup The Beloved Wife & Confort of Mr Israel Lothrup She was the loving Mother of Many Children & after fhe had serued her Generation by the Will of GOD Fell afleep Auguft the 22nd 1737 in the 74th year of her Age

MEMENTO MORI MORS VINCET OMNI

(footstone)

August the 22 1737 Died Mrs Rebekah Lothrop in the 74 Year Of Her Age

Richard Curtice, Caleb Curtis 1 and Elizabeth Ryder Curtis burial grounds

Old Burying Grounds of the First Presbyterian Church,

Southold, Suffolk County, New York

Caleb Curtis 2 and Jemima Calkins Curtis headstone

Hillside Cemetery

Sharon, Conneticut

Thomas Harward

Sabrina Curtis King Harward

Thomas Harward and Sabrina Curtis King Harward headstone

Aurora City Cemetery

Sabrina Curtis King 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.

Erich C. Thorsen

Ralph C. MacFadyen

Ralph C. MacFadyen was the first husband of Sarah Ellen Draper, and father of Sarah's first two children Sarah May and Ralph.  After his death Sarah Ellen married Enos Curtis who adopted her children who were sealed to him. 

Sarah Ellen Draper

Everett Milo Curtis

Everett Milo Curtis and Sarah Ellen Draper Curtis

1899

History of Julietta Evertt by Stella Lewis

HISTORY OF JULIA ETT EVERETT CURTIS
AND FAMILY PIONEERS, AURORA 1874
WRITTEN BY STELLA LEWIS

Julia Ett Everett was born the 15th of April 1839, Quincy Adams, Illinois. She was the daughter of Maria Curtis and Milo Everett. her mother had been previously married to Abram Brown and after bearing two children, Elizabeth (libby) and Isaac, her husband left her for his people in the extreme East, leaving her a widow. She then married Milo Everett and at the birth of her second child of this union, died. The grandmother, Ruth Franklin Curtis, took the four grandchildren, Libby and Isaac Brown and Julia and Seth Everett to care for, but after a short time Milo Everett went to England to marry a woman and took Seth, promising to come back for Julia, which he never did.