Florence Ellen Fowler (1860-1946)

Adair, Florence Ellen Fowler, 1860–1946 Autobiography (1860–c.1908) Autobiography (1860–c.1908) OUR PIONEER HERITAGE 7 (1964):269–71. HDC [LDS Church Archives]

Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1860. Parents 1854 converts to LDS Church. Emigrated from Liverpool to New York, 1863. Journeyed to Utah in McArthur Company. Experiences of trip across plains. Author’s father called to Manti as school teacher, 1863. Died there of tuberculosis, 1865. Father composed hymns, including “We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet.” Family returned to Salt Lake City, c.1868. Author‘s mother died, c. 1873.

Author returned to Manti. In 1875 moved to Orderville, where she lived eight years. Brief mention of United Order. Married Jedediah Grant Adair, 1877. Family lived in Glendale five years, then returned to Orderville. Lived in Tropic, 1898–1908. Author living in Salt Lake at time of writing.