Elizabeth Ann Jones

Elizabeth Ann Jones Guymon, 1830 - 1908, age 79, was born February 12, 1830 in Ohio. Her parents were James Jones and Sarah Naylor Marlenee. As a child she moved with her parents to Hancock County, Illinois where she was baptized. Later they moved to Nauvoo where they were driven out with the saints in 1846. She married Noah T. Guymon in February of 1847 at Winter Quarters by Brigham Young. She was seventeen years old when she moved with her husband and one year old son to Springville. She found life difficult when her husband went to England on a mission and she had many Indian troubles. The family moved from Springville to Fairview and then to Mount Pleasant then to Fountain Green. In 1880 she came with her husband and family to Huntington and later to Orangeville. Elizabeth always befriended the Indians and fed them even though her brother, Thomas was killed by them while standing guard at Fairview. She was able to converse with them in their own language. At one time when the Indians came and asked for food, she gave them some cottage cheese. They seemed to enjoy it very much, but later they came back and she tried to give them some more. They said, “No, it clogs us up.” Another time when they were going from Orangeville to Manti to go to the temple, they camped for the night. Two Indians rode up on horses and when they saw Elizabeth they were very happy. The one Indian that Elizabeth called “Indian Joe” said, “Me go get meat and you cook it for us.” They liked her cooking. When they returned, she told them the meat was no good. They laughed and thought it was quite a good joke. They went away again and came back with good meat. She cooked it up for them, and they were happy. In the early days she took wool right from the sheep, carded it, spun it and wove it into cloth to clothe her family. All the years of her active life, she was in the Relief Society, always willing to do her part. She was a very charitable woman and a good cook and homemaker. All of her children and grandchildren talk about the good biscuits she always made for breakfast. She made cheese and butter that she would sell for 15 and 20 cents a pound. She lived with her husband in Orangeville until she died in 1908. by emilyheaton1 -------------------------- Elizabeth Ann Jones was born in Ohio. As a child she moved to Hancock County, Ill. She married Noah T. Guymon when she was 17 years old by Brigham Young. She always befriended the Indians and fed them and talked to them in their own language. She worked in the Relief Society all her life. She was a good cook and home maker, and was noted for her wonderful biscuits. She lived in Spanish Fork and Springville. She died in Orangeville at the age of 78. ---------------------------------------------------- On February 12, 1847 at Winter Quarters, Elizabeth married Noah Thomas Guymon as his third wife. His first wife, Mary Dudley, had died in childbirth and Margaret Johnson had married him nine months later to help him care for his three little girls. They spent three years at Winter Quarters before Noah and his three girls, Margaret and, her two and Elizabeth with her first born not yet a year old, were well enough and _________ travel West, to join the Saints in Utah. His parents ________ and sisters with their families traveled with them. _________ey was accomplished in three months time. After building their house in American Fork, the two women were left alone, with other wives while the men returned to Salt Lake to find work, provisions were needed to face the winter. They had been gone only a day when Chief Walker came with a large number of braves and camped nearby, the braves were told not to molest the settlers by their leader but they strode through the cabins taking whatever food caught their eye, eating the fresh loaves of bread, passing the milk to each brave to drink the scarce liquid. Yet their hearts were grateful for the Lord's protection for not being hurt. Noah was called to a mission in England, Elizabeth, two months pregnant and Margaret were left for three years to do the best they could in feeding, clothing and sheltering their six young children. Their sick husband was nursed to health upon his return and a year and a half later the women accepted Louisa Rowley as Noah's fourth wife. Over the years the Guymon families moved to Fairview, Fountain Green and to Castle Valley. In 1879 Elizabeth was moved to Orangeville, Emery Co., and Louisa to Huntington where Noah spent part time with each until the Manifesto. After the Manifesto, Noah gave Louisa with her young children, a farm and stock in the Huntington store, then he lived the rest of his life in Orangeville with Elizabeth. A history acquired by Clara Guymon Boyer, great granddaughter of Thomas Guymon. From a book of LDS Women