Sarah Ann Mallinson

SARAH MALLINSON WAS BORN IN 1810 IN SHEFFIELD, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND TO JOHN MALLINSON AND MARY SHAW. SHE MARRIED HEZEKIAH MITCHELL IN MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND. SARAH DID NOT ACCEPT THE GOSPEL AT THE TIME OF HER HUSBAND'S BAPTISM. SHE JOINED THE CHURCH FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER - ABOUT FEBRUARY 1846. THEY WERE DISOWNED BY THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. HE COULD NOT FIND EMPLOYMENT. SARAH WAS COMPELLED TO DO DRESSMAKING TO HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY. HE HAD BEEN A PREACHER IN THE METHODIST FAITH FOR EIGHT YEARS. SHE ENTERTAINED ORSON HYDE, PARLEY P. PRATT, JOHN TAYLOR AND OTHERS IN HER HOME. SHE WAS SUPPORTIVE TO HIS CALLINGS AND TOOK CARE OF THE CHILDREN AND HOME WHILE HE SERVED AS BRANCH PRESIDENT FOR FIVE YEARS. SHE KNEW PAIN AND SORROW AS SHE LOST THREE CHILDREN - MARTIN AT AGE 3, MARTHA ANN AT AGE 2 MONTHS AND EBENEZER AT 1 MONTH. ON 30 OCTOBER 1849 THEY LEFT SHEFFIFELD BY RAILWAY FOR LIVERPOOL. ON 10 NOVEMBER THE BOARDED THE SHIP "ZETLAND" AND LEFT LIVERPOOL FOR AMERICA AND ARRIVED IN NEW ORLEANS 24 DEC 1849. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT ST. LOUIS THEY ONLY HAD 35 CENTS IN THEIR POCKET. THEY OPENED A SMALL STORE AND SARAH ASSISTED WITH HER SEWING. A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY MOVED TO JERSEY COUNTY, ILLINOIS WHERE THEY SETTLED ON A FARM. ON 17 JUNE 1854 THEY LEFT KANSAS CITY WITH THE JAMES BROWN COMPANY. THE TRIP WAS HARD AND TEDIOUS AND THE STRAIN SHOWED ON BOTH PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. AT ONE POINT SHE PICKED 3 QUARTS OF CHOKE CHERRIES AND MADE JAM. SHE MILKED THE COW AND MADE DELICIOUS BUTTER. HER FAMILY WAS ALWAYS PLEASED WITH HER COOKING. SHE COULD MAKE FOOD TASTY – EVEN ON THE TRAIL. THEY ARRIVED IN THE VALLEY 3 OCTOBER 1854. THEY SETTLED IN E.T. TOWN WHERE SHE, HER HUSBAND, PRISCILLA, MARIA AND ELIZABETH WERE REBAPTIZED. ON 31 DECEMBER 1856 HER HUSBAND TOOK A SECOND WIFE. SARAH SHARED HER HOME WITH ELIZABETH. THEY MOVED TO OGDEN IN 1859 - A 5 DAY TRIP. THEY MOVED BACK TO SALT LAKE CITY IN 1867. ELIZABETH HAD A DAUGHTER IN 1867 AND SARAH SERVED AS MIDWIFE AND TENDED TO ALL HER CHILDREN. SARAH WAS A DEVOTED, SUPPORTIVE, PATIENT AND LOVING PERSON. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF NINE CHILDREN - SIX OF WHOM SHE RAISED TO ADULTHOOD. SHE RECEIVED HER PATRIARCHIAL BLESSING IN 1875. SHE DIED AT AGE 73 AND WAS BURIED IN THE SALT LAKE CITY CEMETERY.