Brown, Sarah Robbins Bailey (1837-1902)

Great grandmother of the contributor, Richard N. Heywood

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Sarah Robbins Bailey (Brown) 

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Husband's Bio:  Brown, Joshua Wood (1832-1903) Bio by Margaret Ellen Brown Smurthwaite

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Birth:  11 September 1836, Stalybridge, Lancashire England

Marriage:  2 Apr 1856, Salt Lake City

Death:  9 Oct 1902, Logan, Cache, Utah

Family:  

   Husband:  Joshua Wood Brown (1832-1902)

        Children—

                Mary Jane

                Charles Bailey

                Sarah Ann

                Joshua Bailey

                Margaret Ellen

                Kate Ethlinda

                Susan Bailey

                Roselia Bailey

                Joseph Bailey

                John Armond

                Agnes Matilda

Date	Age	Event	Comment
11 Sep 1834		Birth, Stalybridge, Cheshire, England	Eight miles east of Manchester city center
1834		Christening	Christened Sally, later changed to Sarah.
Nov 1836	2	Father, John Cook Bailey’s, death, Stalybridge.  Age 29.	Death due to cholera.  Buried in a coffin he had made for another.
22 Jan 1838	4	Mother married Charles Ramsden Sr.	Deserted the family before the family moved to Mosley, a suburb of Birmingham, England
1 September 1839	5	Birth of half-brother, Charles Ramsden Jr.
	8	Attended school in London.  Home of uncle, John Bailey	Proposal that she be adopted by John Bailey and his wife was refused by Sarah’s mother.
	15	Lived with aunt and uncle, Catherine and William Broomhead, Mosely,  England	Heard of gospel from her Uncle William and the elders
4 Aug 1851	16	Baptism	Moseley, England.  By Elder Clinton.
		Family stayed with Mary Ann Richard Robbins (grandmother) in West Bromwich for 10 months
		Lived in Manchester
18 Dec 1854		“Entrained for Liverpool”
21 Dec 1854		Boarded the boat on the River Mersy.	600 souls.  Terrific storm disabled the ship.
17 Jan 1855	21	Emigration – Liverpool.  The Charles Buck
18 Mar 1855	21	Immigration – New Orleans.
		Sailing on the Missouri in the Golden State	6 days sailing.
9 Apr 1855	21	Arrival:  Atchison, Kansas	Fitting station, 48 days.
1 and 2 July 1855	21	Migration– Mormon Grove (Near Atchison), Kansas to Salt Lake City	Richard Ballantyne Company 402 individuals, 45 wagons  “Troublesome journey” Accident:  Mary Ann, Sarah’s sister, almost killed. Note:  Grandmother, Mary Ann Campbell died 5 Oct 1855 at Ash Hollow at age 94.  (Traveled in the Milo Andrus Company.)
27 Jul 1855	21	Arrival in Salt Lake Valley,	8 Months and 10 days after leaving England
2 Apr 1856	21	Marriage – Joshua Wood Brown – Salt Lake City	Lived 4 years in Farmington, Utah
1859	24	Moved to Maughn’s Fort, later named Wellsville.	First home, a large dugout Indian Trouble:  “Feed rather than fight.”
1857-1875		11 Children—All born in Utah	“Their house would ring with their voices in harmonious song”
1857-		Asthma	“A lingering illness for many years.”
9 Oct 1902		Died	Her sister’s home in Logan.
6 Dec 1903		Death of her husband, Wellsville