Daughter of Christopher Walker and Elizabeth Metcalfe
Married Erastus Harper Rudd, 27 Mar 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Children - Erastus Harper Rudd, Joseph Sidney Rudd
Married Fredrick Josiah Coombs, 16 Feb 1864, Farmington, Davis, Utah
Children - Thomas Fredrick Coombs, William Josiah Coombs, Mary Agnes Coombs, James Christopher Coombs, John Edward Coombs, George Robert Coombs
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 3, p. 235
Elizabeth Walker Coombs was born in Hemsley, York, England 23 March 1833, the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Metcalf Walker. She was one of a family of fourteen children. Her mother made a home for Mormon Elders, and even though they were very poor, she often told of going to bed without supper so that they might have food. At the age of twelve Elizabeth worked part time in a woolen mill. They were allowed two hours off each day to go to school and in this way she was able to obtain a limited education. Many times she would go with the Elders to deliver tracts and assist them at cottage and street meetings, singing Latter-day Saint hymns.
Elizabeth left Liverpool, England 23 March 1857 by sailing vessel, the George Washington. Elder J. P. Park was leader of the company of Saints numbering 817. They landed at Boston, Massachusetts and here they were advised to take the northern route to New York, then to Iowa City, which was the western terminus of the railroad at that time. "The first two hundred miles of the journey from Iowa City will be through a settled grain growing country where it is expected that supplies of provisions can be obtained without the labor of hauling them any considerable distance."
No more dramatic episode in all our western history can be found than in these stories of the handcart companies. They answered the call of the First Presidency to "gird up their loins and walk through, and nothing shall hinder or stay them." Nothing but their sublime faith in God made them able to endure the trials and gave them the strength to go on, day after weary day, until their goal was reached. The handcarts were made in a small grove near Iowa City and preparations were made to start the long journey west. Elizabeth came across the plains in the Israel Evans Company with Benjamin Ashby as his assistant. They departed from Iowa City 22 May 1857 and arrived in Salt Lake City the 12th of September, 1857 during the fall conference.
Having no relatives and few friends Elizabeth found it very hard to obtain work, so she accepted an offer of marriage in polygamy to Erastus Rudd 27 March 1858. The marriage was full of hardships and sorrow and many times she did not have enough food for herself and babies. Two sons were born of this union, Erastus Harper and Joseph S. Rudd. She divorced Erastus Rudd and in May, 1862, he passed away.
In the year 1864, she married Frederick J. Coombs. She had six children by him, five sons and one daughter. Their names were Thomas Frederick, William Josiah, James C., John Edward, George Robert and Agnes. About 1874 Frederick Coombs purchased a two-story adobe house standing on Second North and Main Street in Farmington. He remodeled the house, making it more convenient for their needs. This house was built in the early 1850's by Hector Haight and at one time was the Union Hotel. In pioneer days there were few places where travelers could get a bite to eat or stay overnight between Salt Lake City and Ogden. Salesmen, traveling show companies, and other entertainers stayed at the hotel. One of interest was Madame Pianca, who had a cage of trained lions at Lagoon. Later this hotel became a rooming house. Then, when Davis County built up and methods of travel became more plentiful and faster, it became a family residence. The home was well constructed, some of the walls being eighteen inches thick. There were ten rooms of various sizes and a beautiful stairway of natural cherry wood highly polished by hard rubbing. The heating system was a coal stove in each room and required a lot of hard work to carry ashes out and coal in. In the northeast corner of the large dining room was a well curb with old wooden buckets, which was replaced with a pump. Later a new well was driven outside and the one in the house done away with.
Being a Latter-day Saint family the mother, daughter and sons worked in the various organizations of the Church and the large home, with its spacious rooms, was ideal for entertainments such as Sunday School and choir parties, Relief Society gatherings and social parties. The ladies could put on four or five quilts at a time and those who could not quilt, sewed carpet rags, starting early and working late. If not finished they could come again the next day. In this way a lot of work could be accomplished; even the children could pull ravelings from the rags. They were served a hot dinner and then a lunch before the close of the work day. Aunt Lizzy, as Mrs. Coombs was called, was noted for her cooking—especially her pies. Weddings were also held in the grand old home. One of the largest was the double wedding of one son and the Coomb's only daughter. Around two hundred guests were invited and a hot dinner served. One of the first organs in Farmington was in this home and is still there.
Outside this stately old house stands a large cherry tree which is a hundred or more years old and still bearing fruit; also, there is a red raspberry patch over fifty years old which still bears a large crop of berries. The old house was always surrounded with shrubs, lawn and flowers, even when it was necessary to carry water some distance and later had to pump all the water used. Fruit trees, a variety of berries, and always a large garden to landscape the surroundings of the one-fourth block estate, has made it almost a landmark in the town.
Elizabeth Walker Coombs was light-hearted and of a happy disposition. She possessed a sweet voice and as she had assisted Elders to sing their hymns in far away England, now she went about her daily chores singing in her own home. For forty-five years she was a member of the Farmington Ward choir. She was industrious and active, believing in working not only for herself but in using her energy and talents to include her church. Mrs. Coombs died 31 December 1906 at the age of seventy-seven years and was interred in the Farmington cemetery.
Married Erastus Harper Rudd, 27 Mar 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Children - Erastus Harper Rudd, Joseph Sidney Rudd
Married Fredrick Josiah Coombs, 16 Feb 1864, Farmington, Davis, Utah
Children - Thomas Fredrick Coombs, William Josiah Coombs, Mary Agnes Coombs, James Christopher Coombs, John Edward Coombs, George Robert Coombs
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 3, p. 235
Elizabeth Walker Coombs was born in Hemsley, York, England 23 March 1833, the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Metcalf Walker. She was one of a family of fourteen children. Her mother made a home for Mormon Elders, and even though they were very poor, she often told of going to bed without supper so that they might have food. At the age of twelve Elizabeth worked part time in a woolen mill. They were allowed two hours off each day to go to school and in this way she was able to obtain a limited education. Many times she would go with the Elders to deliver tracts and assist them at cottage and street meetings, singing Latter-day Saint hymns.
Elizabeth left Liverpool, England 23 March 1857 by sailing vessel, the George Washington. Elder J. P. Park was leader of the company of Saints numbering 817. They landed at Boston, Massachusetts and here they were advised to take the northern route to New York, then to Iowa City, which was the western terminus of the railroad at that time. "The first two hundred miles of the journey from Iowa City will be through a settled grain growing country where it is expected that supplies of provisions can be obtained without the labor of hauling them any considerable distance."
No more dramatic episode in all our western history can be found than in these stories of the handcart companies. They answered the call of the First Presidency to "gird up their loins and walk through, and nothing shall hinder or stay them." Nothing but their sublime faith in God made them able to endure the trials and gave them the strength to go on, day after weary day, until their goal was reached. The handcarts were made in a small grove near Iowa City and preparations were made to start the long journey west. Elizabeth came across the plains in the Israel Evans Company with Benjamin Ashby as his assistant. They departed from Iowa City 22 May 1857 and arrived in Salt Lake City the 12th of September, 1857 during the fall conference.
Having no relatives and few friends Elizabeth found it very hard to obtain work, so she accepted an offer of marriage in polygamy to Erastus Rudd 27 March 1858. The marriage was full of hardships and sorrow and many times she did not have enough food for herself and babies. Two sons were born of this union, Erastus Harper and Joseph S. Rudd. She divorced Erastus Rudd and in May, 1862, he passed away.
In the year 1864, she married Frederick J. Coombs. She had six children by him, five sons and one daughter. Their names were Thomas Frederick, William Josiah, James C., John Edward, George Robert and Agnes. About 1874 Frederick Coombs purchased a two-story adobe house standing on Second North and Main Street in Farmington. He remodeled the house, making it more convenient for their needs. This house was built in the early 1850's by Hector Haight and at one time was the Union Hotel. In pioneer days there were few places where travelers could get a bite to eat or stay overnight between Salt Lake City and Ogden. Salesmen, traveling show companies, and other entertainers stayed at the hotel. One of interest was Madame Pianca, who had a cage of trained lions at Lagoon. Later this hotel became a rooming house. Then, when Davis County built up and methods of travel became more plentiful and faster, it became a family residence. The home was well constructed, some of the walls being eighteen inches thick. There were ten rooms of various sizes and a beautiful stairway of natural cherry wood highly polished by hard rubbing. The heating system was a coal stove in each room and required a lot of hard work to carry ashes out and coal in. In the northeast corner of the large dining room was a well curb with old wooden buckets, which was replaced with a pump. Later a new well was driven outside and the one in the house done away with.
Being a Latter-day Saint family the mother, daughter and sons worked in the various organizations of the Church and the large home, with its spacious rooms, was ideal for entertainments such as Sunday School and choir parties, Relief Society gatherings and social parties. The ladies could put on four or five quilts at a time and those who could not quilt, sewed carpet rags, starting early and working late. If not finished they could come again the next day. In this way a lot of work could be accomplished; even the children could pull ravelings from the rags. They were served a hot dinner and then a lunch before the close of the work day. Aunt Lizzy, as Mrs. Coombs was called, was noted for her cooking—especially her pies. Weddings were also held in the grand old home. One of the largest was the double wedding of one son and the Coomb's only daughter. Around two hundred guests were invited and a hot dinner served. One of the first organs in Farmington was in this home and is still there.
Outside this stately old house stands a large cherry tree which is a hundred or more years old and still bearing fruit; also, there is a red raspberry patch over fifty years old which still bears a large crop of berries. The old house was always surrounded with shrubs, lawn and flowers, even when it was necessary to carry water some distance and later had to pump all the water used. Fruit trees, a variety of berries, and always a large garden to landscape the surroundings of the one-fourth block estate, has made it almost a landmark in the town.
Elizabeth Walker Coombs was light-hearted and of a happy disposition. She possessed a sweet voice and as she had assisted Elders to sing their hymns in far away England, now she went about her daily chores singing in her own home. For forty-five years she was a member of the Farmington Ward choir. She was industrious and active, believing in working not only for herself but in using her energy and talents to include her church. Mrs. Coombs died 31 December 1906 at the age of seventy-seven years and was interred in the Farmington cemetery.
Daughter of Christopher Walker and Elizabeth Metcalfe
Married Erastus Harper Rudd, 27 Mar 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Children - Erastus Harper Rudd, Joseph Sidney Rudd
Married Fredrick Josiah Coombs, 16 Feb 1864, Farmington, Davis, Utah
Children - Thomas Fredrick Coombs, William Josiah Coombs, Mary Agnes Coombs, James Christopher Coombs, John Edward Coombs, George Robert Coombs
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 3, p. 235
Elizabeth Walker Coombs was born in Hemsley, York, England 23 March 1833, the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Metcalf Walker. She was one of a family of fourteen children. Her mother made a home for Mormon Elders, and even though they were very poor, she often told of going to bed without supper so that they might have food. At the age of twelve Elizabeth worked part time in a woolen mill. They were allowed two hours off each day to go to school and in this way she was able to obtain a limited education. Many times she would go with the Elders to deliver tracts and assist them at cottage and street meetings, singing Latter-day Saint hymns.
Elizabeth left Liverpool, England 23 March 1857 by sailing vessel, the George Washington. Elder J. P. Park was leader of the company of Saints numbering 817. They landed at Boston, Massachusetts and here they were advised to take the northern route to New York, then to Iowa City, which was the western terminus of the railroad at that time. "The first two hundred miles of the journey from Iowa City will be through a settled grain growing country where it is expected that supplies of provisions can be obtained without the labor of hauling them any considerable distance."
No more dramatic episode in all our western history can be found than in these stories of the handcart companies. They answered the call of the First Presidency to "gird up their loins and walk through, and nothing shall hinder or stay them." Nothing but their sublime faith in God made them able to endure the trials and gave them the strength to go on, day after weary day, until their goal was reached. The handcarts were made in a small grove near Iowa City and preparations were made to start the long journey west. Elizabeth came across the plains in the Israel Evans Company with Benjamin Ashby as his assistant. They departed from Iowa City 22 May 1857 and arrived in Salt Lake City the 12th of September, 1857 during the fall conference.
Having no relatives and few friends Elizabeth found it very hard to obtain work, so she accepted an offer of marriage in polygamy to Erastus Rudd 27 March 1858. The marriage was full of hardships and sorrow and many times she did not have enough food for herself and babies. Two sons were born of this union, Erastus Harper and Joseph S. Rudd. She divorced Erastus Rudd and in May, 1862, he passed away.
In the year 1864, she married Frederick J. Coombs. She had six children by him, five sons and one daughter. Their names were Thomas Frederick, William Josiah, James C., John Edward, George Robert and Agnes. About 1874 Frederick Coombs purchased a two-story adobe house standing on Second North and Main Street in Farmington. He remodeled the house, making it more convenient for their needs. This house was built in the early 1850's by Hector Haight and at one time was the Union Hotel. In pioneer days there were few places where travelers could get a bite to eat or stay overnight between Salt Lake City and Ogden. Salesmen, traveling show companies, and other entertainers stayed at the hotel. One of interest was Madame Pianca, who had a cage of trained lions at Lagoon. Later this hotel became a rooming house. Then, when Davis County built up and methods of travel became more plentiful and faster, it became a family residence. The home was well constructed, some of the walls being eighteen inches thick. There were ten rooms of various sizes and a beautiful stairway of natural cherry wood highly polished by hard rubbing. The heating system was a coal stove in each room and required a lot of hard work to carry ashes out and coal in. In the northeast corner of the large dining room was a well curb with old wooden buckets, which was replaced with a pump. Later a new well was driven outside and the one in the house done away with.
Being a Latter-day Saint family the mother, daughter and sons worked in the various organizations of the Church and the large home, with its spacious rooms, was ideal for entertainments such as Sunday School and choir parties, Relief Society gatherings and social parties. The ladies could put on four or five quilts at a time and those who could not quilt, sewed carpet rags, starting early and working late. If not finished they could come again the next day. In this way a lot of work could be accomplished; even the children could pull ravelings from the rags. They were served a hot dinner and then a lunch before the close of the work day. Aunt Lizzy, as Mrs. Coombs was called, was noted for her cooking—especially her pies. Weddings were also held in the grand old home. One of the largest was the double wedding of one son and the Coomb's only daughter. Around two hundred guests were invited and a hot dinner served. One of the first organs in Farmington was in this home and is still there.
Outside this stately old house stands a large cherry tree which is a hundred or more years old and still bearing fruit; also, there is a red raspberry patch over fifty years old which still bears a large crop of berries. The old house was always surrounded with shrubs, lawn and flowers, even when it was necessary to carry water some distance and later had to pump all the water used. Fruit trees, a variety of berries, and always a large garden to landscape the surroundings of the one-fourth block estate, has made it almost a landmark in the town.
Elizabeth Walker Coombs was light-hearted and of a happy disposition. She possessed a sweet voice and as she had assisted Elders to sing their hymns in far away England, now she went about her daily chores singing in her own home. For forty-five years she was a member of the Farmington Ward choir. She was industrious and active, believing in working not only for herself but in using her energy and talents to include her church. Mrs. Coombs died 31 December 1906 at the age of seventy-seven years and was interred in the Farmington cemetery.
Married Erastus Harper Rudd, 27 Mar 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Children - Erastus Harper Rudd, Joseph Sidney Rudd
Married Fredrick Josiah Coombs, 16 Feb 1864, Farmington, Davis, Utah
Children - Thomas Fredrick Coombs, William Josiah Coombs, Mary Agnes Coombs, James Christopher Coombs, John Edward Coombs, George Robert Coombs
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 3, p. 235
Elizabeth Walker Coombs was born in Hemsley, York, England 23 March 1833, the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Metcalf Walker. She was one of a family of fourteen children. Her mother made a home for Mormon Elders, and even though they were very poor, she often told of going to bed without supper so that they might have food. At the age of twelve Elizabeth worked part time in a woolen mill. They were allowed two hours off each day to go to school and in this way she was able to obtain a limited education. Many times she would go with the Elders to deliver tracts and assist them at cottage and street meetings, singing Latter-day Saint hymns.
Elizabeth left Liverpool, England 23 March 1857 by sailing vessel, the George Washington. Elder J. P. Park was leader of the company of Saints numbering 817. They landed at Boston, Massachusetts and here they were advised to take the northern route to New York, then to Iowa City, which was the western terminus of the railroad at that time. "The first two hundred miles of the journey from Iowa City will be through a settled grain growing country where it is expected that supplies of provisions can be obtained without the labor of hauling them any considerable distance."
No more dramatic episode in all our western history can be found than in these stories of the handcart companies. They answered the call of the First Presidency to "gird up their loins and walk through, and nothing shall hinder or stay them." Nothing but their sublime faith in God made them able to endure the trials and gave them the strength to go on, day after weary day, until their goal was reached. The handcarts were made in a small grove near Iowa City and preparations were made to start the long journey west. Elizabeth came across the plains in the Israel Evans Company with Benjamin Ashby as his assistant. They departed from Iowa City 22 May 1857 and arrived in Salt Lake City the 12th of September, 1857 during the fall conference.
Having no relatives and few friends Elizabeth found it very hard to obtain work, so she accepted an offer of marriage in polygamy to Erastus Rudd 27 March 1858. The marriage was full of hardships and sorrow and many times she did not have enough food for herself and babies. Two sons were born of this union, Erastus Harper and Joseph S. Rudd. She divorced Erastus Rudd and in May, 1862, he passed away.
In the year 1864, she married Frederick J. Coombs. She had six children by him, five sons and one daughter. Their names were Thomas Frederick, William Josiah, James C., John Edward, George Robert and Agnes. About 1874 Frederick Coombs purchased a two-story adobe house standing on Second North and Main Street in Farmington. He remodeled the house, making it more convenient for their needs. This house was built in the early 1850's by Hector Haight and at one time was the Union Hotel. In pioneer days there were few places where travelers could get a bite to eat or stay overnight between Salt Lake City and Ogden. Salesmen, traveling show companies, and other entertainers stayed at the hotel. One of interest was Madame Pianca, who had a cage of trained lions at Lagoon. Later this hotel became a rooming house. Then, when Davis County built up and methods of travel became more plentiful and faster, it became a family residence. The home was well constructed, some of the walls being eighteen inches thick. There were ten rooms of various sizes and a beautiful stairway of natural cherry wood highly polished by hard rubbing. The heating system was a coal stove in each room and required a lot of hard work to carry ashes out and coal in. In the northeast corner of the large dining room was a well curb with old wooden buckets, which was replaced with a pump. Later a new well was driven outside and the one in the house done away with.
Being a Latter-day Saint family the mother, daughter and sons worked in the various organizations of the Church and the large home, with its spacious rooms, was ideal for entertainments such as Sunday School and choir parties, Relief Society gatherings and social parties. The ladies could put on four or five quilts at a time and those who could not quilt, sewed carpet rags, starting early and working late. If not finished they could come again the next day. In this way a lot of work could be accomplished; even the children could pull ravelings from the rags. They were served a hot dinner and then a lunch before the close of the work day. Aunt Lizzy, as Mrs. Coombs was called, was noted for her cooking—especially her pies. Weddings were also held in the grand old home. One of the largest was the double wedding of one son and the Coomb's only daughter. Around two hundred guests were invited and a hot dinner served. One of the first organs in Farmington was in this home and is still there.
Outside this stately old house stands a large cherry tree which is a hundred or more years old and still bearing fruit; also, there is a red raspberry patch over fifty years old which still bears a large crop of berries. The old house was always surrounded with shrubs, lawn and flowers, even when it was necessary to carry water some distance and later had to pump all the water used. Fruit trees, a variety of berries, and always a large garden to landscape the surroundings of the one-fourth block estate, has made it almost a landmark in the town.
Elizabeth Walker Coombs was light-hearted and of a happy disposition. She possessed a sweet voice and as she had assisted Elders to sing their hymns in far away England, now she went about her daily chores singing in her own home. For forty-five years she was a member of the Farmington Ward choir. She was industrious and active, believing in working not only for herself but in using her energy and talents to include her church. Mrs. Coombs died 31 December 1906 at the age of seventy-seven years and was interred in the Farmington cemetery.
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