Daughter of Joseph Evans and Maria Shervington
Married Peter Hughes, 4 Mar 1854, Llandudno, Denbigh, Wales
Children - Martha Maria Hughes, Annie Lloyd Hughes, Mary Elizabeth Hughes
Married James Patten Paul, 25 Oct 1862, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
Children - Joshua Hughes Paul, Barbara Paul, Lotta Robina Paul, Joseph Evans Paul, Sarah Maude Paul
History - Elizabeth and Peter became converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the teachings of its missionaries, emigrated to America in 1858. For two years they remained in New York City because of Peter's failing health. They were then advised by Apostle Erastus Snow to go on to Florence, Nebraska from which place, in 1860, they crossed the plains and mountains in a covered wagon, Elizabeth walking most of the way so that her invalid husband and five little daughters might ride. Anne, the youngest, fifteen months old died and was buried by the trail. Three days after the family arrived in Great Salt Lake City the father, Peter Hughes, breathed his last. A year later Elizabeth Hughes married James P. Paul, a widower with four children.
Married Peter Hughes, 4 Mar 1854, Llandudno, Denbigh, Wales
Children - Martha Maria Hughes, Annie Lloyd Hughes, Mary Elizabeth Hughes
Married James Patten Paul, 25 Oct 1862, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
Children - Joshua Hughes Paul, Barbara Paul, Lotta Robina Paul, Joseph Evans Paul, Sarah Maude Paul
History - Elizabeth and Peter became converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the teachings of its missionaries, emigrated to America in 1858. For two years they remained in New York City because of Peter's failing health. They were then advised by Apostle Erastus Snow to go on to Florence, Nebraska from which place, in 1860, they crossed the plains and mountains in a covered wagon, Elizabeth walking most of the way so that her invalid husband and five little daughters might ride. Anne, the youngest, fifteen months old died and was buried by the trail. Three days after the family arrived in Great Salt Lake City the father, Peter Hughes, breathed his last. A year later Elizabeth Hughes married James P. Paul, a widower with four children.
Daughter of Joseph Evans and Maria Shervington
Married Peter Hughes, 4 Mar 1854, Llandudno, Denbigh, Wales
Children - Martha Maria Hughes, Annie Lloyd Hughes, Mary Elizabeth Hughes
Married James Patten Paul, 25 Oct 1862, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
Children - Joshua Hughes Paul, Barbara Paul, Lotta Robina Paul, Joseph Evans Paul, Sarah Maude Paul
History - Elizabeth and Peter became converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the teachings of its missionaries, emigrated to America in 1858. For two years they remained in New York City because of Peter's failing health. They were then advised by Apostle Erastus Snow to go on to Florence, Nebraska from which place, in 1860, they crossed the plains and mountains in a covered wagon, Elizabeth walking most of the way so that her invalid husband and five little daughters might ride. Anne, the youngest, fifteen months old died and was buried by the trail. Three days after the family arrived in Great Salt Lake City the father, Peter Hughes, breathed his last. A year later Elizabeth Hughes married James P. Paul, a widower with four children.
Married Peter Hughes, 4 Mar 1854, Llandudno, Denbigh, Wales
Children - Martha Maria Hughes, Annie Lloyd Hughes, Mary Elizabeth Hughes
Married James Patten Paul, 25 Oct 1862, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah
Children - Joshua Hughes Paul, Barbara Paul, Lotta Robina Paul, Joseph Evans Paul, Sarah Maude Paul
History - Elizabeth and Peter became converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through the teachings of its missionaries, emigrated to America in 1858. For two years they remained in New York City because of Peter's failing health. They were then advised by Apostle Erastus Snow to go on to Florence, Nebraska from which place, in 1860, they crossed the plains and mountains in a covered wagon, Elizabeth walking most of the way so that her invalid husband and five little daughters might ride. Anne, the youngest, fifteen months old died and was buried by the trail. Three days after the family arrived in Great Salt Lake City the father, Peter Hughes, breathed his last. A year later Elizabeth Hughes married James P. Paul, a widower with four children.
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