Annie Elizabeth Cowley Partington, the fourth child of Charles and Ann Killip Cowley, was born May 20, 1840, at Kirk German, Isle of Man.
After the family had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they planned to emigrate to Utah. Charles thought he should have one more crop of produce to help them on their way and started to plow his farm land. As he turned a new furrow, the words appeared on his plowshare in bright letters Do Not Delay. He immediately made preparations and left the Isle of Man as soon as possible. During the fifty-eight-day voyage on the ship Swanton, Annie was very ill. After stopping at various places for short lengths of time, the Cowley family arrived in Salt Lake.
Here on February 14, 1857, Annie Elizabeth was married to William Edward Partington. She was not yet seventeen years old. William Edward was born May 24, 1836, the son of Ralph and Ann Taylor Partington, who emigrated to Utah in 1852. In the fall of 1856, he went with a party of Saints to meet the handcart company, to help them into the city. In 1857, he was sent to Echo Canyon as captain of ten to meet Johnston's Army. He was called to settle in Cache Valley and sold the family home for an ox team and wagon and journeyed to Logan, leaving the 11th of October 1859. He was given a city lot, twenty acres of farm land and five acres of hay land. His family suffered many hardships while building a house and preparing the land, also from grasshoppers at harvest time. In 1860, William raised his first good crop. From then on they prospered materially. On the 8th of August 1872, Annie died, leaving William Edward with a large family of young children.
Annie Elizabeth Cowley Partington, the fourth child of Charles and Ann Killip Cowley, was born May 20, 1840, at Kirk German, Isle of Man.
After the family had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they planned to emigrate to Utah. Charles thought he should have one more crop of produce to help them on their way and started to plow his farm land. As he turned a new furrow, the words appeared on his plowshare in bright letters Do Not Delay. He immediately made preparations and left the Isle of Man as soon as possible. During the fifty-eight-day voyage on the ship Swanton, Annie was very ill. After stopping at various places for short lengths of time, the Cowley family arrived in Salt Lake.
Here on February 14, 1857, Annie Elizabeth was married to William Edward Partington. She was not yet seventeen years old. William Edward was born May 24, 1836, the son of Ralph and Ann Taylor Partington, who emigrated to Utah in 1852. In the fall of 1856, he went with a party of Saints to meet the handcart company, to help them into the city. In 1857, he was sent to Echo Canyon as captain of ten to meet Johnston's Army. He was called to settle in Cache Valley and sold the family home for an ox team and wagon and journeyed to Logan, leaving the 11th of October 1859. He was given a city lot, twenty acres of farm land and five acres of hay land. His family suffered many hardships while building a house and preparing the land, also from grasshoppers at harvest time. In 1860, William raised his first good crop. From then on they prospered materially. On the 8th of August 1872, Annie died, leaving William Edward with a large family of young children.
Family Members
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Annie Maria Partington Evans
1858–1935
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Sarah Ellen Partington Ash
1859–1881
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Elizabeth Ann Partington Smith
1860–1936
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Mary Emily Partington Edwards
1862–1941
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Catherine Amelia "Camelia" Partington Woodruff
1863–1937
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Alice Louisa Partington Evans
1867–1926
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Laura Partington Lund
1869–1958
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Edward James Partington
1870–1951
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