Some words from Lucy Brown Archer:
Lovina Wilson Brown was born on July 15 [18], 1831 at Perry, Richland County, Ohio. She was the oldest daughter of Lewis "Luke" Dunbar Wilson and Nancy Ann Waggoner, in a family of eleven. Her father was a cooper by trade [A cooper is a person who makes or repairs barrels and casks.] [Joseph Smith's horse was named Lewis Dunbar, coincidence?] Lovina was a tall, slim woman with a very kind disposition.

On October 23, 1854 Lovina married John Martin Brown in the Salt Lake Endowment House.
There were 11 children born of this marriage:
Emily, Martha, John Martin, Alexander, Mary Ann (Polly),Lovina, Lewis(Luke)Dunbar,Harry, Elizabeth, Charles and Margaret.
Lovina was a fine needlewoman and good housekeeper. In those early days it was necessary to weave most of their material for clothing and Lovina gathered the wool, washed and corded it and spun it into thread. As they had both black and white sheep she mixed the two colors and wove what was called gray linsay (sp) cloth. [linsey-woolsey was a coarse cloth made of linen and wool or cotton and wool.]
Lovina's husband passed sway on October 13, 1888 at West Weber. At this time all her children with the exception of the three youngest, Lewis, Charles, and Margaret, were married. Her son, Alexander, who remained a bachelor, owned a large ranch in Gray's Lake, Idaho, so she decided to move up there. She left West Weber in a covered wagon with the three children and settled down in that forsaken country. It was from here that her three children were married, and she remained with Alexander and kept house for him. Some time later her son [Lewis "Luke" Dunbar Brown] lost his wife, leaving a young baby boy [born October 22, 1895 named Harry Sparks Brown], so Lovina took the baby and cared for him until her death on August 8, 1901, at which time the boy was [nearly six] years of age. He remained with Alexander until he grew to manhood and married.
Her son John, had tried to persuade her to return to Utah where she would have had a more comfortable life but she felt she must stay with Alexander. Therefore, she lived and died in that area never knowing or enjoying the finer things of life.