Thoughts and stories, by Pal

I have written before about Haden Wells Church, and his wife Sarah Ann Arterbury Church in previous blogs.  If you want to read more, check under Church Haden Wells, and Church Sarah Ann Arterbury, and Arterbury Sarah Ann in the list of "Labels" on the left side.   They are especially mentioned in blogs # 164 and # 165.  There are many interesting stories about them. But they mostly have been about Haden, and his many missions, settling St. George, Utah, etc.  Today I'll tell about Sarah Ann's life, and some inspiring incidents in her brave, faithful, pioneer life.  This was written by my father's sister, Sarah Miles Wallace, my aunt, and is in her words.                   SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SARAH ARTERBURY CHURCH                         BY GRANDDAUGHTER, SARAH M. WALLACE Sarah Ann Arterbury was born May 4, 1824 at Dallas County, Alabama. ...

Haden Wells Church continued:   (Most of this written by Pal's aunt Sarah Miles Wallace, -- a granddaughter of Haden and his wife Sarah, and the sister of Pal's brother Orson Pratt Miles -- Their mother was Paralee Amanda Church.)  Sarah Ann is fondly remembered in Pioneer Dixie as one of the special mid-wife doctors.  Her skills and services in this critically needed specialty are mentioned many times in the early historical records.  She received some of her training under Loudice Perkins.  The mid-wives and nurses were set apart to serve in this area.   "A general use of herbs and medicinal teas were used by all.  Among them would be found Yarrow, Tansy, Slippery-Elm, Spearmint, Catnip, Peppermint.  Sulphur and molasses were used and given as a spring tonic, and also for skin sores.  Poultices of bacon and black pepper were used for sore throats.  Warm olive oil was used for earache.  Pine gum was the regular resort for "draw...

 My great grandmother Sarah Adeline Butler was born February 15, 1841, in Nauvoo, Illinois, and was blessed by the Prophet Joseph Smith.  Her parents John Lowe and Caroline Farozine Skeen Butler lived neighbors to the Prophet , and at the time of the martyrdom, her father was a  body-guard to the Prophet (told in blog # 66).   Blogs # 71 and 72 tell stories about his wife, Caroline.      After the martyrdom of the Prophet, John and his family, along with other saints were driven from Nauvoo.   She remembered her father with other men tying their shoes on their feet with heels to toes and walking that way in the snow so the enemy could not track them.      They settled on little Pigeon Creek, where she was baptized by her father when she turned 8 years old.  From there they moved to Council Bluffs.  Here she was cherished by a Sioux squaw who had lost her own little girl .   This story is told in  #71, in the ...