Julia Ann (Stevens) Fausett (1830 - 1907)

Born 17 Feb 1830 in Mt. Pleasant, Gore District, Brant, Ontario, Canada

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Died 3 Mar 1907 at age 77 in Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho

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Julia Ann Stevens was born on 17 February 1830 in Mt. Pleasant, Gore District, Brant, Ontario, Canada to Roswell and Valle Mariah Doyle Stevens Jr. She was the second child of eleven, three girls and eight boys.

Her mother Mariah Doyle was born June 29, 1809 at Mount Pleasant, Brant, Ontario,Canada to John Doyle and Mary Accord. The village of Mount Pleasant is five miles to the southwest of Brantford Town, and the area is an unbroken plain. Life on the Ontario frontier was rugged and harsh.Education was limited and many never learned to read or write. The Bible was usually their only textbook. Very little is known concerning Mariah’s early childhood.

Her father Roswell Stevens, Jr. was also born and raised in Mount Pleasant. His father was born in Connecticut and his mother’s family came from Massachusetts. The two families settled in Canada, along with most United Empire Loyalists, who left their homes in the United States.The Methodist church claimed a large following of the town’s people.

Her parents were married in 1827 in Mt. Pleasant, Brant, Ontario, Canada. Alexander Roswell Stevens was born in 1832 in Mt. Pleasant, Brant, Ontario,Canada. He was 18 years old when they married. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 January 1834 at the age of 25. After that they sold their farm, settled up all his business and started for the state of Missouri. They went to Caldwell County, Missouri and were there in 1835.

Sarah,Roswell’s sister told of their struggles there: “The family walked all the way through ankle deep snow and slush, not riding until we stepped onto the ferry boat to cross the Mississippi River.” The mobs had destroyed, stolen or burned almost everything the Saints had possessed. They were without food or warm clothing.Some had no shoes and wrapped their feet in cloth. They had been living together with other families whose homes were still standing,and sharing what supplies they had.

Julia Ann was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 January 1841 at the age of ten. Her father purchased 80 acres on Log Creek. They built a log home and raised crops on their land. Within two years they were driven from their homes, the house was burned and the mobbers took his father’s gun and horse. After they were given the extermination notice by Governor Lillburn Boggs, they made their way to Commerce, Illinois, which would later be known as Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Their journey to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois was two hundred miles, and the trek took two weeks to complete. They received their endowments on 20 December 1845 in the Nauvoo Temple.

Julia Ann married William Alexander Fausett on 15 April 1846 in Nauvoo,Hancock, Illinois at the age of 16. William Alexander was born on 11 April 1830 in Montgomery, Illinois to John McKee and Margaret Smith Fausett. He was the fourth of six children, five girls and one boy. He was baptized into the Church on 25 April 1838 at the age of eight. His family lived in Nauvoo from 1839 until 1846 when the saints were expelled from Nauvoo. He was 16 years old when they married.

They journeyed to Council Bluffs sometime late in the summer of 1846 and built a temporary home there. They planned to go west as soon as the order came from their leader Brigham Young. His parents John McKee and Margaret Fausett came with the William Snow/Joseph Young Company in 1850. Their two oldest daughters had died in Nauvoo in 1842 and 1843. Their daughter Amanda Caroline Clift, age 22, came with her husband George Washington, age 33; and their children, Eliza Jerusa, age 3;and Lovia Ellen, an infant, came with his parents.

They departed on 21 June 1850 with 487 individuals and 42 wagons in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Martin H. Harris, a member of the company, wrote in his journal they they started out very slowly because of sickness, rain and mud. They reached Chimney Rock on 2 August. They made it to South Pass on 6 September and on to Fort Bridger by 18 September. They came into the Salt Lake valley on 1-4 October 1850.

William Alexander and Julia Ann, both 20 years old now were listed with an Unknown Company in 1851. It is possible that they were in the same company as her parents.

Her father Roswell Stevens Jr. started west with the Brigham Young Vanguard Company in 1847. He was 38 years old. After the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo, he was among the men who enlisted in the Mormon battalion, serving as a 4th Corporal in Company E. He traveled with his company as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico. Samuel Gully, a 3rd lieutenant and Roswell were appointed to accompany John D. Lee and Howard Egan back to Winter Quarters to take the money contributed by members of the Battalion to assist the saints to the Great Salt Lake valley. They were able to bring back $4000 to help with the trek and settlement of the valley.

Her father Roswell was selected by Brigham Young to return with him to Winter Quarters and help take care of the families of those in the Mormon Battalion until their husband and fathers could be reunited with them and head to the Salt Lake valley. Her father came with the John G. Smith Company in 1851.They departed on 1 May 1851 with 136 in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Her father was one of the captains of fifty. They arrived in the Utah Territory 15 through 23 September 1851. The family settled in Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory where her last sibling was born. Alpine was known as Mountainville at first.

Her mother became disenchanted with being left alone so much of the time while Roswell was away on church assignments. Henry Stevens was stillborn and she was so sorrowful that she divorced Roswell. She married Morris Phelps in January 1853 and moved to the Bear Lake region in Idaho.

William and Julia Ann had eight children, five girls and three boys. AlwildaTerishia was born on 5 September 1851 in Green River, Emery, Utah Territory. Affalona Galia was born on 12 November 1853 in Alpine,Utah, Utah Territory; Elenora Angeline was born on 18 May 1856 in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory. The next two were born in Cottonwood,Salt Lake, Utah Territory. Alfred Alphonso was born on 4 September 1858 and Julia Ambrose was born on 10 March 1860 and died 13 June 1865. Slzada Maria Sada “Zada” was born on 2 June 1862 in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory; William Alexander was born on 29 December 1865 in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah Territory and John Morris was born on 25 May 1870 in Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory.

Julia Ann and William received their endowments and were sealed on 1 February 1868 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake,Utah Territory. By 1870 they were living in Rockport, Summit, Utah Territory. In 1880 they had moved to North Ruby, Elko, Nevada.

William Alexander died on 13 February 1898 in Wellington, Carbon, Utah at the age of 67. He was buried in Wellington, Carbon, Utah.

Julia Ann died on 3 March 1907 in Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho at the age of 77. She was buried in Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho. Alzada was living in Idaho so she was probably living with her.

Adapted from biography shared on familysearch^[1].

Julia was born in 1830. She passed away in 1907.

• Fact: Immigration (1851) Deseret, United States
• Fact: Emigration (1851)
• Fact: Burial Lewisville, Jefferson, ID

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/82161530?cid=mem_copy

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 December 2017, 03:15), entry for Julia Ann Stevens(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWVQ-ZX1); contributed by various users.
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