Eliza Roxie Bartholomew

Eliza “Roxie” Metcalf Bartholomew BIRTH 17 Aug 1850 England DEATH 10 Apr 1924 (aged 73) Gunnison, Sanpete County, Utah, USA BURIAL Fayette Cemetery Fayette, Sanpete County, Utah,

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Eliza "Roxie" was only two years old when her parents immigrated from England. She was a Utah Pioneer, crossing the plains in Claudius Spencer's wagon train. As a young girl, she learned from her mother all the skills a pioneer wife needed: "washing the raw wool, carding it, dying it with homemade dyes, spinning it into yarn, and then weaving it into cloth. She also learned to sew, knit, make candles, dry fruit to be stored for winter, and many other things." Her husband was Bishop of the Fayette Ward of the LDS church for thirty-seven years and she was his main support. It is said that when someone died, he built the casket, she sewed the lining, and then he conducted the funeral.

This grand lady was my great grandfather's sister. She and her husband had eleven children.

Parents:

John Edward Metcalf 1812 - 1887

Mary Waslin Metcalf 1810 - 1884

Spouse:

John Bartholomew 1845 - 1914

Children:

John Edward Bartholomew 1869 - 1947

Roxie Ellen Bartholomew Christensen 1872 - 1952

William Bartholomew 1874 - 1878

Sarah Jane Bartholomew Christensen 1876 - 1966

Alma C Bartholomew 1878 - 1954

Joseph Smith Bartholomew 1880 - 1930

Julia Bartholomew Ercanbrack 1882 - 1961

Mary Elizabeth Bartholomew Stewart 1885 - 1971

Rose Bartholomew Peterson 1887 - 1969

Alice Bartholomew 1889 - 1889

Henry Lee Bartholomew 1891 - 1966

Created by: Vauna Mri

Record added: Oct 24, 2008

Find A Grave Memorial# 30820449