Sariah Anna Workman

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 Willard Richards Company (1848) Age 16

Departure: 3 July 1848 Arrival: 10-19 October 1848

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Birth: Feb. 18, 1832 Amherst Lorain County Ohio, USA

Death: Mar. 27, 1925 Hurricane Washington County Utah, USA

Sariah was born to Joel Hills Johnson and his first wife, Anna Pixley Johnson ("Johnson" was her maiden name).

Sariah's family arrived in Salt Lake City by wagon train Oct 19, 1848. Sariah met John Eagar on June 1, 1849 and they were married one month later in Salt Lake City on July 1, 1849, in her father's house.

Sariah and John had eight children together:

• Anna Sariah Eagar (1850 - 1934)
• John Thomas Eagar (1851 - 1942)
• William Walter Eagar (1853 - 1941)
• Julia Hills Eagar (1855 - 1940)
• Joel Sixtus Eagar (1858 - 1947)
• Susan Elizabeth Eagar (1860 - 1900)
• Benjamin Franklin Eagar (1862 - 1884)
• Mary Elvira Eagar (1863 - 1883)

After John's early death, Sariah was left a widow with eight young children. Her brother, Nephi Johnson, came from Iron County, Utah, with wagons and took the family to be near other family members, including her father, Joel Hills Johnson.

Sariah next married Andrew Jackson Workman, Sr. March 17, 1866 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Sariah and Andrew were married for 43 years. They had five children together:

• Amos Jackson Workman (1866 - 1952)
• Nephi Johnson Workman (1868 - 1931)
• Charles Adelbert Workman, Sr. (1870 - 1923)
• Edwin Monroe Workman (1872 - 1940)
• Jacob Lewis Workman (1874 - 1911)

Sariah gave birth to a total of thirteen children, and raised another three: a total of sixteen children.

She lived to be 93 years old.

Sariah is not buried next to either one of her husbands: John Eagar was buried in the Manti City Cemetery, Manti, Utah, and Andrew Workman was buried next to his first wife in the Virgin City Cemetery, in Virgin, Utah.

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Parents:

*Joel Hills Johnson (1802 - 1882)

• Anna or Annie Pixley Johnson Johnson (1800 - 1840)

Spouses:

*John Eagar (1823 - 1864)

• Andrew Jackson Workman (1824 - 1909)

Children:

*Anna Sariah Eagar Tenney (1850 - 1934)*

• John Thomas Eagar (1851 - 1942)*
• William Walter Eagar (1853 - 1941)*
• Julia Hills Eagar Johnson (1855 - 1940)*
• Joel Sixtus Eagar (1858 - 1947)*
• Benjamin Franklin Eagar (1862 - 1884)*
• Mary Elvira Eagar Dobson (1863 - 1883)*
• Amos Jackson Workman (1866 - 1952)*
• Nephi Johnson Workman (1868 - 1931)*
• Charles Adelbert Workman (1870 - 1923)*
• Edwin Monroe Workman (1872 - 1940)*
• Jacob Lewis Workman (1874 - 1911)*

Burial: Hurricane City Cemetery Hurricane Washington County Utah, USA

Sariah's family arrived in Salt Lake City by wagon train Oct 19, 1848. Sariah met John Eagar on June 1, 1849 and they were married one month later in Salt Lake City on July 1, 1849, in her father's house in Salt Lake City.

Sariah and John had eight children together:

Anna Sariah Eagar (1850 - 1934) John Thomas Eagar (1851 - 1942) William Walter Eagar (1853 - 1941) Julia Hills Eagar (1855 - 1940) Joel Sixtus Eagar (1858 - 1947) Susan Elizabeth Eagar (1860 - 1900) Benjamin Franklin Eagar (1862 - 1884) Mary Elvira Eagar (1863 - 1883)

Their first two children were born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sometime between 1851 and 1853, John and Sariah moved to Manti, Utah, where their other six children were born.

John died of tuberculosis in 1864, when he was 41 years old. Sariah, at 31, was left with eight young children to raise. Her brother, Nephi Johnson, came to Manti from Iron County, Utah, with wagons and took Sariah to Virgin, Utah, to be near other family members, including her father, Joel Hills Johnson.

Andrew wrote of the marriage:

"[In 1865]...on Christmas day was called to part with my wife, Rebecca. she died in childbed, taking cold two or three days after the child was born, and died in two or three more days. The child was a fine boy, we called him Joseph James. He lived until October, then died and was buried by the side of his mother. that left me with three children, Louisa, Evelyn, and Manti.

"So, in 1866 [5 months after his first wife's death], I thought I would get married again, so I made a bargain with Mrs. Sariah A. Eagar, widow of John Eagar who died two years before. We started for Salt Lake to get married, March 3rd. Got married on the 17th. by Wilford Woodruff, started for home and arrived there all well, April 8, and fixed and moved into our new house before it was finished, but I managed to get the roof on in a few months, and raised a small crop of cotton, wheat, etc., and in December 1867, my wife, Sariah, had a fine boy. We called him Amos Jackson."

Amos Jackson Workman (1866 - 1952) Nephi Johnson Workman (1868 - 1931) Charles Adelbert Workman, Sr. (1870 - 1923) Edwin Monroe Workman (1872 - 1940) Jacob Lewis Workman (1874 - 1911)

Sariah gave birth to a total of thirteen children, and raised Andrew's children from his first marriage; thus raising a total of sixteen children.

She lived another 16 years after Andrew's death, dying at 93.

Sariah is not buried next to either one of her husbands: John Eagar was buried in the Manti City Cemetery, Manti, Utah, and Andrew Workman was buried next to his first wife in the Virgin City Cemetery, in Virgin, Utah.

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via mother Anna Pixley 'Annie' Johnson (born Johnson) by SmartCopy: Jan 13 2015, 16:48:55 UTC

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Sariah was born to Joel Hills Johnson and his first wife, Anna Pixley Johnson ("Johnson" was her maiden name).

Sariah's family arrived in Salt Lake City by wagon train Oct 19, 1848. Sariah met John Eagar on June 1, 1849 and they were married one month later in Salt Lake City on July 1, 1849, in her father's house in Salt Lake City.

Sariah and John had eight children together:

Anna Sariah Eagar (1850 - 1934) John Thomas Eagar (1851 - 1942) William Walter Eagar (1853 - 1941) Julia Hills Eagar (1855 - 1940) Joel Sixtus Eagar (1858 - 1947) Susan Elizabeth Eagar (1860 - 1900) Benjamin Franklin Eagar (1862 - 1884) Mary Elvira Eagar (1863 - 1883)

Their first two children were born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sometime between 1851 and 1853, John and Sariah moved to Manti, Utah, where their other six children were born.

John died of tuberculosis in 1864, when he was 41 years old. Sariah, at 31, was left with eight young children to raise. Her brother, Nephi Johnson, came to Manti from Iron County, Utah, with wagons and took Sariah to Virgin, Utah, to be near other family members, including her father, Joel Hills Johnson.

Andrew wrote of the marriage:

"[In 1865]...on Christmas day was called to part with my wife, Rebecca. she died in childbed, taking cold two or three days after the child was born, and died in two or three more days. The child was a fine boy, we called him Joseph James. He lived until October, then died and was buried by the side of his mother. that left me with three children, Louisa, Evelyn, and Manti.

"So, in 1866 [5 months after his first wife's death], I thought I would get married again, so I made a bargain with Mrs. Sariah A. Eagar, widow of John Eagar who died two years before. We started for Salt Lake to get married, March 3rd. Got married on the 17th. by Wilford Woodruff, started for home and arrived there all well, April 8, and fixed and moved into our new house before it was finished, but I managed to get the roof on in a few months, and raised a small crop of cotton, wheat, etc., and in December 1867, my wife, Sariah, had a fine boy. We called him Amos Jackson."

Amos Jackson Workman (1866 - 1952) Nephi Johnson Workman (1868 - 1931) Charles Adelbert Workman, Sr. (1870 - 1923) Edwin Monroe Workman (1872 - 1940) Jacob Lewis Workman (1874 - 1911)

Sariah gave birth to a total of thirteen children, and raised Andrew's children from his first marriage; thus raising a total of sixteen children.

She lived another 16 years after Andrew's death, dying at 93.

Sariah is not buried next to either one of her husbands: John Eagar was buried in the Manti City Cemetery, Manti, Utah, and Andrew Workman was buried next to his first wife in the Virgin City Cemetery, in Virgin, Utah.

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via mother Anna Pixley 'Annie' Johnson (born Johnson) by SmartCopy: Nov 4 2015, 21:15:02 UTC

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• Residence: Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States - 1860
• Residence: Utah, United States - 1870
• Residence: Virgin City, Kane, Utah, United States - 1880

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GEDCOM Note

KWJ9-WZP See life sketch in the book: A Voice From The Mountains, Life and Works of Joel Hills Johnson Copyright 1982 Joel Hills Johnson Arizona Committee, Louise Parkin, Beulah Gibson, Printed in U.S.A. By Lofgreen's Inc.. Mesa, Arizona. General use materials are preserved by the Genelogical Society in Salt Lake City, Utah. (As stated in introduction.) Page 248

Baptism: 30 Mar 1964 Original date listed but new family search has it as: 1840

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@R600127005@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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