Agnes Cross
Born 6 Apr. 1816 in Carmoney, Co. Antrim, Ireland.[1] Daughter of John Cross and Margaret Sarah McCune.[2] Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 29 Mar. 1842.[3] Married William Douglass, Oct. 1842, in Belfast, Co. Antrim; eight children.[4] Immigrated to the U.S., arriving in New Orleans, 11 Nov. 1844.[5] Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young pioneer company, arriving 24 Sept. 1848.[6] Moved to Payson, Utah Co., Utah Territory, 1858.[7] Served in the Payson Relief Society for twenty-five years, beginning as a counselor, 7 May 1868.[8] EBW arrived at Agnes’s home for the Payson Relief Society conference, 7 Nov. 1881.[9] Member of the committee that authored the Memorial of the Mormon Women of Utah to the President and the Congress of the United States, 6 Apr. 1886.[10] Visited EBW and accompanied her to visit Eliza R. Snow, 7 Apr. 1887; received a telegraph from EBW about Eliza R. Snow’s passing, 5 Dec. 1887.[11] Visited with EBW in Salt Lake City and in Payson, 1888–1891.[12] Died 5 Sept. 1905 in Payson.[13]
[1] “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. A-A1, 20 Feb. 1851–24 Apr. 1854, p. 36, line 924A, Agnes Douglas, 23 Mar. 1852, microfilm 1255545, DGS 7455862 (restricted access), FHL. Church of Ireland, Parish Church of Carmoney, Parish Registers, 1788–1845, Baptisms, 1788–1840, Agnes Cross, microfilm 990097, DGS 7811683, image 67/836, FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 23 Feb. 2021), Agnes Cross Douglass (KWVQ-LWS).
[2] “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. A-A1, 20 Feb. 1851–24 Apr. 1854, p. 36, line 924A, Agnes Douglas, 23 Mar. 1852, microfilm 1255545, DGS 7455862 (restricted access), FHL. 1841 British Census, Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland, p. 34, John Cross, Agnes Cross. “In Memoriam,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 Nov. 1906, 38.
[3] “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. A-A1, 20 Feb. 1851–24 Apr. 1854, p. 36, line 924A, Agnes Douglas, 23 Mar. 1852, microfilm 1255545, DGS 7455862 (restricted access), FHL. Payson Ward, Utah Stake, Record of Members, 1861, pp. 4–5, LR 6814 25, images 3–4/45, CHL.
[4] “Agnes Cross by Agnes Cross,” in “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 23 Feb. 2021), Agnes Cross Douglass (KWVQ-LWS), Memories. 1850 U.S. Census, Great Salt Lake, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 90, Agness Douglass. 1860 U.S. Census, Payson, Utah Co., Utah Territory, p. 27, Agnes Douglass.
[5] “Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820–1902,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com, accessed 9 May 2021), William and Agnes Douglass; Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests, National Archives, Washington, DC.
[6] “Agnes Douglass,” Pioneer Database (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/, accessed 19 Feb. 2021).
[7] Payson Ward, Utah Stake, Record of Members, 1861, pp. 4–5, LR 6814 25, images 3–4/45, CHL.
[8] Payson Ward, Utah Stake, Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1850–1914, LR 6814 2, image 77/117, CHL. Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, vol. 4 (Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon, 1904), 469.
[9] EBW, Diary, 7 Nov. 1881.
[10] Memorial of the Mormon Women of Utah to the President and the Congress of the United States (Washington, DC: Publisher not identified, 1886), 8.
[11] EBW, Diary, 7 Apr. and 5 Dec. 1887.
[12] EBW, Diary, 6 Apr. 1888; 11 Sept. 1890; 14 and 21 May 1891; 6 Apr. 1894.
[13] “Utah State Archives Indexes,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes, accessed 10 Feb. 2021), Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, Series 81448, file no. 260/242 (1906), Agnes C. Douglas. “In Memoriam,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 Nov. 1906, 38.