Agnes Taylor Rich Hoagland Schwartz

2 October 1821 — 12 December 1911

1 Born at Hale, Westmorland, England; daughter of Agnes Taylor and James Taylor. 2 Immigrated to Canada, where she was baptized, circa 1836. 3 Moved to Hancock County, Illinois. 4 Married first John Rich, 1838; later divorced; four children. 5 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1847. 6 Married second Abraham Hoagland as a plural wife, 1847; five children. 7 Settled at Salt Lake City. 8 Separated from Hoagland, by 1860; divorced, 1861. 9 Married third Wilhelm (William) Schwartz, 1862; two children. 10 Served as treasurer and visiting committee member in the Salt Lake City Fourteenth Ward Relief Society upon its organization, 1856; as counselor to Mary Isabella Horne, 1878–1881; and as president of the Fourteenth Ward Relief Society, 1881–1889. 11 Functioned as matron of the Gardo House, official residence of John Taylor (her brother), 1882–1887. 12 Died at Salt Lake City. 13 (See Document 2.3)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Oct. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 1557/632 (1911), Agnes Taylor Schwartz.

  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 1557/632. “Weary Pioneer Sinks to Sleep,” Deseret Evening News, Dec. 13, 1911, 2. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Oct. 2014), Agnes Taylor KWJJ-GRB . The Deseret News obituary lists her birthplace as Ackenthwaite, but other records indicate Hale; she was christened in Beetham Parish, which included Hale. Both Hale and Ackenthwaite are villages near the larger town of Milnthorpe, where her brother John was born.

  3. [3] “Weary Pioneer Sinks to Sleep,” 2. “Pioneer’s Funeral to Be Held Friday,” Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Dec. 14, 1911, 11.

  4. [4] “Weary Pioneer Sinks to Sleep,” 2. “Pioneer’s Funeral to Be Held Friday,” 11.

  5. [5] “Illinois Marriages, 1790–1860,” John Rich and Agnes Taylor, Nov. 24, 1838; database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); FHL microfilm 0954177. Nielson, 14th Ward Album Quilt, 188.

  6. [6] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Oct. 2014), Agnes Taylor Rich.

  7. [7] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868,” database, Agnes Taylor Rich. “Family Tree,” database, Agnes Taylor. Find a Grave, memorial no. 24026944.

  8. [8] “Utah, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1850–1890,” p. 405 (1856), Agnes Hoagland; database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); citing Utah 1856 Statehood Census Index, comp. Ron V. Jackson, Accelerated Indexing Systems, Provo, UT; from U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses and/or census substitutes.

  9. [9] 1860 U.S. census, 14th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 212, Agnes Taylor; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1313. Nielson, 14th Ward Album Quilt, 188.

  10. [10] “Family Tree,” database, Agnes Taylor. Find a Grave, memorial no. 24026944. Nielson, 14th Ward Album Quilt, 188.

  11. [11] “Relief Society in the Early Days,” Woman’s Exponent 24, no. 3 (July 1, 1895): 21. Andrew Jenson, comp., “Fourteenth Ward, Salt Lake City,” in manuscript history and historical reports, n.p., Fourteenth Ward, Salt Lake Stake, CHL. Nielson, 14th Ward Album Quilt, 188.

  12. [12] “Weary Pioneer Sinks to Sleep,” 2.

  13. [13] Utah death certificate, file no. 1557/632.