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Margaret Foutz Walker
16 Oct 1839 – 19 Jan 1890
| Birth | 16 Oct 1839 |
| Death | 19 Jan 1890 |
| Cemetery | Pleasant Grove City Cemetery Pleasant Grove , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | SRBentz on 12 Jan 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37791 |
Bio
Daughter of Jacob Foutz and Margaret Mann Wife of Henson Walker Jr., married 9 November 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah She was the ninth child in a family of twelve. Early in 1839 before she was born in October of that year, her parents suffered threats from mobs, and her father was very badly wounded in the Haun's Mill Massacre. After being driven from Missouri, the Jacobs Foutz family along with many of the Saints, moved to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, it was there that Margaret was born. They lived there for a short time and then moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. In the Spring of 1847, they traveled to the Salt Lake Valley. Although Margaret was only between 7 and 8 years old, she walked nearly across the plains. One of the most thrilling experiences she was hunting for bones and skulls of buffalos on which the first company left messages. These contained instructions and pointed out the trail for the companies who followed. She helped wherever she could with many duties relating to family life on the trail and the care of other children. They arrived in Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1847. On Nov 9, 1857, Margaret became the fourth wife of Henson Walker, Jr. She was just eighteen. Her sister, Elizabeth married Hensen Walker, Jr, as a second wife. However, things went very well in this household, they lived together and shared the household duties. Elizabeth did the cooking and Margaret, being very "pat" with a needle, devoted most of her time to sewing. When the words came for the Saints to discontinue the practice of polygamy and the first wife was to live with the head of the family, Henson Walker, Jr. bought a small home across the street from where he and Elizabeth redies and Margaret and her son, Ezra; lived there. This was very hard for these two sisters to be separated, for they were very devoted and loved each other very much. They were devoted to each other's children, too. many times when the children were ill, it didn't matter who they were, Margaret would spend the night taking care of them. Margaret was of medium height, Her hair was brown and her eyes were bluish-grey. She had a fair complexion. She was quiet and reserved in temperament, very neat in her appearance, and precise in everything she did. The way she took in her appearance was manifest in the fact that she was the only little girl in her company who wore her sun bonnet across the plains, to protect her sensitive fair skin from becoming so tanned. In later life, she always wore a starched white apron over her dark dress. Her kind and loving disposition will forever be remembered by those who knew her. Her ambition led her to work beyond her physical strength her health was greatly impaired by fulfilling the mission of motherhood. She passed away in her little home in Pleasant Grove, Utah, on January 19, 1890. At the time of her passing, Margaret Foutz Walker had one son, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
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- Susan Foutz Brown 1823–1842
- Polly Anne Foutz 1824–1831
- Nancy Ann Foutz Pearson 1826–1894
- Elizabeth Foutz Walker 1827–1910
- Sarah Foutz 1829–?
- Catherine Foutz White 1831–1918
- Alma Foutz 1834–?
- Joseph Lehi Foutz Sr 1837–1907
- Hyrum Foutz 1842–?
- Jacob Foutz Jr 1844–1917
- Miranda Foutz Bacon 1848–1926
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