Agnes Smart Williams
Agnes
Smart Williams
Agnes was born in Wales
and join the church with her husband, Benjamin. They came to Ohio and then to Utah
and Idaho.
Agnes was a very neat seamstress. She
helped the
family by
taking in sewing. She was making a pair
of overalls for a little black boy who was a slave. She was told not put no
pockets. She wanted to put pockets for
the little boy because it would look better but she didn’t
She and her family came to Salt Lake
in a wagon. She drove a team of cows for someone else so her family could ride
and not walk. At night she would milk
the cows and put the cream in a pail and tie it to the wagon. The motion of the wagon would turn the cream
into butter by that evening. They eventually settled in Malad City, Idaho. Their home was always open to everyone
and they would have fun around the organ and dance and sing. She
would
pump the organ peddles for her son who was crippled and couldn’t use his legs
but played the organ
beautifully. She always made refreshments for everyone.
Agnes loved Relief
Society. She was a faithful member
Of
the church her whole life.
